Kathryn is one month!!

Our little angel is one month today!!! We went to the doctor for her check up and once again the doctor said "She's perfect!", but we knew that already right!???!?! She had her second Hep B shot. She is up to 11 lbs 4 oz and 21 1/2 inches. Eric & I really thought she was longer than that. She seems to bigger than that to us, but maybe not. But we can definitely feel the weight!

Anyway... here's two pictures from this afternoon. Isn't she a cutie?!!?!?

back to my old jeans

I guess I haven't updated everyone on how I am doing. Everything seems to be going well. I have started wearing my normal clothes again. It was really surprising to me that I could get back into my jeans. I love my maternity jeans (and they were really comfy for car riding!), but also like my old jeans... plus I have more than one pair!

I am down to about 7 pounds less than when I first got pregnant. Whoo hoo! Not where I would like to be overall, but still doing good for having a three week old.

I have to figure out how to sleep more though. Eric keeps telling me to try to nap while Kathryn naps, but I feel the need to be productive which is surprising in itself because I love to nap! I can usually get at least one three hour block of sleep in at night... sometimes up to 5 hours, but then we have nights like last night where I may have gotten four hours total broken up in shifts of about 45 minutes each. Doesn't do well for being able to think in the mornings... luckily coffee is still my friend!

two & three week pictures

Here are a few pictures from the past week or so.

Kathryn's first road trip

This past weekend we went house hunting in North Carolina. Kathryn did a great job considering this was her first car trip that was longer than 20 minutes. She got a little fussy but only when she was hungry or needed to be changed. Both situations are completely normal. She slept a lot in the car, especially on the way down. The way home she was more awake but seemed to just be enjoying the ride.

Here's a picture of her in the house we got into a bidding war on. We gave in and let the other couple have it. It wasn't worth offering more money as it may have been over priced. It was a really great house in a great neighborhood. But we realize that there's a better house out there for us.

We will return to NC sometime in the next few weeks to try again. Eric may go down by himself since he could fly down for cheap and not have to worry about having to stop and feed Kathryn and not sleeping as well. We are praying that it doesn't take too many trips and that our house sells. We have had a couple of showings and an open house, but no real interest yet. We'll keep everyone updated on the house hunting.

meeting more family

These are actually in reverse order.
But Kathryn met more family in the past week.

Great Grandma Weeldreyer

Great Grandpa Weeldreyer

Cousin Caleb

Aunt Sarah

Uncle Randy

no more cord

On July 15th Kathryn lost her umbilical cord and started showing a real belly button! Yay!! Luckily for me, Eric found it. He went to change her diaper and it was actually stuck to her shirt. Here's a pic of what he found.

Not much else excitement with this. Her belly button leaked/oozed a little bit for a few days but looks a lot better now. I clean it every day just because it looks a little icky sometimes. But we can say one more phase has passed.

it has been a while....

Hey all... I know it has been a while. We took a house hunting trip this weekend so once I get back into the swing today, I'll try to get a couple of posts up. Look for:
no more cord
last week's pics
more family
kathryn's first trip

There may be others, but those are the ones I have in my head right now.