Today Katelyn Joy turned 3 months old (as in, right now, as I type...) Part of me is loving her being older and more "social" but part of me is mourning the loss of my newborn! I can't believe how fast it has gone! She has TRULY been my "pure joy". She is a very laid back and easy-going baby. When she was born I kept saying "We'll see...I'll believe it when she's 2 weeks old and still laid back..." then I thought we'll see...maybe after 1 month old...it's hard to believe a baby can be so easy to please!
She has found both hands and likes to clasp them together to suck on them. She LOVES to lay under toys and reach for them. Her mobile in her crib is a BIG source of smiles, and for the last 2-3 weeks she's been rolling onto her side a lot. Tonight she rolled all the way over onto her belly, and if she could have gotten her shoulder turned it would have gotten her stuck on her belly! I can't remember when Kaden started rolling, but it just seems CRAZY to me that she's doing this already! And she never cries about it...just works and works at it.
She coos and smiles more and more and really loves her "face time" as we call it. She doesn't coo much unless you get down and really talk to her and pay attention. Then she'll talk your ear off! A typical girl...if you listen she'll talk!
She ADORES Kaden (and he adores her!) and when he is around she watches him and smiles and coos. Two nights ago we put her in the crib to sleep for the night (she had been in the bassinet until then) and it was in the same room as Kaden. The next morning I heard Kaden start jabbering about 7:15am then around 7:30am I heard Kate sneeze. Instantly, Kaden's jabbering stopped for a moment, then "BaayyyBeee!" and back to jabbering he went, this time with "baby" thrown in there just so we knew who he was talking to! She started cooing just as much as I've ever heard her coo and they just had a lovely little conversation. It melted this mom's heart. I think I could have stood there forever listening. Last night we put her in his room again, and they both slept til 8am!!!! (With one pacifier "plugging" at 6:45am.)
She has grown out of most of her 0-3 month onsies and sleepers (I just realized it today, actually!) Her dresses and 2 piece outfits still fit ok, although the long sleeved ones are short on the arms. I went ahead and put away a lot of her 0-3 month clothes and got out some 3-6 month. All of those are pretty big. It was hard for me! It's weird for these things to be sad for me because it was always so exciting when I did it with Kaden. I think a lot of it is that I'm not sure that we are going to have any more babies and I want to enjoy this time and remember every single moment. Plus, when you've got such and angel, it's hard to want them to get older (and risk them talking back and not being so angelic)!! Kaden wasn't so easy and wouldn't be satisfied until he could walk, so it was nice to see him grow up!
I just love my Katelyn Girl...
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