Katelyn - 11 Months

Katelyn's got lots going on at 11 months.
I thank Heavenly Father every single day for letting me be her mother.

Clothing size: 9-12 Month
Diaper size: 4
Teeth: 6 (4 top, 2 bottom)
Sleep: 10-13 hours (90% of the time, she sleeps through the night)
Walking: no, thankfully!
Talking: Maybe?  "No" and "Tickle"Food: Lots of table foods, mommy's milk

Kate is on the verge of walking, especially with all the new walker todys. She is days or weeks away from walking on her own. She loves crawling and moving around furniture, and holding onto my hands to walk. She LOVES mobility! She is a great copy cat.

She pointed her finger and said "No", then smiled and laughed. Everyone at the Johnson house spent the next 2 weeks trying to get her to do it again. She copies grandma nancy when she fake-laughs "ha aha ha".

She says what sounds like "tickle", her version is "ticka ticka"

She lets anyone hold her. She is very social and accepting.

I love this little smirk / half smile.

These pics were taken when she was 11 months and 2.5 weeks. (So...closer to her 12 month mark, but oh well.) Such is life. I'm backdating this blogpost to June 25th. Because I can. So there!

Take your medicine Baby!

The first time I gave Kateelyn some Tylonol, it was an absolute NIGHTMARE! I swore to TEACH her how to take her medicine so future dosings would go smoothly, and so I wouldn't ruin another outfit with the red or purple syrup she spit out.

I decided to teach her to drink from a plastic syringe, so the future dosings would be more manageable. THIS WORKED PERFECTLY!

I started (occasionally) feeding her thin baby cereal through these little plastic syringes. I only did it often enough so she would remember how to do it. A few times a day, and then only once a month after she got the hang of it.

This was SO EASY and she thinks its fun too- BONUS! Now, when she is sick or needs medicine, I know she will easily down that dose of faux-grape flavored syrup.

Here she is - loving the milked-down rice cereal. Mmmmmm Mmmm good!

Miss Kate is 6 Months!

My little baby girl is already 6 months old. Where did the time go? It feels like we just brought her home from the hospital, and suddenly she is a BABY - no longer a newborn. How did this happen?

Katelyn's 6 month stats:
Weight: 17 lbs 9 oz - 80%
Height: 25 1/8" -  25%
Head size: 43 1/2 cm  - 75%
So....she is short and chubby. Just as we predicted. Haha. We love our litle tubby tubs Kate. Owen ESPECIALLY adores her. He is constantly kissing, hugging, and 'helping' her with diaper changes, buckling her carseat, and other 'helper' type things.

Kate is talented. Here's what she can do!
-Sit up, she is really sturdy and doesn't fall over easily
-Roll from tummy to back (and ALMOST from back to tummy)
-Grabs all kinds of objects and sucks on them
-Laughs at: peek-a-boo, loud noises, tickles, wiggles & jiggles
-She can 'head-butt' on command (which is knocking her forehead against mine). Then she laughs.
-Sleeps about 11 hours at night without waking up. 11pm - 10am
-Grabs her feet and sometimes sucks on her toes
-Sucks her thumb in the corner of her mouth

 

After posting these pictures I noticed that Blogger (Blogspot) uploads are NOT high quality. All of my pictures are slightly grey. They are not at all grey tinted just viewing them on my computer, only the uploaded version. So sad! But the pictures are still just as darling as ever - cause my kids are the CUTTEST KIDS EVER CREATED! :-)

