Our entire family has been battling colds for the past week, but we are slowly all getting better and Kate is slowly getting bigger and bigger. As she gets bigger, she's becoming more and more alert and it's fun to hold her and interact with her. We can't wait for that first smile! One of my favorite times with Kate is in the evening after Drew has gone to bed. Until then, I give both Drew and Kate equal attention, but once Drew is in bed I can fawn over Kate. It's fun to just sit on the couch and hold her!
Kate's still looking a lot like me, but as she continues to fill out a little in the face, we think she's getting better and better looking. We've always thought she was cute, but now both Jana and I feel that she's adorable (a more objective adorable! :)
Kate is making steady and slow progress on breast feeding. Jana finally hit on a way to get her to eat a little better: take off all her clothes!! Here is Kate after a feeding. It's actually a bit fun to strip her down to get her ready for a feeding. She hates having her clothes go on or off, so it wakes her up nicely and gets her ready to eat.
Sometimes after eating Kate is so tuckered out that she just falls asleep in our arms. It's so warm and snuggly to hold her without any clothes! By the way, I don't have pictures of Jana for this post simply because I'm much more willing to have pictures taken without much sleep or makeup or hair arranging. Jana continues to do the vast majority of Kate care! Thus, it's ironic that most of these pictures show me holding Kate. That's not the case in actual time spent with her.
I keep reminding Kate that it's not a good idea to go around with your mouth hanging open, but when you've got all that good milk in your belly it's hard to keep your eyes open or your mouth closed.
The grandmas have been great about coming to Lansing and helping us out. This past Friday Jana's mom was in Lansing to spend the day with Kate and Drew. Those two keep you busy! Drew is almost impossible to get to sit still for a portrait, as you can see.
Drew got outside on his bike this past Friday for the first time. We got him a helmet, so now whenever we see a bike rider wearing one we point it out to Drew and extol the virtues of proper bike safety. Jana has seen the effects of traumatic brain injury, so she's very careful to make sure that Drew is safe in the event of a fall. As our wise friend Sonia once said in regard to helmet safety, "Always wear protection on your head."
Drew loves the warmer weather and being outside. He likes riding his bike, he likes playing ball in the backyard, and he especially likes digging around the yard with me. I give him a trowel, which is his special "Drew shovel" and we dig holes together. The first time we were digging and I found a worm, I was excited as I grabbed it out of the soil and handed it to Drew. He put out his hand, took the worm in his palm, got a look of horror on his face and then dumped it back in my hand saying, "No thank you. No thank you, Dad. No thank you." We're having a great time exploring the outdoors together!
On Saturday our whole family went to a party for Jana's department. In honor of Kate's first party, we dressed her up. She's still got a little room (or a lot!) to grow into this, but she looked pretty cute in her dress!
We got Drew to sit still for this picture, but now we need to work on facial expressions! Kate was fussing away next to Drew, so this wasn't the most successful photo session. The whole posed picture thing just isn't working for us, but we did manage to catch both kids with their tongues out :)
We got out Drew's old swing and found that Kate really enjoys being in it. Yes! Just tonight, Kate was in the swing for over an hour. We're hoping that as she gets bigger, Kate will continue to enjoy the swing. Drew loves to push the buttons on the swing for Kate. We're working on having him push the buttons enough to start the swing and then to leave it alone. It's a lot of fun to change the speeds and turn the music on and off!
This week we have Kate's one month doctor's visit, and we're looking forward to another check of her weight. Kate has been eating a lot, but is still not eating entirely by breastfeeding. We've been doing LOTS of finger feeding. As long as she continues to gain weight, it's worth it!
Kate's still looking a lot like me, but as she continues to fill out a little in the face, we think she's getting better and better looking. We've always thought she was cute, but now both Jana and I feel that she's adorable (a more objective adorable! :)
Kate is making steady and slow progress on breast feeding. Jana finally hit on a way to get her to eat a little better: take off all her clothes!! Here is Kate after a feeding. It's actually a bit fun to strip her down to get her ready for a feeding. She hates having her clothes go on or off, so it wakes her up nicely and gets her ready to eat.
Sometimes after eating Kate is so tuckered out that she just falls asleep in our arms. It's so warm and snuggly to hold her without any clothes! By the way, I don't have pictures of Jana for this post simply because I'm much more willing to have pictures taken without much sleep or makeup or hair arranging. Jana continues to do the vast majority of Kate care! Thus, it's ironic that most of these pictures show me holding Kate. That's not the case in actual time spent with her.
I keep reminding Kate that it's not a good idea to go around with your mouth hanging open, but when you've got all that good milk in your belly it's hard to keep your eyes open or your mouth closed.
The grandmas have been great about coming to Lansing and helping us out. This past Friday Jana's mom was in Lansing to spend the day with Kate and Drew. Those two keep you busy! Drew is almost impossible to get to sit still for a portrait, as you can see. 
Drew got outside on his bike this past Friday for the first time. We got him a helmet, so now whenever we see a bike rider wearing one we point it out to Drew and extol the virtues of proper bike safety. Jana has seen the effects of traumatic brain injury, so she's very careful to make sure that Drew is safe in the event of a fall. As our wise friend Sonia once said in regard to helmet safety, "Always wear protection on your head." 
Drew loves the warmer weather and being outside. He likes riding his bike, he likes playing ball in the backyard, and he especially likes digging around the yard with me. I give him a trowel, which is his special "Drew shovel" and we dig holes together. The first time we were digging and I found a worm, I was excited as I grabbed it out of the soil and handed it to Drew. He put out his hand, took the worm in his palm, got a look of horror on his face and then dumped it back in my hand saying, "No thank you. No thank you, Dad. No thank you." We're having a great time exploring the outdoors together! 
On Saturday our whole family went to a party for Jana's department. In honor of Kate's first party, we dressed her up. She's still got a little room (or a lot!) to grow into this, but she looked pretty cute in her dress!
We got Drew to sit still for this picture, but now we need to work on facial expressions! Kate was fussing away next to Drew, so this wasn't the most successful photo session. The whole posed picture thing just isn't working for us, but we did manage to catch both kids with their tongues out :)
We got out Drew's old swing and found that Kate really enjoys being in it. Yes! Just tonight, Kate was in the swing for over an hour. We're hoping that as she gets bigger, Kate will continue to enjoy the swing. Drew loves to push the buttons on the swing for Kate. We're working on having him push the buttons enough to start the swing and then to leave it alone. It's a lot of fun to change the speeds and turn the music on and off!
This week we have Kate's one month doctor's visit, and we're looking forward to another check of her weight. Kate has been eating a lot, but is still not eating entirely by breastfeeding. We've been doing LOTS of finger feeding. As long as she continues to gain weight, it's worth it!
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