Two teeth. . . and a tsunami

Katelynn officially has her first two bottom teeth.  The Dr. has ordered flouride drops in fact (they don't put flouride in the water here).  The first one made its appearance on Oct 16, with some blood along with it.  Poor girl!  I wonder when her top two will start coming in. . . She is still chewing on everything she can get her hands on, including my fingers- ouch!  We went to see Dr. Loui last Friday for her 6 month check-up.  She is doing great in everything except her weight.  She weighs 12 lbs 1.5 oz and is in the <3%.   But she is 26 1/4 inches, in the 70% and her head is 42 cm and in the 35%.  So she just needs to put on the pounds!

In other news, we survived our second tsunami!  The loud warning sirens went off last night at about 8 pm.  I was rocking Katelynn to sleep and Steve was out getting jamba juice for our date night.  Those sirens are loud and scary sounding.  Luckily, Katelynn still went to sleep.  But then we got a phone call from our friends, the LeSueurs, who live just a 1/2 block outside the evacuation zone.  We told them to come over to our place!  Not only are we outside the evacuation zone, but we are on the 12th floor.   And then the Skeems, who also live a 1/2 block outside the evacuation zone, called as well.  So they made their way over, fighting the crazy traffic and long gas lines.    We all camped out in the living room, watching the news, and playing the waiting game.  The evacuation they showed on the news were crazy, so many cars and so much traffic.  And then a few minutes before the wave was supposed to hit, authorities told people that if they were stuck in traffic in the evacuation zone they should leave their cars and go to higher ground.  So 10:28 came and went, and. . . nothing happened.  Apparently there were a few small waves, but nothing else.  We kept waiting and waiting, but still nothing.  So around 1:00 our friends returned to their homes, and we finally went to bed.  It was a fun night, and we were glad nothing happened, but also glad for the adventure.

Cute things

Almost 6 months!  What a cute stage!  Some cute things to remember:  She is a rolly polly bug- rolling around all over, back and forth.  She rolls around a lot in her crib too.  We never know what position we'll find her in.  The other day she was on her tummy with her legs in the air, feet against against the wall, and her waist was all twisted.  It's hard to explain, I wish we could have gotten a pictures, but you can use your imagination.  She loves chewing on everything.  Her first tooth popped up yesterday!  A bottom one.  She not only graps for everything in sight, but she has started to find the tags on everythings- pillows, toys, etc.  It's her favorite thing to put in her mouth.  She also loves to have me drag my hair across her face or blow on her neck and face.  She is ticklish in her thighs, and occasionally other places.  She likes to try and hang upside down- especially if she's in my lap on the couch, and daddy is on the couch too, she'll hang upside down off my lap to watch what he is doing.  She can sit up for a few seconds, and looks like she wants to crawl.  She thinks it's so funny when I give her eskimo kisses, or when we startle her.  She doesn't like it when we stick a pacifier in her mouth, but if she chooses to grab it and stick it in, then it's ok!  Her newest "trick" is shaking her head.  She learned how, and now she will copy us when we shake our head at her.  It is the cutest thing!  We love our adorable Katelynn bug!

Being a Mommy

So the other day as I was trying to fall asleep that voice inside my head kept reminding of all the things I wanted to get done that week, but didn't.  Things like update this blog, finish a quilt I've been working on, write emails, make flower headbands, cook new recipes, finish creating a photo book, organize my pictures, etc, etc, etc.  And I'm a stay at home mom, so I should have time for all that, right?  Not really.  And I realized that's okay.  Because right now I am doing the most important job- being a mommy.  And if I don't get anything else done, that's okay, because they're not important.  It's the good, better, best concept.  All those things are good, but the best thing is being a mommy to Katelynn.  And I love being her mommy. 

She caught her first cold yesterday and it breaks my heart.  Sad little cough.  Sad little runny nose.  Sad little hoarse voice.  But the cutest little sneeze.  She even smiles or laughs every time she sneezes!  It is hilarious.  But it is hard work taking care of a sick baby.  Especially one who already doesn't like to be put down or left to play by herself.  But I wouldn't trade it for anything. 

Katelynn is so amazing!  She is so full of life and curiosity for everything.  She reaches to grab anything she sees, and anything she grabs she quickly pulls into her mouth.  She is rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy, and is starting to act like she wants to crawl or at least scoot.  She can sit up by herself just for a few seconds.  She ate rice cereal for the first time last week and seemed to enjoy at least the new experience if not the food.  She seems to get bored pretty quickly, so we always have to find new toys or things for her to play with and put in her mouth.  Her favorite right now is her spoon.  She also likes a little caterpillar teething toy. 

Even though she's a mommy's girl and doesn't like many other people holding her, she loves to watch other people, especially kids.  And she acts like she wants to get up and run around with them!  She always has a big smile for daddy when he gets home and is constantly watching what he does.  She's such a cutie!