New Year's Resolution--Baby Boot Camp

At Christmas time we were able to see Mary Katherine's cousin who is one day older. Boy, he made MK look like a lump. After seeing all he was able to do, I decided it was time to get home and begin Baby Boot Camp. BBC includes extra tummy time, sit-ups, Johnny Jumper, excersaucer...

Just wait Hadden. Next time we see you we'll be running circles around you. (ha,ha) Here is MK posing during tummy time. She doesn't seem as excited about this New Year's Resolution as mom. I think mom needs to do some Boot Camp as well!

Fun Pictures

Future Friends

Last night we ate supper with friends that have babies the same age as Mary Katherine. When I say the same age I mean all within two weeks. The one of the right is Cate--two weeks and two days older than MK. She lives next door and is our preacher's daughter. (I'm not sure we want MK hanging around her--ha,ha). Kinsly, the one in the center, is two weeks older than MKand lives just about a block away and also goes to our church as well. I look forward to Mary Katherine having these friends as she gets older.

4 Months!

Well...the four month birthday came on the 27th and was almost skipped over with Christmas celebrations. Mary Katherine is changing constantly and developing more of a personality with each month. She definitely keeps her eyes on the action wherever it may be. She knows her mommy's voice and looks for it when she hears it. About two weeks ago we heard her laugh out loud for the first time. It was great! Roger and I had been hearing quite a few shrieks before then with her smile, but now she has a voice with her laugh. It absolutely melts us when we hear it. Mary Katherine has now found her thumb and enjoys sucking on it. She still will get a few fingers and fists as well, but it's so cute when she gets ahold of her thumb and sucks away. (I know some people are not fond of thumb suckers, but I think it's adorable--I'll deal with breaking the habit later when I have to.) I occasionally will try to give her a pacifier and she doesn't really care for it much. She gave up the bottle about three weeks ago and decided she only wanted to nurse. This was very frustrating for me as it meant I could not longer leave for more than 2 or three hours at a time. (For anyone who knows where we live it takes a good 45 minutes just to get to the nearest Wal-mart). We have been working--a little--on this bottle taking and I think we can get back on it hopefully within the month. We started a little bit of rice cereal last week as the doctor suggested maybe it would help her stretch to a 5 or 6 hour period at the night. It hasn't been the answer, but she does seem to enjoy it and does pretty well with the spoon. We serve it more as a rice "soup" then as a "pudding". We will go to the doctor for a four month checkup next week as well as more shots--yuck! The last we were weighed we were almost 18 lbs and about 27 inches. She's a "healthy" baby.

We are thankful for our little baby girl and look forward to what the new month has in store.

Johnny Jumper Time...or maybe not yet!

Today we tried out our Johnny Jumper. The package read 4 months plus and MK is 4 months now so I thought we would give it a shot. It's a bit too early. She set and observed for a while and then she decided she'd had enough fairly quickly. Oh well...I guess we'll give it a shot another day.

Christmas with the Cousins

I somehow managed to not take any pictures of MK's first Christmas, so I am going to have to steal from my sister and a few I took with my mom's camera. I got these from my sister's blog. Mary Katherine faired quite well this Christmas although she doesn't realize it at this point. She did have a cold for most of it which made her bit groggy. It looks like Everett has her in a choke hold in the picture below but really he was being a loving cousin trying to hold her up. Maybe next year she can have a matching OSU cheerleading outfit.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas...

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!