38 Weeks Pregnant...and still going strong!

How far along? 38 Weeks
Total weight gain:  17 lbs from prepregnancy weight (25 lbs from my post-morning sickness weight at 9 weeks)
Maternity clothes? Yeah baby!
Stretch marks? None (knock on wood)
Sleep: Maybe 6-7 hrs/night.
Best moment this week: When Brian came home from work early. First time this month we got to spend time together!
Miss Anything?  Biking in general - miss that!
Movement: Tons of it! She likes to hit my cervix. I joke that she is 'knocking on the door to get out!"
Food cravings: No
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No contractions
Effaced: 70 %
Dialated: 2-3 cm
Baby's Position: -1 (i guess thats pretty low!)
Symptoms: Sore joints and pelvis.
Belly Button in or out? So far out. Its silly!
Wedding rings on or off? Still fits
Happy or Moody most of the time: I'm all over the place. The smallest things will make me laugh hystarically, or cry uncontrollably. Poor Brian! Thanks for putting up with me. 
Looking forward to: Meeting "Baby Girl Johnson" and seeing Brian and Owen's reactions to this new little angel. Oh, and breastfeeding. I enjoy that quite a bit :-)

I made brian take more than just 1 photo today. It got a little silly at the end :-) Here are a few of them.

Its A Girl -- Baby Shower!

Thank you, Angie, for the SUPER FUN baby shower this week. And more "THANK YOU's" go out to all the people who helped and  brought food and goodies. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
The k12 ward sure knows how to make a girl feel loved!
Here are a few pics to highlight the evening.
Darling decor, so many friends, and lots of adorable girlie items....couldn't have been any better.
Yay!

36 Weeks - I Did It!!

Wow - I can't believe I made it to 36 weeks. Yay me! Yay baby girl!
Here is a pic of my gigantic belly. (I'm still 10 lbs smaller than i was at 34 weeks when pregnant with Owen. How did I manage that?)
Thanks Mom for the cute shirt :-) And the good genes...no stretch marks yet (knock on wood)

34 Weeks - and still pregnant!

I'm technically 34 and 1/2 weeks pregnant. Every day closer to that 40 week mark is important! Especially when I'm carrying around this extra little person. Amazing how much just a few pounds can effect your center of gravity and everything else. I feel like a camel with the 'hump' on the wrong side of my body. haha. Now that creates a funny image....imagine if we were pregnant on our backs. :-)

34.5 weeks - How I'm Doing:
50% Effaced / dialated 2cm
Weight: I've gained +16 lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.
              However, I am +24 lbs from my 2nd trimester weight (I lost 8 lbs in the 1st trimester)
Skin is super tight, but no stretchmarks yet. THANK YOU MOM for good genes!
Heartburn, constipation, and fatigue are constant reminders that I'm housing another human.
Its hard to get comfortable at night. Multiple pillows propped up around me seem to help
My favorite foods: eggs, milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, nuts. I'm sensing a pattern. Dairy and protien!
I try not to pickup Owen (30 lbs), but sometimes I have to
No more exercise for me...but before 34 weeks I was walking 2 miles several nights a week.
My shirts are getting shorter, and my pants are getting ever and ever tighter!


The doc says i'm 50% effaced and dialated 2cm. This is ALL TOO FAMILIAR! Such a similar situation when I was pregnant the first time around...and my baby Owen was born just 2 days later, at 34 weeks. Yikes! I'm trying SO hard to stay pregnant until at least 36 weeks (which is July 6, 2012). Anytime after that this little baby girl can skip on out into the world.

Everyone has their 'it would be great if she were born on....' date. Grandparent and cousin birthdays, someone's anniversary, or a particular convenient day that Brian has off of work. But really, I don't care as long as its after July 6th.

My parents live over 600 miles away. I send pics via text as often as I think about it (probably not near as often as my mom would like). My last picture to my mom was taken the same day as the picture above but I pulled my shirt up to show how big my bump really is. Her comments have usually been "your so small...your stomach is small" When I sent the belly exposed, she said "Wow, your belly is really big, but your body is so small. You are a beanpole! You are so small except where the baby is."

I was slightly proud of being called a 'beanpole' at 34 weeks pregnant. I've NEVER thought of myself as thin, especially with this big baby bump hanging out in front of me all day.  Thanks mom for making my day. Now if this statement could be true AFTER I have this baby....lets hope and pray I can earn that title back! :-)