Hip Sonogram

Because Katherine was breech, we had to have a hip sonogram to make sure her hip was not dislocated. We had to be at Children's Hopsital, near downtown at 8 am. That was the biggest challenge since we are usually back in bed by then. The sonogram was really pretty uneventful. Katherine did not cry or seem to mind it. We found out later this week that everything is just fine.

Aunt Glenda, Courtney and Amy

Sam's Aunt Glenda and cousins Amy and Courtney, along with their kids, Caroline and Madison came by for a visit while they were in town. Aunt Glenda is Sam's mom's sister. She brought a very special gift for Katherine. It was a picture of Sam's mom, Katherine Sue, when she was a baby. It was in a frame that had her bronzed baby booties attached. It is special since our Katherine is named after her.

Jake and Kathleen visit

I have had a lot of friends who have had babies recently. That is fun because we can have play dates and play groups. Today Kathleen and her son, Jake came over. Jake is one week older than Katherine. Of course this play date was really for the moms because they can't play yet. It was fun.

Family portrait

Tonight we had Richard and Jen take family portraits. It was a lot of fun, especially our feet picture. They did a great job.

One Month

Today I turned one month old. I can't believe I have been out in the world for so long! I have come along way in one month. I am now sleeping 4-5 hour stretches at night. Mom and Dad would like for it to be longer, but it is better than the three hour maximum that I started out sleeping. I am not so good at sleeping during the day though. There is just so much to see and learn everything is new. My third week was really rough and I cried a lot. Mom was worried that I might have colic, but after a week I got better and did not cry as much.

El Fenix

Today was Katherine's first visit to El Fenix . That may not seem like a big deal to most people, but in our family, it is a big deal. We grew up eating there about once a week. Since Will was in town, we had to go eat there. We even braved our worst rain storm in thirty years.

Uncle Will came to see me!

Uncle will came from California today to meet me. His wife, my Aunt Jaime was not able to come and I was sad about that. The weather was bad, so we just stayed around my house. He really liked me and like to hold me. I even took a short nap laying on his chest.

Slept through the night

This was a big event. The books say that if a baby sleeps longer than 5 hours they have slept through the night. Well, Katherine slept 6 hours. Hopefully this is the start of something great.

Could it be colic?

This week Katherine has been very fussy (that is an understatement). It seems that she cries a lot and does not want to sleep during the day. The only way that she will sleep during the day is if we are holding her. She is small and it is fun for now, but I sure do not want it to be her habit. We have tried all kinds of things to get her to stop crying, rocking, dancing, swaddling, swinging and even sleeping on the dryer. I have talked to the nurse at her pediatrician's office and I am spending a lot of time on the Internet reading what to do. The only saving grace is that she is still sleeping just fine at night.

Dr. Halsell visit

Today we took Katherine for her two week visit with Dr. Halsell. For some reason, Katherine cried the entire time. She cried before we were in the room, in the room and as we were leaving. Every time we would finally get her settled down, someone would come in to look at her. Today she weighed 6 lb. 11 oz and was 19 inches long. Her weight, height and head circumference were all in the 5th percentile. She is a tiny thing.

Cousin visit

George, Shannon, Emily and Nathan came for a three night visit. They are going to be moving to the metroplex so they were looking at houses and they came to meet Katherine. Wednesday we all went to eat at Tony's, our favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant. It was Katherine's first restaurant visit and she slept through the entire things. Thursday Carissa and Ty came for the day. This was the first time we had all four cousins together. They were so cute. Nathan kept saying, "Baby Katherine is so tiny."

My First Bath

Today mom and dad decided that I needed a bath. They put me on the kitchen counter on a soft thing. I did not like it at all. I screamed the whole time. The funniest part was when I peed on mom. She was not too happy about that. In the end, she cuddled with me in my duck towl and that part was pretty nice.

Nurse Laura

Because we left the hospital a day early, we had a home visit from a nurse. She was a former midwife from England and reminded me of Jo from Supernanny. It was great. She was here for two hours and went over all kinds of things. The best part was that she weighed Katherine. She now weighs 6 lb. 5 oz which means that she has gained 12 ounces in the last 5 days. She is a good eater.