Halloween '08

Aunt Kristin made Kate her very own first Halloween custume! While Kristin was here this weekend, she put Kate in it! As you can see, she turned Kate in a glow worm!

Thanks Aunt Kristin!!!
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Uncle Doug and Aunt Kristin Visit

Guess what-Kate is now 9 lbs 2 oz!! Yeah! She is a month old and still doing great! She even slept 5 hours straight the other night (I woke up feeling like a new women!) So this past week, Kate saw the doctor and we had her first professional pictures taken. Then this weekend, her Uncle Doug and Aunt Kristin (Mike's brother and sister) came for a visit and went to a UT game with Mike.
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Trip to Jes and Brian's on Oct 15

Michael, Kate and I took a trip to south Austin to have dinner with Kate's Aunt Jes and Uncle Brian.

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So you think you can dance

We had our first date night last night and we had a great time!

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We've made it 3 weeks!

Well, now we have made it 3 weeks! I can't believe it has been 3 weeks already! Everything is still going great with Kate. Actually, tonight Mike and I are going on our first date night! We are going to see "so you think you can dance" in concert tonight! Yeah! My wonderful sister, Jessica, is coming to watch Kate. Kate takes a bottle like a pro after a week of practice, so I know she will be fine! Thanks Jes for watching Kate!

This past week we had some visitors: my friends Lana and Stephanie, our friends Christy and Jake, and Mike's Aunt Barb, Uncle Bud and cousin Zach.

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Kate's visitors from weekend Oct 3

The weekend of October 3, Kate had some visitors! Her grandparents Layssard visited for the weekend. Also, my Aunt Connie and cousin Jennifer met her for the first time.
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We have made it 2 weeks!!

Kate is 2 weeks today and I have to say we are doing ok. She is breastfeeding great and weighed 7 lbs, 11.5 oz and 20 inches at her doctor's appt on Friday. I am feeding her every 2 hours during the day and every 3 hours at night. Mike actually gave her her first bottle today and that seems to go ok. She is a really good baby and seems to love to sleep and eat! Mike and I are enjoying being parents, just miss sleep. Mike goes back to work tomorrow, so we will see how that goes. We are very happy for all the help we have had over the last 2 weeks from our parents and my sister Jessica and Brian. Thank you all so much!

First Bath Sept 27, 2008

My sister had stayed the night on Friday night to help us with Kate’s first bath on Saturday morning. I had tired to get all the products together for the bath ahead of time, but I forgot the baby shampoo! Mike had to run upstairs and get it! Also, Mike videotaped the bath. Kate was not too happy about it and cried the whole time! It was neat to see how curly her hair got when it got all wet. It was so soft after the bath! After the bath, I wrapped her in her towel and she took the biggest crap ever!!


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First Walk and First Trip to Grandparents Abernethy Sept 25, 2008

We took our first walk with Kate that morning. It went well, but I couldn’t really make it very far!
Mike’s parents had invited us over last Saturday to watch Aliens on their new 65 inch tv, but since my water broke we didn’t make it. So we decided to take our first trip with Kate to their house in Sun City, which is about 25 minutes from our house. Kate slept the whole way there and back in the car. We had a great time with good food and a huge TV to watch!
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First Doctor Visit Sept 24, 2008

We arrived right on time and filled out the needed paperwork. We were called back to room 8 and found that Kate weighed 6 lbs. 15.8 oz, which was more then she had weighed before leaving the hospital. This is good because it shows that the breatmilk was working! She was still 19 inches long. Kate had been a little jaundice in the hospital so she got tested for this again and the results were fine! We met with Dr Ellis who showed us some things and talked with us. One funny thing did happen, Mike asked if it was ok if Kate lived within close quarters with dogs. Dr Ellis made a funny face, and asked “she doesn’t sleep with the dogs, does she?” We laughed and said “no.” Mike explained that we had 2 dogs that liked to kiss Kate. She said that was ok.

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First Day at Home Sept 23, 2008

We left the hospital around 2:00pm after dressing her up (which Mike did not understand, but she sure did look cute!) I freaked out a bit on the ride home, thinking “are we really ready to do this? Do we know everything we need to know?” Well, we arrived home safely and then it was time for Kate to meet her hairy sisters, Sammy and Trudy. We decided to have them meet each other on the back porch. Sammy did very well; Trudy went a little hyper crazy! After Trudy calmed down, she found she loved to kiss Kate’s feet! Sammy loved to kiss Kate on the face! Trudy freaked out every time that we changed Kate’s diaper and would jump on the pack-n-play to see what was going on! That night, Mike’s parents came over with dinner and my sister Jessica and Brian came over and we all had dinner together and toasted Kate. It was a special night! Also the night, Trudy was like a “little mommy” to Kate . She guarded her pack-n-play all night long! (She is over this now!) Check out the photos from Kate's first day home!