4 months

Wow Katelyn will be 5 months at the end of this week so I think I should update you on what happened during her 4th month of life. 

Look at the change!

1 month

 

4 months

 She is changing so much. It is so much fun. 

Some of the things that she has learn in her 4th month are:

• She babbles a lot more
• laughs at random things
• Loves dogs
• Starting to creep, beginning stages of crawling. 
• Gives kisses
• reaches for things
• sticks her tongue out at people
• Her first tooth is starting to come in. Bottom right one. in the center
• Went to the zoo for the first time.
• She can sit up by herself for up to 30 seconds at a time.

This month so far we have enjoyed the lovely sunshine and also tried to stay cool. Every morning Katelyn and I go for a walk/jog for about 45 mins. She loves the jogger stroller (thanks Grandma & Grandpa G). She loves it so much that she falls a sleep in it almost every morning. We go to the library every Tuesday as a family to get new books, movies and magazines. 

Last weekend there was the Madison County fair. Andy entered two of his photos in the fine arts division in the fair. There were so many entered. Andy got a participate ribbon for each one. These are the two photos he entered. 

  They were my favorite out of all of them but maybe I'm a little bias.

On Friday we went to the Rodeo. It was so much fun. We watched the mutton busting, bull riding, barrel racing and the pole bending. They also had an event called cash cow. They call all of the kids of a certain age down to the arena and then they let two calves loose with money taped to them. Then the kids chase them to get all of the money. It is so funny!

July

Sorry about not posting for forever! So here is what happened in the month of July.
On July 9th Katelyn was blessed. Andy's family came up for it. Andy gave her a beautiful blessing. Both of our families were there at church along with some extended family. Katelyn wore the dress that I was blessed in when I was a baby. We took some pictures at the park by our house afterward. Then we had a really wonderful family dinner at my parents house.

The next weekend we went down to bear lake where Andy's family has a condo. It is so nice down there! The lake was so high this year. I don't think I have seem it that high since I was about 7 or 8 years old. We had lots of fun there. We went swimming, played tennis, had le baeus shakes, played lots and lots of card games and just relaxed. I love bear lake it is always so beautiful!

That next week I had finals and then the semester was over! I only have one more semester left in school now I'm so excited! The next Thursday we drove down to pocatello to meet Andy's mom and sisters so that we could go on a road trip to Bend, OR.  It is a 9 hour drive from Pocatello to Bend and Katelyn did great. I was so proud of her. We had a blast going to Oregon to visit Grandma Carey. We went shopping, toured a candy factory, cleaned grandmas house, just hung out, played games and put together puzzles. We were sad when we had to leave but we were both ready to see Andy again.

On July 19th Katelyn rolled from her back to her front. She was so proud of herself and so were we. Since she has figured this out she hasn't stopped moving!!

 

On July 26th Andy found out that he got in to BOISE STATE!! So that is where we are going after I graduate in December. We are both so excited.  We are ready for a change. So here we come Boise!

On July 28th Katelyn had her 4 month appointment. She had to get 4 more shots. Poor girl! She weighed in at 11.75 lbs and was a height of 23.75 inches. Shes a growing girl!!

Summer!!

We have decided that it is officially summer in Rexburg, Idaho. It has been in the upper 80s and low 90s for the past 2 weeks. It has been so nice to have such nice weather. We have gone on lots of walks. Katelyn turned 3 months on the 26th of June. She now weighs 10lbs 12 oz and is almost 23 inches long. She is so cute!! She is starting to really laugh and express herself. She can almost roll from her back to her tummy. She loves sucking on her fingers and holding mama's hair.

Yesterday, Saturday July 2nd, was Andy's first Saturday off in a long while. We decided to take advantage of it and go for an adventure to see mesa falls. It was very pretty. We went to both the upper and the lower falls. It was really hot too, so we had to be really careful so Katelyn didn't get burnt!

The Many Faces of Katelyn Carey Gillette

We went on walk Sunday afternoon to the park by our apartment, in honor of her 3 month birthday. Andy decided that it was the perfect place for a Katelyn photo shoot.

It has been beautiful weather here lately. We have been able to enjoy the 85+ weather for about the past week and a half. We take nice long walks to have lunch with Andy at work sometimes, to the library and even to albertsons. Sometimes I wish it would stay this nice all year round but then if it did we wouldn't really appreciate it as much. Anyways we are really looking forward to all of the fun things we have planned for the summer.

Talking

Lately Katelyn has been talking so much more and to pretty much everything. She is starting to talk instead of cry at first when she is trying to tell us something, which is so much more enjoyable. A couple of days ago Katelyn was telling Andy a story. It was really cute! We really enjoy hearing her sweet, little voice all of the time now.

Talking & laughs

Lately Katelyn has been talking and laughing so much! She has the cutest little voice. We have been trying to get her talking on camera so all of you can see and enjoy it to but she stops as soon as the camera comes out. Luckily a couple of days ago we were able to get some of it on camera.

On Wednesday, We were watching enchanted and it was so cute. Katelyn started to "sing" along with the music. and also moving her arms and legs a whole bunch. It was the first time that we had noticed her doing that. Since then we have noticed her also "singing" to the music in the car. Its pretty cute.

Sleep!!

If any of you new/experienced or future moms or dads out there have not read the book "On becoming Baby Wise," I would highly recommend it! It talks about how to ease your child into a routine and get them sleeping better and falling asleep on their own. I love it. It has really helped Katelyn get the rest she needs and a lot less stress on our family!