Getting vocal

Catherine loves to look at your face - into your eyes - and interact with you. It's really the coolest development yet for this young lady.

She is also discovering her hands, too. She and I have been working on getting her to grip my thumbs.

Jenny, however, grabs her hands and brushes them up against her face. This sends the bean into a happy state (we think we got our first laughs today). She also loves to chat with Jenny during the process.

Here's a video of CC having a great discussion with her mom:

Pics update

A lot has happened over the past week, and it deserves a good blog post. Instead, though, you'll have to just deal with pictures until we can gather up the time to write about the x-mas break.

Our kinda cheesy first christmas photo:


Catherine in a cute shirt from Nic:


Chris, Nancy, Mike, and Jill came to visit. Here is the baby shot. From left to right, Amelia Rector, Glendon Snow, Catie Clover, Nathan Rector:


Smiling, happy baby:


A holiday outfit:


Corpse baby after too much activity:


Dad and daughter:

Two months old

Today, Catherine is two months old.

Every day, she gets more cute. Every day, she interacts with us more. Every day, she sleeps a little better, is a little less fussy. Every day is more fun. Every day, she shows us a tiny bit more of her personality.

Every day is better than the previous day.

School's out, first needles

The latest on the sleep situation:

Catherine slept Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday night in her crib. It was awesome. Wednesday and Thursday were days with some fussiness so we didn't push our luck - she came back to bed with us. She slept in the crib last night, though, and has slept all morning, too.

Other news:

On Thursday, she got her 1st set of needles. I wasn't there but Jenny said it was brutally sad. The little bean wailed. Still, she showed no ill effects.

What else? Not too much, but school is out for two weeks. Sweeeet.

Finally, it appears - by looking through these photos - that I wear the same sweater every day. Indeed I do. It's too much effort to look through the closet for something else. The one on top will do, thanks.

-Andrew

First night in the crib

It's 7:15 monday morning, and we have just completed Catherine's first night in the crib in her own room. Jenny will have more detailed information (as she is the one who gets up to feed the bean), but I think it was a major success. She even slept for 4 hours straight - midnight to 4. Both baby and mom are still sleeping right now.

Do you think our dog has an eating problem?

Step into the kitchen, and she's there. Snack on something, and she's at your side, staring into your eyes. If you make the rustling noise of any type of food packaging or container, she bolts in your direction. Leave food unattended for more than 5 minutes and she has found a way to get to it - even if it's on the dining room table.

Ellie loves food.

So today, when I used up the last of the cat food, she looked at the empty bag longingly. I gave it to her:


He doesn't get much mention in these pages, but we also share our home with Rex: