Grown Up and Moved Out!

That's right! Our little Kater-Tot has moved out of our bedroom into her own room! I was hesitant to try it, because I love having that little bug right next to me all night long, but I was getting to the point where I was willing to try almost anything to get her to sleep better! The first night she didn't sleep any better than normal, but the second and third nights she slept so good! She slept from about 8pm-3am!!! That is 7 hours!!! Of course I didn't get 7 hours of sleep because I was busy trying to get stuff done while the opportunity was there, but it was so nice to have time to get things done and also time to spend with Jason! Last night we weren't as lucky, she fell asleep at about 6pm and slept until midnight, and then was up every 2 hours. I have a feeling tonight will be the same, because she fell asleep at about 6 again. But at least she is sleeping for longer stretches, and hopefully I will be able to figure out a way to get her to go to bed later, so I will be able to sleep while she does! At any rate, Kate seems to be happier now that she is getting more sleep and has started a new morning routine consisting of smiles and coos!

Binge And Purge!

After about a month of eating just about anything that had fortified, enriched, added, extra, and plus in the ingredients, Jason and I decided it was time to change our lifestyle! No, we are not becoming bulimic as the title of this post may lead you to believe; although I might prefer that to what we have decided to do! We went through our cupboards, fridge and freezer and eliminated all unhealthy foods! Well, eliminate might not be the perfect word, we did throw some stuff away, but a lot of it just got put in our deep freezer in the garage. We'll allow ourselves a treat once a week! Here is a sample of some of the food that was "purged".



Our goal is to eat healthier, not just doing away with unhealthy foods, but adding more fruits, veggies and whole grains to our diet. Also we are going to try to work out at least 4 times a week. We took some "before" photos of ourselves, but I would hate to make any of you sick to your stomachs, so I won't be posting those! Jason also made us a spreadsheet to help us keep track of our goals! Wish us luck! I know I'll need it!!!

Beautiful Weekend For A Blessing!

What a perfect weekend! We had family come visit for Kate's blessing and it was SO nice! Jason and I have been missing family ever since we moved out here, but everytime we have people out, we realize even more how much we miss all of them! My parents along with Jason's parents came out and so did Jason's brother, Rob and his wife Steph and their two adorable kids, Ethan and Leah (aka "WEAH" according to Ethan)! Events of our weekend included visiting, the girls going to Hobby Lobby while the boys went to check out OU campus, a trip to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorail, an OU game for the guys and Diane (Jason's Mom) and a poor attempt on my part for the girls to make placemat purses! I couldn't remember how my sister, Michelle, had told me how to do it!

Our church doesn't start until noon, so I thought I would have plenty of time to get dinner going in the morning...I am SO grateful for a realistic and lifesaving Mom! She came over at 9:30 am to get things going! I kept thinking "as soon as I get (fill in the blank) done, I will go help her!" Well my fill in the blanks took up way more time than I thought! So my sweet Mom ended up making dinner and bathing Kate for me! Next time I have a baby blessing, I told her I am doing a frozen lasagna!!! THANKS MOM!!!



Jason did a wonderful job blessing Kate. I always love baby blessings, but it was so special to hear my own baby being blessed! I am so glad that we had family here to be a part of it with us!





Kate enjoyed being held all weekend, and especially enjoyed taking naps with Grandpa!





I couldn't have asked for a better weekend! The weather was perfect, the company was wonderful and Jason gave a beautiful blessing!

2 MONTH CHECK UP

Up until yesterday I have loved every single thing about being a mom. Kate had her 2 month check up and I had to go without Jason. I had been dreading it all weekend; holding down a sweet, innocent little baby while they are poked with sharp needles and screaming has to be the worst feeling in the world!!! Luckily she didn't cry for too long and she fell asleep on the car ride home. Here is what she did pretty much all day yesterday after we came home.



It's just too bad this didn't last through the night!!!!

September Sum Up

Ok, since I was a huge slacker last month, I decided to just do an all inclusive post for September!!!

We finally got Kate's crib!!! We ordered it back in June and it came the beginning of July, but had a broken piece. We called the manufacturer and they sent us a replacement part. We finally got that towards the end of July, only to find out they sent us the wrong piece!!! We called them again, and made sure they knew what piece to send and they said they would put a rush delivery on it. Weeks went by with nothing so we called them again, the woman who I talked to said, "yes, I see there is a rush order on it, but it has not shipped out yet...I'll tell my supervisor" BAH JEEZE! So finally a few weeks and a few more phone calls later, the correct piece came! Everytime Jason went to put the thing together, I wanted to take pictures, so buy the time the right piece came, he was sick of picture taking, so here is one of the crib all finished!

My sister, Mollie, threatened me...so here are some pictures of Kate, CLOSE UP!

Cuddling with Daddy, her favorite time of the day!




She smiled, RIGHT after I took this picture! I'm so sad I missed it! Kate had her first smile on Sunday, September 23rd. I had gone back to bed for a little bit while Jason took care of her, and she smiled for him a few times. She still isn't smiling a ton, but does it most for Jason, I guess she is a Daddy's girl!


Jason took on a project this last weekend, he thought would be small, but turned out to be a whole day of HARD WORK! He dug up a whole section of our front yard with a hoe to get rid of a bunch of weeds and old decorative rocks and planted some pretty plants!

BEFORE:





AFTER:





And to finish it all off, a poo story! We went to get Kate's pictures taken professionally on Saturday; we had her dressed up in the cutest little outfit! It had been a few days since she had poo'd and I had been a little concerned about it, but it was the last thing on my mind during her photo shoot, she was even making some grunting faces, but I didn't think much of it. About half way through the session, the photographer was re-situating her and informed me that she was soaked. This seemed weird to me considering we had just changed her before we left, I was about to blame the cheap diapers, and then we went to change her...there was poo soaking through her skirt and onsie! We took them off and it was all up her tummy and back! Then we took the diaper off...no joke it was FILLED side to side and front to back, not a speck of clean diaper!!! I had no clue so much stuff could come out of something so little!!! Luckily we had taken quite a few pictures already and just moved on to some nudie pictures! She had a few more blow-outs over the next few days and now is going on 2 days with nothing...I am just waiting for the next explosion!