Katie's First Month

Katie is now officially a month old. I always hated it when my friends had a second child and fell off the blog train, and I have vowed that will not happen to me (especially since this is my main form of journaling). Time sure does fly with two little munchkins to take care of, but I absolutely love it!

Katie is a wonderful baby! She rarely cries; when she does, it's generally because she has a bubble. She is pretty difficult to burp, but I am developing a system. She sleeps very well most nights. Every other night she actually only gets up once between 4 and 4:30. The other nights she gets up 2-3 times but only for 30 minutes or so at a time, so I feel very blessed. She has already gained almost 2 pounds and now weighs in at 8 lbs 14 oz. She is definitely an eater. We just love her so much!

Onto this last month. Warning! This post is incredibly long!

Mother's Day was spent at home in the morning, and then we headed to Justin's parent's after church. Justin and the kids were just fabulous that day, and I feel so lucky to be a mom. Sophie loves to take pictures of herself.

Sophie loves this M&M machine at Grandpa and Grandma's.

Kelsie was doing flips on the grass, and Sophie decided she wanted to join in too.

We took the girls on their first walk the following Monday. Katie wasn't happy at first, but she quickly warmed up to the idea.

I love sweet daddy daughter pictures!

Justin and I got to take Sophie to Creative Minds together since he had a few days off work after Katie was born.

Katie wasn't as impressed with Creative Minds.

Justin spent the entire time building cool tracks for a ball. Yeah, he's a kid at heart...

Will and Katie

My Dad and Katie

Sophie's cousins love to dress her up.

We went to Fiesta Fun and had a blast!

Sophie and Me

Justin

Sophie and Justin

And where was Katie during all this? She was doing what she does best...

Sophie got a new stick horse, and she loves it!

We go on tons of walks to get Mom back in shape.

I love her little faces.

Sophie loves playing with beans.

Katie is growing on Sophie. She tries to be very helpful.

When Katie was 9 days old, we decided to bottle lots and lots of salsa--25 lbs of tomatoes worth.

Justin's mom and Katie

Proud grandparents

This is a classic example of Sophie trying to help. She was rocking Katie--Katie was not pleased...

Shortly after this picture, Sophie pushed Katie off her lap...

Katie's first bath.

Sophie was happy to help.

She loved it!

Katie's photo shoots...

You can see her dimples in this one.

I had to bribe Sophie to kiss Katie...

The girls...

My pretty girl...

Yesterday we went to Justin's work party and had a blast!

Sophie wanted Justin's boss to join her on the train. She loves Valerie...

Gotta love newborn faces...

The first-fruits of our garden...