Tummy Time

Kaitlin is getting stronger and is able to tolerate "tummy time" for a little bit longer. On Friday, she played on her tummy for about ten minutes on her activity mat before complaining. She is even starting to "swim" a little and seems to actually enjoy it!

Christmas in Virginia

This year we traveled to Virginia to spend Christmas with the Kidd family. It was lots of fun and Kaitlin enjoyed visiting with her Grandma, Aunt Kim, Uncle Rich, and Sarah. She also got to see Nick and Zach for a little while! We missed having Uncle Scott with us this year.

On Christmas Eve we went to the mall to get some pictures taken. We were hoping to get pictures of Sarah and Kaitlin together, as well as of my mom with Sarah and Kaitlin. Unfortunately, Sarah decided she did not want her picture taken. We got a nice shot of all the Kidd ladies, one of my mom and Kaitlin, and some great shots of Kaitlin!




On Christmas morning we all gathered at the Bartlett house to open presents and eat cinnamon rolls. Christmas is very different with children!

Auburn Christmas

Since we travel for Christmas, Santa stopped by our house a few days early. He knew how difficult it would be for us to carry everything back from Virginia. Here are some pictures from our family Christmas at home.

Kaitlin's 4-Month Checkup

Kaitlin had her 4-month checkup with the doctor this morning. She weighed in at 12 pounds 14 ounces and is 24 1/4 inches long. The doctor said her growth is right on track and she looks marvelous. Some of her her accomplishments since I last posted include: grabbing her feet, grabbing toys and other objects, putting just about everything in her mouth, and eating rice cereal!

We are a little behind in posting Christmas pictures because our computer is broken and we aren't able to download them. Hopefully it will be fixed this week and we'll be able to get caught up. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year!! We are looking forward to all that 2008 has in store for us.

I Can't Believe I Missed It!

I was in the other room and heard Kaitlin crying on her activity mat. When I went in to check on her, she had rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time!! I totally missed it :(

Illinois

Kaitlin took her first airplane trip to Illinois this past weekend with me and my mom. Our first stop was in Assumption, Illinois where Kaitlin met her Great Grandma Stewart (my mom's mom) as well as several other members of the Stewart clan. Great Grandma just celebrated her 98th birthday. I can only imagine how much this world has changed since she was Kaitlin's age! We knew it was going to be cold in Illinois, but we weren't expecting to see snow while we were there! On Saturday, we drove slowly and carefully over to Springfield to visit with the Kidd side of the family. We enjoyed eating Mexican (a Kidd family tradition) and Kaitlin got to meet her cousins Kayla, Josh, Sheila, and Billy for the first time. We wish that other family members had been able to join us, but unfortunately, the bad weather kept them away. Hopefully next time we will be able to stay longer!

Pathetic Animals

Maybe Harley and Simba think they will get more attention if they lay on Kaitlin's things?

See Me Grow - Part 3

Here is the latest installment of "See Me Grow." We couldn't help but put two pictures of Harley and Kaitlin for this month because they are both great pictures!! In one Harley is curious and "checking out" Kaitlin and in the other Kaitlin is laughing and Harley is looking pathetic (which is pretty much what he looks like most of the time anymore). Also in this installment of "See Me Grow" are pictures of Kaitlin in her car seat coming home from the hospital and from just the other day after we finally broke down and removed the head support (she hasn't needed it for a while now). Wow! What a difference!

Kaitlin Visits Santa!

Since Kaitlin is on Santa's nice list (see outfit in picture/post below), we took her to visit Santa 2 days ago. It took a lot of pictures, but we finally got one of a happy Kaitlin. Unfortunately, we did not have the same luck capturing a happy Santa (it was almost his quittin' time).

Too Fast

Kaitlin started wearing size 2 diapers yesterday. I guess it has me feeling reflective because I keep thinking about how tiny she was when we brought her home and how much she has already changed in the past 3 1/2 months. When Kaitlin left the hospital, she weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. When I took her to the doctor two weeks ago, she weighed in at 11 lbs. 12 oz. and I'm sure she has gained since then! Basically, her weight has doubled. Not only has she grown, she is much more responsive to us now: she "talks" to us when we talk to her, she giggles (see the post "Daddy Makes Her Giggle"), she can hold her head up and roll from her back to her side, she is becoming much more vocal about what she wants, and she is sleeping through the night (nine hours for the past 3 nights). As Kaitlin approaches her 4 month birthday on December 23, I am really starting to realize just how fast babies grow up!! It is getting harder and harder to remember how tiny she once was and as she learns more and more my heart is filled with both excitement and sadness. Excitement to see her personality develop and get to know her and sadness knowing that she won't be a baby forever. So, I will take the recent advice of a friend and take pictures every day and maybe when we look back at them we can figure out which day she grew up.

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