Special Visitors

As I said in a previous post, Grandma Sharon and Aunt Tricia came for a visit to meet Kacie. Here are some pictures from their visit.

Auntie Tricia & Kacie

 Hanging out with Grandma

 We took Sharon out to eat for Mother's Day

 BIG smile for Grandma

 Kacie loves both of her Grandmas!! (even though her face doesn't show it-haha!)

We were so glad to spend time with them and hope they will come back soon!! We love you!

Cousin Ben

My brother's baby, Benjamin Paul Attwood, was born 6 weeks early and has been in the hospital (NICU) since February. He was finally able to come home this week! I was so excited to take Kacie over to my mom's house so she could finally meet her cousin Ben. They are moving to Tennessee next week, so we won't get to see them very often. I know they will be great friends, though, and I can't wait to see them grow up and get into all kinds of trouble together!

Great Grandma Bobbie & Kacie

Great Aunt Cindy & Ben

The 2 mommies with their babies

4 Generations

Proud grandparents with BOTH of their grandbabies

Cousins!!

Proud Auntie Seana with my nephew Ben

One Month Old

I cannot believe it has been a month since my sweet Kacie was born. As I said a few posts ago, she weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces a few days ago at her check up. Our lives have definitely changed over the past month, but in a good way! I always knew having a newborn was hard, but you really have no idea until you live it yourself. Some days I get a little stir crazy staying at home all day, every day, but I am so thankful I could take off so much time from school to be home with her.

These are some things we have learned about our angel:

• She doesn't cry or fuss very much, only when she is hungry or tired. I really can't complain, and I'm so glad she doesn't cry all day.
• She is VERY impatient when she's hungry. She gets up to a bloody-murder scream in no time.
• Her hunger cues are she starts pumping her left leg and breathing fast, as well as sucking on her fists.
• She LOVES to sleep in the swing and on Jason's & my chests for snuggle time. 
• She is beginning to smile for real, and not just the "gassy" smiles.
• She will turn her head to me when she hears my voice.

Here are some pictures from our one month "photo shoot" (aka in the living room with my camera!)

We love you sweet girl!!

Happy Easter!

We celebrated Kacie's first Easter with a special visit from Grandma Sharon & Auntie Tricia, who came in from California for the week. Here is a picture of them meeting for the first time.

They flew in on Saturday, and that night we got all dressed up and took Kacie to church. I was a little nervous of how it would go, but it was no big deal! She slept for part of it and just looked around the other part. After church, the 5 of us met my parents for dinner.

Here are pictures before church of Kacie's cute Easter dress (which I bought before she was born!)

Here's when she told us she'd had ENOUGH pictures!

Here is the view during the service. 

Here are some pictures by the beautifully decorated stage after the service.

The next day, we took Kacie to our Life Group Easter Party. It was the first time we'd seen most of our friends in a while since we haven't been back to church yet. 

Next year at Easter, hopefully she'll be walking around picking up eggs!

4 Weeks

We went to the doctor one more time today. Kacie weighs 9lbs, 8oz. She gained a pound in a week! Dr. Weiss is happy with this, so we don't have to come back until her 2 month check up. My little girl is growing like a weed! I cannot believe she will be 1 month old on Sunday! Here are some pictures from the week.

Katelin is in my 4-year old Sunday School class that I teach, and she & her mom came over to meet Kacie!

Another cute outfit

 Grandma & Grandpa babysat Kacie while Jason & I went to a Rangers game. It was our first time to leave her and of course everything was fine.

Smiling at her teddy bear

 Funny smile

 Eating her arm during tummy time

Staring at her toys

Kacie's 3rd Week

We went back to the doctor this week, and Kacie has passed her birth weight. She weighed 8lbs, 8oz. We have to go back one more time next week for one more weight check. We are having to wake her up more frequently to feed her, and also supplement with formula an ounce or two when she still seems hungry. I don't like the idea of giving her formula, but it's what we have to do for now. Here are more pictures of Miss Kacie!

Meeting "cousin" Jake for the first time on a walk

Good Morning Daddy!

One of my favorite outfits-the "Rainbow Dress"

We went to Irving one day to meet Great Grandma Bobbie & Great Aunt Cindy 

(my dad's mom & sister)

More Sleeping Pictures

This is Jason's and my favorite way to end the day. Kacie likes laying like this after eating, and we definitely love the cuddle time!

We took Kacie out to eat for the first time on Friday to celebrate Jason's birthday. She behaved very well.  We put her carseat on the table and she slept most of the time. Then when she woke up, she just looked around with no fussing. It was our first time to try to take her somewhere besides the doctor's office, and it was a success!

Two Weeks Old!

We had another busy week with more visitors and more dress up! Kacie is really active and is always moving her arms and legs. It's hard to get a good picture sometimes!

The McKinneys came to visit-Baby Grayson is 2 weeks older than Kacie

 More Pictures of my little angel!

We had Kacie's 2 week doctor appointment on Thursday. The good news is she's healthy. The bad news is, she doesn't weigh enough. She was only 8lbs, 5oz, which is not back up to birth weight. We have to go back again next week for a weight check. Part of the problem is our little sleepy girl always falls asleep while eating, so we think she's not getting enough. We have to try to fatten her up in the next few days!!