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!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

2 months and 3 days Katelyn has rolled on her own!!! We don't know how fast it is that little babies usually start rolling and things like that but it sure seems fast to us. Next thing we know she'll be crawling, then walking, then dating, then married! But as a parent it is always a fun moment to see your child learn something new.

So the story of how we learned she knows how to roll. Dana laid her down on her tummy and ran to grab something in the other room and came back just a few seconds later and Katelyn was on her back. Dana was pretty sure she had put her on her tummy and so put her back on her tummy. It took like 2 seconds to get her back on her back. So Dana ran and got the camera and this is what she got!
 

 She never was much for tummy time. We are so excited for the progress of our sweet little one and will keep this updated with new and exciting things from her.

Two Months

Katelyn had her two month appointment yesterday. She weighed in at 9lbs 7 oz and was 23.5 inches long. She also had to get 3 shots. I felt really bad she did not like it at all. She is still pretty fussy today. I just wish that I could take her pain away.