5 months old!

WOW! I can't believe Caitlyn is already 5 months old! How the time has flown by! Caitlyn has grown so much in the past month. We experienced our first ear infection a few weeks ago. It was NO fun! Caitlyn also went to the doctor for her 4 month well check up (a little late because of the ear infection). She weighed 16 lbs. 8 1/2 oz. which is in the 90th percentile. She is 26.5 inches long, in the 95th percentile. Her head is 16 in., in the 50th percentile. Caitlyn has learned a few new tricks in the past month too. She can roll from her back to her front AND her front to her back. She doesn't do either very often, but she's done both a few times. Daniel and I finally got to hear her laugh out loud too. She doesn't do that very often either, but when she does, it the sweetest thing I've ever heard. Her favorite activity right now is jumping. Yes, thats right, jumping! We have a jumper that fits in the door frame and she LOVES it! I will have to post a video soon. It's so cute! She's babbling and smiling all the time. We also have discovered that she can do the tri-pod. Basically she is sitting, but propped up with her hands in front of her between her legs. She's pretty good at it, but still has a little ways to go before she'll sit up on her on. We have also eating baby food! She seems to enjoy sweet potatoes and we still aren't sure about green beans. I'm sure I've forgotten something, but I'll have to write about it later!

This is her tri-pod!

Happy Halloween, Y'all!

Happy Halloween from our cute little Pumpkin!!

4 months old...on time!!

I know, I know. My three months old post is a whole month late. In my defense, I wrote it way back when she had just turned 3 months old, but kept adding to it. Then when I thought I would post it, I had to add pictures. Well, they just got posted today! Oh well, I do the best I can.

I can't believe Caitlyn is already 4 months old. We have truly loved every minute of being her parents. She is a wonderful baby and we are so blessed. We go back to the doctor next Wednesday for her well check-up. 2 weeks ago she weighed 14 lbs. 4 oz. so I am interested to see how much she has grown.

Since I posted pictures of her adventures last time, I think I will post a picture from each month.

Birthday

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old (today!)

3 months old....a little late!

We can't believe that little Caitlyn is already 3 months old!!! Where has all that time gone. We went to the gastro doctor last week and she weighed in at 14 lbs. 4 oz. I'm pretty sure her length has changed too, but they didn't measure her this time. She has her 4 month well visit on Nov. 3rd, so I will update her length then!

We have been VERY busy this past month! Mommy started a

new job on Sept. 16 teaching Kindergarten at Brookville Elementary School. I am adjusting to the school and students, but boy is kindergarten tough! I am SO glad to be teaching again and know it will get easier with time. This past weekend Daniel and I went up to the school to organize my classroom and now it looks great!! Going back to work and leaving Caitlyn is hard. She is so lucky to have three grandmothers who take care of her while Mommy goes to work! Nana and Grandmama take two days each and MeMe (and Papa Jack) gets a day.

Daddy has been busy at work too, and soon he will be leaving us for a week to go to Pennsylvania! We will be lonely without him, but hopefully after this trip things will slow down at work.

Caitlyn has been busy too. She is holding her head up like a pro, sucking that thumb and most recently, rolling over! Uncle Jamie said she laughed, but Daddy and Mommy haven't heard it yet. Hopefully soon! She has been a ton of places in the past month too.

We've been to the zoo,

to Auburn to see the Tigers play,

swimming with Hattie,

back to Auburn,

and back to the zoo for Boo in the Zoo.

Caitlyn has found...

Her Thumb!!

It's the cutest thing ever! I know eventually I wil

l wish she never found it, but it helps her sleep ALL night!! And when I say ALL night, I mean from 9:30 to 8:00. She still wakes up sometimes for an early morning feeding, but she is doing great!! I'll leave you with a picture of her sucking that thumb!

War Eagle!

Caitlyn says WARRRRRRRRRRRRR EAGLE, HEY!

2 months old!

