Raspberries!

Kate is working sooo hard on trying to do raspberries this week. I have to say that if her mother's inability to do one is an indicator, she may master it by her teens. If you see her, feel free to try to teach her raspberries.

We have to laugh at her (um, near her?) when she tries. She sucks in her bottom lip so that she looks like a toothless old man, then generates a ton of spit, and just blows with this look of glee! No vibration of the lips yet, but it's still early.

They're all mine

Wow - it's been a week since we last posted.

Kate's cold is gone and she's feeling much better. On Saturday morning, she decided to wake us over an hour earlier than usual, but that's been an improvement from this middle of the night wake-up that she started about a week ago. The cereal did NOT help, so it's been placed back into the cupboard for now.

We went out to brunch with our friends and their daughter, Petra on Saturday. Our "old" favorite restaurant, La Dijonaise, has a tasty brunch. It's our "old" favorite because we don't go out nearly as much as we used to pre-baby, nor do we make the long trip to our friends' neighborhood as often.

We had a very pleasant webcam phone call to Nana, Papa, and the Lakewood Pauers - that's Aunt Maria, Uncle Dave, and cousins Isabela, Alex, and Gabito. Kate did a jig for them.

If you have a webcam, you can see Kate move in real time as well. Email us and we'll give you all of the details. (We use SightSpeed because it's free!)

On Sunday, we started to paint Kate's room. We'll post pictures here after it's done, but it's not done yet, and we're exhausted. A quart of paint is NOT enough to paint just one wall of a bedroom, we've found out, so it's back to the paint store for us this week.

Kate is enjoying more and more tummy time. Here is a picture of her collecting all of the tiny toys we throw at her to keep her entertained.

Feed Me - No, Really

So Anissa had decided to wait until Kate was 5 1/2 or 6 months old to introduce solids, but after the cranky and frustrating day for both, today for the first day for cereal. Kate took to the spoon, but we have to wonder if any rice cereal actually made it to her stomach. She did seem very pleased with herself, though. Let's hope that it helps her sleep better tonight or Anissa might be very VERY cranky tomorrow.

Stay tuned.

Diagnose the baby

Play along with our game of diagnose the child:
1) Kate has been drooling like crazy for over a month
2) Kate has discovered her ears and is pulling on both of them a lot
3) Kate woke up about every 2-3 hours last night and was cranky all day today
4) I can't feel any teeth coming through, but she'll let me massage her gums
5) Kate is crying and fussing after every feeding and often when she is on her back

Is it:
A) an ear infection
B) a cold
C) she's ready for solid food
D) she's become cranky like her parents
E) potatoes are really growing in her ears
F) something we haven't thought of

Please vote in the comments section.

Feed Me

We bought a high chair at IKEA and Tim assembled it this weekend. We had to try her out in it. She enjoyed playing with toys and generally looking cute as a button.

Shots!!

4 Months old today
so back to the doctor for a checkup and shots. Her body has caught up to her head in growth, but Kate still needs to rest it every once in awhile. Mommy and Me class is tiring.

Another fine weekend

of reading (OK eating the book) and swimming. Kate has a new swimsuit and enjoyed splashing with Daddy and her friend Petra.

(Kate's cold seems to be over, by the way.)

Snuffle

Kate is so uncomfortable with this cold that has been hanging around now for over a week. She's so congested that she screams if I put her on her back. Her attention span has been tiny, too. All she wants is to be "head-up", preferably in someone's arms. Here is one of the few moments where Kate was happy and on her belly this week.

Coaster Kate

We visited our friends in LA on Saturday. They make the second-best espressos in town (Peet's being first, of course). Who turned our little girl into a coaster, I wonder?

I have a "code"

Kate has been battling a cold for the past few days. Her eyes are watering, and she really hates being on her back - good thing that she's now an expert on rolling from back to front (still trying to perfect the front to back roll, though).