4 months old...almost 5

Well, here is sweet Kate at 4 months old. I am late (of course) and on the 11th of this month (March) she will be 5 months old! Here she is, during her 4 month, monthly photos at home.

She is developing such the personality now!! We are loving this age!!!!

Kate's crazy Mom, made her a tutu for Valentines day, and this is what she thought of it...haha!

She is trying to roll over. She hasn't quite done it on her own yet, but is very, very close!

Sleeping baby!

Look how big I am...I love to stand up like a big girl!!

Me and Daddy

And, Me and Mommy

What else has been going on around here....well, Kate had her 4 month shots. Dad had a patient and couldn't go, so Mom was on her own for this one. It went fine tho, I was nervous about going without Charles, but Kate did good. Don't get me wrong, she HATED it and screamed her head off for a little bit, but soon got over it. She ran a fever again, like she did at 2 month shots, but this time it wasn't as bad. She slept alot that day and the next, but was soon back to herself! (those shots sure do take alot out of them!)

Since the Dr. appt. we have started Kate on cereal...I will post pictures of that soon. At first, she wasn't sure about the whole spoon thing, but she is getting the hang of it. The first few days we just did plain cereal, rice or oatmeal, but lately we have added some apples in and she seems to like it better. We will start another fruit this week. :)

Here are Kates stats from her 4 month visit:

Length: 24.25= 65th percentile

Weight: 12.10 lbs=33rd percentile

Head circ: 40 1/2= 57th percentile

She is doing great and we will go back at 6 months for more shots! I will update you all on how the eating thing is going soon...for now, Kate is waking up from a nap, so I better run. :)

Sweet Girl

I just wanted to share this picture with everyone...we went for a walk with Kayla and Asher and Kate had to wear her SHADES!! :) We love our adorable little girl SOOO MUCH!!!! Hope everyone is having a good week.

Finger Sucker??

So, Kate has ALWAYS loved her Paci...but as of today, I am wondering if she is going to be a finger sucker. These are 3 pictures that I have taken of her today. She starts out with her paci, but this is how she seems to end up! It looks cute, but I would rather her be a Paci sucker... I think. You can take away a paci...can't so much take away a finger! :)

Other than that...life is good! She is 17 weeks old today. She is growing up sooo fast! She can hold her head up and loves to sit up like a big girl... with help of course! The past few days have been pretty, so we have been walking quite a bit. She loves her carseat, so she usually sleeps most of the time. She has figured out how to take her paci out, but hasn't figured out how to put it back yet...guess thats why shes been sucking her fingers, huh. We go to the Dr. next week for her 4 month shots. We dread that, it is no fun to watch her hurt like that, but, it only lasts for a little bit, thank goodness. Life is good and we are so thankful that God has blessed us with a very happy, healthy, sweet little girl! Love you Kate!!!

Such a Big Girl!!

Kate is growing soo fast! She is now 15 weeks old. We decided to get the Bumbo seat out the other day, just to see if she could sit in it. We knew that her head wasnt quite strong enough yet, but we thought we would give it a quick try....SHE LOVES IT! Now that she has tried it, every time we lay her down, she is raising her neck up!!! She gets worn out quickly, but she is doing great. She has the best little personality. She is smiling all the time and "talking" so much more...it is awesome!! But, ANY time I get the camera out, she STOPS smiling! I am not sure what her deal is, but hopefully she will stop soon. She has the cutest smiles and I want to be able to share them with everyone. :) I don't sound like a proud Mom, do I ?? Here are a few pictures of Kate in her "seat"...

Its hard work for such a little girl! :)

I had to have some Dental Work done this week (yes, by Dr. Puryear himself!!) and Cesa came up, last minute to keep Kate for us. We SOOO appreciated her coming and Kate loved spending time with her. They played, cuddled, played, cuddled, etc etc. Needless to say...today all Kate wanted me to do was HOLD HER! Thanks Cesa. Kidding, kidding! I'm so thankful that she has such wonderful grandparents and I hope that she will get to make as many wonderful memories with them as I have with mine. I am so sad that my Dad isn't here for Kate to get to know, but I tell her about him all the time and I know that he would be so proud of her!!

Hope everyone is having a good week. We are looking forward to the weekend...it is supposed to be cold and rainy, but thats ok. We are ready for CP to be home with us!

Happy Birthday Grandad!

Yesterday was Grandads birthday! I meant to get this done yesterday, but never got on the blog..so, here it is today! We hope you had a great birthday. We love you and appreciate you! Hope to see you soon. Now, here is our little photoshoot. (tried to get one with a smile, but EVERY time she sees the camera, she STOPS smiling!!! :) Silly girl.

These fingers sure are good!

Come on, Mom. I'm over this.

Happy Birthday Grandad! We love you!!

Katherine Ann Puryear

After a routine Dr. visit on Monday, October 10th, Dr. Chauhan asks how we would like to be admitted to the hospital tonight, and have a baby tomorrow!?!? Our 1st reaction was that something was wrong. She assured us that everything was fine, but that after having an ultrasound today and seeing that the baby had not gained any weight, "there is no reason keeping her in there, if she isn't growing, so lets get her out."

So...here we are at the hospital, on Monday night. They are about to start Cervidil (a medication to thin my cervix) and we will start the induction tomorrow morning!!

Our 1st picture as a family of 3!!!!

(It had been a rough day, but after meeting Kate, it was ooo so worth it!!)

Grandad, Daddy and Baby Kate

Cesa and Baby Kate

Grammy, Daddy and Kate

Uncle John and Kate

Mom, John, Kate and myself

Daddy and his Baby Girl

Dressed up and ready for her 1st car ride

Our family, sooo ready to go home!

Katherine Ann Puryear (Kate) Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 1:52pm, 6lbs 10 oz, 19 in long. She is absolutely wonderful! Beautiful, healthy, perfect...we are so blessed and thankful for her!!

Updated Blog

Hello Friends!

I know I am a horrible blogger, and that I have said before that I am going to do better...well, this time I'm serious! :) I am going to do this for Kate. I want her to be able to look back at what her life was like when she was a baby, and I think that this will be a fun way to do it.

The past year has been both good and bad for our family, but the most wonderful blessing of all was when we welcomed sweet Kate into the world. October 11, 2011 at 1:52pm Katherine Ann Puryear was born. She weighed 6lbs 10 oz and was 19 in long. Our lives have changed so much since that day and we can't imagine our lives without her!

I know I am late getting this blog started and I have 3 months of her life to catch up on (in which I will do in many separate posts) so here is to the beginning. The beginning of our life as a family of THREE! Hope that you all will enjoy our little girl as much as we do! :)

P.S. I am still learning with this whole "blogging" thing...so please bare with me. I will figure out how to change our background picture and how to do a proper layout on each post. For now, it looks like one loooong paragraph. haha! Again, please bare with me!