Two outfits and a cute hoodie later, we had some real keepers:
Stay tuned for month 4!
November 16, 2008
Three-month portraits
As promised, we're trying to take portraits of Katie every month. This time, we made our way to Cherry Hill, N.J., so that the same photographer who took her terrific two-month pictures could do it again. (He was in King of Prussia last month.)
Two outfits and a cute hoodie later, we had some real keepers:
Stay tuned for month 4!
Two outfits and a cute hoodie later, we had some real keepers:
Stay tuned for month 4!
November 15, 2008
Katie's Christening
On November 2, Katie was christened (baptized) in the Episcopal Church.
Sriyesh's brother, Priyesh, is her godfather and Anne's oldest friend, Julie, is her godmother. All four grandparents and Julie's husband, Travis, visited for the weekend and the celebration.
Katie was an angel during the service, sleeping almost the whole time, except when the water was being poured on her. Amazingly, none of the seven babies being baptized cried.
We scheduled the christening a couple of months before Katie was born to make sure she'd be able to fit into her gown, the same one worn by Anne, her cousins, her father and uncle. It's more than 60 years old! It fit just fine, with just the top button undone.
Now the challenge is getting our act together on Sundays to get her to church!
To see more pictures from the christening, click below.
Sriyesh's brother, Priyesh, is her godfather and Anne's oldest friend, Julie, is her godmother. All four grandparents and Julie's husband, Travis, visited for the weekend and the celebration.
Katie was an angel during the service, sleeping almost the whole time, except when the water was being poured on her. Amazingly, none of the seven babies being baptized cried.
We scheduled the christening a couple of months before Katie was born to make sure she'd be able to fit into her gown, the same one worn by Anne, her cousins, her father and uncle. It's more than 60 years old! It fit just fine, with just the top button undone.
Now the challenge is getting our act together on Sundays to get her to church!
To see more pictures from the christening, click below.
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| Katie's Christening |
November 5, 2008
Katie's photo shoot
We plan to try to take Katie for monthly portraits during her first year. It's going to be amazing watching her grow and change! We missed Month 1, but Month 2 more than made up for it.
Our favorite is this shot of her lifting her head. Just a few days after this picture was taken, she learned to raise her head and shoulders off the ground and look around -- something we'll be sure to capture next month.
Katie smiles a lot now; in fact, when we picked her up from her first day of daycare, we found her smiling adoringly at one of her teachers, Miss Connie. Here's an example of her little grin; more are below.
Somehow we didn't get around to taking pictures of Katie on Halloween, but luckily she wore her costume for some of her portraits.
By the end of her photo shoot, Katie was exhausted.
Click the link below for more great portraits!
Our favorite is this shot of her lifting her head. Just a few days after this picture was taken, she learned to raise her head and shoulders off the ground and look around -- something we'll be sure to capture next month.
Katie smiles a lot now; in fact, when we picked her up from her first day of daycare, we found her smiling adoringly at one of her teachers, Miss Connie. Here's an example of her little grin; more are below.
Somehow we didn't get around to taking pictures of Katie on Halloween, but luckily she wore her costume for some of her portraits.
By the end of her photo shoot, Katie was exhausted.
Click the link below for more great portraits!
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| Katie Halloween and Two Months |
October 14, 2008
A Carolina Girl
Katie made her first trip to North Carolina during the first week in October to meet our extended family and friends and visit more with her grandparents. She was an angel on the flight to North Carolina, and while she didn't always enjoy the long car rides during our stay, she loved the people and activities. As she was cuddled by person after person, we learned she's never met a stranger.
In Eden, Katie met her uncle Priyesh and several of Sriyesh's family's good friends.
We then went to Shelby, where she spent the afternoon with her great-grandmother, Darwa (Doris Edwards).
In Mt. Airy, she met her great uncle Tom and great aunt Mary, as well as some of Anne's family's good friends.
We then headed to Chapel Hill for Katie's first UNC football game and to meet our tailgating friends (including her cousins Elizabeth and Frances).
She was awake almost the whole time taking it all in; the only thing that startled her were the fireworks when our team scored (which they did a lot).
Katie also had the chance to meet some of our good friends in the Triangle.
We were especially excited to introduce her to Caroline Conner, daughter of Emily and Lee. Emily and Anne are childhood friends and were roommates at Carolina, and we hope for the same for our daughters (born just four weeks apart).
Unfortunately, the girls slept through most of their first meeting, but we expect plenty of giggles later.
Whirlwind trip concluded, Katie hit the sack and slept for several days.
There were way too many cute pictures of Katie from our trip to include in one blog post. Please check out our album (below) for more pics!
In Eden, Katie met her uncle Priyesh and several of Sriyesh's family's good friends.
We then went to Shelby, where she spent the afternoon with her great-grandmother, Darwa (Doris Edwards).
In Mt. Airy, she met her great uncle Tom and great aunt Mary, as well as some of Anne's family's good friends.