I can't believe that our precious girl is already 2 months old. We went to the doctor yesterday for her 2 month well check-up. It was VERY crowded, but luckily they have separate waiting rooms for well patients and sick patients. We had to wait almost 30 minutes to get called back, probably because of all the sick patients! The nurse weighed Caitlyn in at 12 lbs. 14 1/2 oz. (95th percentile) and measured her length (24 in.-95th percentile) and head circumference (15 in.-50th percentile). While we waited for the doctor to come in, she did some tummy time and I took a few cute pictures.

3 posts in 2 days!

I know, its crazy that I have updated 3 times in 2 days! I was thinking about uploading more pictures, but pretty much everyone who reads this blog is my friend (or Daniel's friend) on facebook, and it is MUCH faster to upload pictures to facebook. So I am sending you to facebook to look at the tons of pictures we have taken! If you are not a facebook member/friend, let me know and I will get the pictures to you some other way! I will still post some pictures on here, but this will kind of get us caught up!

Isn't she the most precious thing you've ever seen???

See how she has changed!

So I thought it would be kinda cool if I posted pictures of each week in one post, so everyone can see how she has grown!

Newborn

1 week

2 weeks

3 weeks

4 weeks

5 weeks

6 weeks

7 weeks

8 weeks

Update!

Well, I know I have been absolutely terrible at updating the blog since Caitlyn was born. Things are as busy as ever with our little family and I must confess that I had to choose between luxuries (i.e. blogging). I have found that in my free time I would rather read a book than watch TV, look at facebook, and blog (not that I have much free time). I am still working on finding a job and I can only imagine how much worse a blogger that will make me! Enough about me though! I know our 3 readers don't come to read about me anymore, you want to know about our precious baby girl.

She is growing up so fast! I can't believe she will be 2 months old in a couple of days. It feels like it was just yesterday that we were waiting so (im)patiently for her arrival. We went to see Dr. Morris on Tuesday. He is Caitlyn's GI doctor. She has been having some reflux issues and we are trying to work through them. They weighed her in the office and at 8 weeks old is weighing in at 12 lbs. 9 oz. She loves to eat and she eats a ton! We are still exclusively feeding her breastmilk, but she does get at least one bottle everyday so we can give her one of her medicines.

At 8 weeks old here are some things she can do/enjoys:

*She loves tummy time!

*She likes swinging in her swing too (this only lasts 15 to 20 minutes at a time though).

*She smiles at Mommy and Daddy often and it just melts our hearts. However, get the camera out and she will NOT smile, just frown at you like "What do you think you're going to do with that??"

*She loves talking to us! She coos and giggles a little and we talk to her. I would love to know what she is thinking!

*She loves to stare at Uncle Jamie. We don't know why she is so entranced by him, but lucky Jamie!

*She falls asleep in the car seat every time! It sometimes takes a few minutes, but it never fails!

*She sleeps 5 to 6 1/2 hours at night!! (It's wonderful!!) But she won't nap longer than 30 minutes in the daytime...Mommy can't get anything done! (Tips are appreciated!!)

*She seems to enjoy our walks, but mostly sleeps during them.

*She loves mobiles, ceiling fans and pretty much anything that she can look up at.

*She is getting really good at holding her head up. She can do it for longer amounts of time now. She does it on her tummy and when you are holding her upright. I think she desperately wants to be able to do it all the time so she can look around more, but it still tires her out if she does it too long.

*She loves "standing" or pushing up with her feet.

*She loves bath time now. We were worried for a while because she cried every time we would bathe her (before, during and after). But now she seems to enjoy every bit of it; she smiles and coos the whole time. We all do bath time together. Daddy gets the water ready while Mommy gets her bedtime clothes out. Then Daddy bathes her while Mommy washes her hair!

*There are probably a ton more things I haven't said, but I can't think of anymore at the moment.

We go back to Dr. McCown next Tuesday for her 2 month checkup! Maybe I will find a moment to update again to tell you about it!

Alright, I am going to try and post pictures now!! Enjoy!