Apple Picking

I LOVE the weekends. I never valued them as much before I had a child. But every Sat/Sun morning when I wake up to Katerina "calling" for me, I don't even mind that its early in the morning because I know we can just hang out. Even Baba will wake up early to hang out (well not as early as us girls, but still fairly early for a weekend).

This morning, we had a great big breakfast and then went apple picking. It was Katerina's first apple picking adventure! It was a beautiful crisp morning--and we picked Cortlands, Empire and McIntosh apples. Yum! Katerina really enjoyed herself. She loved looking at all of the trees and kept trying to grab the leaves. It was too cute.

Mike and I got some cider donuts and hot apple cider afterwards. Wow! I especially enjoyed this apple picking experience because I missed it last year...I was too nauscious. :)

4 Month Stats

Katerina had a doctor's appointment yesterday. She is 13 pounds and 14 ounces and 25 inches long. It was so much fun watching her interact with the doctor this time. She tried grabbing his tie--which was a NY Giants tie- luckily Baba wasn't around to witness it. She also tried to chew on his arm. It was quite amusing.

She did so great getting her shots too. When it was time to get the shots, I gave Katerina her binky and started reciting the book "Moo Baa La La La" to her. It's her favorite book. It worked pretty well as a distraction. She didn't start crying until after the second shot and then only for a few seconds. The nurse was chuckling at me as I recited the book--but I say--whatever works right?

Updates

Okay, so I've been meaning to write a blog post for about a week now to give an update on the new things that Katerina is doing.
First, she could roll over any day now. When on her back, she arches her back so far, gets up on her side and has half of her body on her stomach, but then that one hand gets stuck. :)

She has discovered her head. She touches it a lot and plays with her hair...maybe she will be a hair twirler like her Mom!

She giggles a lot more too. In fact, everytime you take off a onesie she giggles!

She has become a lot more possesive about toys. If she is playing with a toy, and is really into it, and then drops it and can't get it back, she starts to fuss or cry. Once you give her back the toy, she is content.

Finally--we are trying to figure out if she is starting to teeth...she bites on things pretty hard. In fact I gave her my knuckle the other day to suck on and it kinda hurt!

She has a doctor appointment on Monday--so we'll send another update then.

Woes of a working Mom

I feel like I am going through the adjustment of being a parent all over again. When Katerina was first born there was all kinds of adjustments: breastfeeding, lack of sleep, and just the constant attention that a new born requires. Now, I have all of that down, but can't figure out how to work, spend time together as a family and do all of the other things necessary--like make and eat dinner. And we only have one child...:)

I've only been working full-time for a couple of weeks, so I am sure we'll figure it out eventually...we just need a little more time.

Luckily, Katerina is doing pretty well adjusting...I just need to catch up!

Maine!!

I know, I know...I have not been very diligent about posting over the past two weeks. But between vacation and then going back to work...I just never found time.

Maine was a great vacation. Katerina did quite well...her sleeping was a little off, but that is to be expected. She loved interacting with her friend Wilson. I think the feeling was mutual. Here's Wilson trying to hold Kat's hand. Ahhhh...so cute.

Rolling Over!

Yes, my daugther, Katerina Christakis rolled over on Saturday morning, August 15. We were doing tummy time on the quilt Grandma made for her, passing the time until we left for a vacation in Maine. All of a sudden she started moving her right left and pushing off with it. I asked her, "Are you going to roll over Katerina"...and sure enough, a few seconds later she rolled over! She had a startled look on her face, but never got upset. I, on the other hand, was praising her, telling her how proud I was of her. I was so loud and excited that I woke Mike up. Katerina hasn't rolled over again...but I know she will in time.

3 months and counting...

Katerina is 3 months and 1 week old! How much she has grown. Her accomplishments include:

She smiles, talks and laughs all the time.

She is great at holding and grabbing onto toys and putting them in her mouth. In fact she can even take her binky out of her mouth and put it back in (well sometimes she can do that).

She can do tummy time for 5 minutes without getting upset. You should see how high she gets...she'll be crawling before we know it.

She is mobile...when lying on her back she can turn herself 90 degrees so she is facing the opposite direction.

She is noticing mirrors and has become very fascinated with them.

She is understanding how to push things away or grab onto them...I was trying to use the nose sucking device (what the heck are those things called?), and she kept putting her hands up by her nose to prevent me from doing it. It was pretty funny.

She recognizes me and her Baba. When around other people, she will look for us...it makes our hearts melt!