We then headed to Chapel Hill for Katie's first UNC football game and to meet our tailgating friends (including her cousins Elizabeth and Frances).
She was awake almost the whole time taking it all in; the only thing that startled her were the fireworks when our team scored (which they did a lot).
Katie also had the chance to meet some of our good friends in the Triangle.
We were especially excited to introduce her to Caroline Conner, daughter of Emily and Lee. Emily and Anne are childhood friends and were roommates at Carolina, and we hope for the same for our daughters (born just four weeks apart).
Unfortunately, the girls slept through most of their first meeting, but we expect plenty of giggles later.
Whirlwind trip concluded, Katie hit the sack and slept for several days.
There were way too many cute pictures of Katie from our trip to include in one blog post. Please check out our album (below) for more pics!
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| Katie's 6th-8th Weeks |
September 22, 2008
What about the dogs?
Several people have asked how our furry children, Simon and Betsy, are handling their new little sister. At first, they weren't sure what to make of her. The first time she cried, Simon cried too. Later, the dogs ran the other way. Now they take her in stride.
Betsy's maternal instincts have emerged; she frequently checks on Katie in her Moses basket or her carrier. She also quickly learned to enjoy the new baby stuff around the house. (That's a nursing pillow below.)
Simon, on the other hand, usually keeps his distance. However, he is starting to take more interest in Katie, particularly in her socks and her diapers -- as it turns out, he's a pretty reliable dirty diaper detector.
Betsy's maternal instincts have emerged; she frequently checks on Katie in her Moses basket or her carrier. She also quickly learned to enjoy the new baby stuff around the house. (That's a nursing pillow below.)
Simon, on the other hand, usually keeps his distance. However, he is starting to take more interest in Katie, particularly in her socks and her diapers -- as it turns out, he's a pretty reliable dirty diaper detector.
Katie gets social
We were sad to see Nana (Anne's mom) leave on Sept. 11 after spending a wonderful four weeks with us.
Left to make our own fun, Anne and Katie are keeping active. Katie was an angel at a couple of moms' group meetings. She also had her first play date last week with Lachlan, born just a month before her. Lachlan's mom, Liz, brought lunch and visited, and Lachlan tried out Katie's toys while Katie napped.
Katie, Anne and Sriyesh also helped Riley celebrate her first birthday. It was a beautiful fall evening and Katie had fun watching the big kids play.
Katie also has kept busy at home. Last week she started to gurgle and coo, with her favorite sound right now being "aaaaaaa". "Uhhhh" is a close second. She also started noticing her hanging toys, and she loves to swat at Mr. Parrot and Mr. Monkey, as well as the elephant toys on her jiggly chair.
Katie has been working hard on increasing her neck strength. She really enjoys pushing back off of our chests and looking around (reminding Anne of a little turtle).
We're also having a great time singing and dancing with Katie. Anne helps her do the hand motions to her old camp songs, and Sriyesh favors dancing to more contemporary tunes. But never fear -- we're still making time to cuddle.
Click below for more photos of Katie.
Left to make our own fun, Anne and Katie are keeping active. Katie was an angel at a couple of moms' group meetings. She also had her first play date last week with Lachlan, born just a month before her. Lachlan's mom, Liz, brought lunch and visited, and Lachlan tried out Katie's toys while Katie napped.
Katie, Anne and Sriyesh also helped Riley celebrate her first birthday. It was a beautiful fall evening and Katie had fun watching the big kids play.
Katie also has kept busy at home. Last week she started to gurgle and coo, with her favorite sound right now being "aaaaaaa". "Uhhhh" is a close second. She also started noticing her hanging toys, and she loves to swat at Mr. Parrot and Mr. Monkey, as well as the elephant toys on her jiggly chair.
Katie has been working hard on increasing her neck strength. She really enjoys pushing back off of our chests and looking around (reminding Anne of a little turtle).
We're also having a great time singing and dancing with Katie. Anne helps her do the hand motions to her old camp songs, and Sriyesh favors dancing to more contemporary tunes. But never fear -- we're still making time to cuddle.
Click below for more photos of Katie.
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| Katie's 4th-6th Weeks |
September 2, 2008
Fun with Katie
Katie is starting to stay awake more during the day now and sleep more at night. That makes for more time for fun during the day. Today, she tried on her shades and took in the great outdoors.
She cracked us up with the expressions she made and how cute she looked in her sunglasses!
She also enjoys hanging out on the soft, fuzzy cow that was a gift from her friends at Penn. Do we see a modeling career in her future?
Katie doesn't cry all that often, but when she does, Sriyesh has developed a guaranteed-to-calm dance that he should patent.
Meanwhile, Anne is finding her niche in feeding, cuddling and reading to Katie.
We've also worked on commemorating Katie's birth. We named a star in her honor with the International Star Registry and preserved her two-week-old handprint.
We can't believe it's so tiny!
Check out our second album for more cute pictures!
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| Katie's 2nd and 3rd Week |
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