Anna Kate's First Christmas

Anna Kate had a fabulous first Christmas!! Santa came to our house on Christmas Eve because Bryant had to work on Christmas day. After we did Christmas at our house we headed over to Bryant's grandmother's house for lunch and to open presents there. After lunch we went to Bryant's mom's house to open presents. Then, Anna Kate and I headed to Beaufort to be with my family. Between the 4 places AK got lots of clothes, toys, books, bows, and money. I have only uploaded pictures from our house but I will post the others later.

We got up Christmas Eve morning and took a few pictures of AK in her Christmas pajamas and then headed upstairs to see what Santa had brought. Santa stopped here!!

Lots of new outfits for spring and summer

New toys and books! We didn't do a whole lot at our house because we knew she would get soooo much from all of the grandparents!!

AK in her Christmas pajamas

Ready to go see what Santa brought :)

"How does that work mommy"?

Opening presents!!

Excited to read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

"Now, who is this guy?"

We had a great Christmas at our house and with all of our family! We hope you did too!!

Lots of Stuff!

We have been so busy lately that I have not been good at keeping this blog updated. This post is going to be several overdue posts wrapped into one. The most important thing has been Anna Kate's baptism on December 12th. We had AK baptized at my home church in Beaufort. I was baptized in this same church, in this same dress. She missed her morning nap that day so I was very nervous that she was just going to meltdown. She did great and fell asleep right after her part was over!Mommy and AK before. I love how you can see all of the details of her dress in this pic. My aunt Carol and her mother, Mrs. Betty made this dress 27 years ago!

Family shot. AK was not very happy here!

Us with the preacher

After church we had everyone over to our house for lunch. We had time to get a few pictures. This is Leslie, Me, Ginny, and Cinnamon.

Mrs. Sharon and Anna Kate "talking" to each other

The pretty rose bud vase my parents got for AK in honor of her baptism

Now for some more catching up. We took Anna Kate to see Santa for the first time. She really didn't pay him much attention. There were so many other people there she just wanted to be nosy and watch and listen to them.

We did manage to get a half smile

Now for some funny stuff!! We went to the doctor for her 4 month well child check up. She weighed 13.5 lbs (50th percentile) and was 25.5 inches long (86th percentile). The doctor said we could start giving her rice cereal. She LOVES it, however, it does not help her sleep any better. But anyway.....here are a few pictures of her 1st time eating off of a spoon :)

We have to pry the spoon out of her mouth and hands!

I think some of it may have gotten IN her mouth. Ha!

A Few of my Favorites...

We had Anna Kate's pictures done last week. All of the were sooooo good! Here are just a few of my favorites. There were many more good ones, I just don't have time to post them all!

4 Months

She is really catching up with Sophie!

Anna Kate is 4 months old today! Time is going by so quickly, especially since I have gone back to work. Last week was my first full week. AK is doing great with the transition. She has done better with her naps (most days!) She is also sleeping better at night. She can usually go between 6-10 hrs before waking up to eat. However, we have some nights that she is up more. She is such a good baby! She still eats every 3 -4 hours and stays awake for 2-3 hours at the time. When she is awake she is full of smiles and lots of "talking." She loves the jumperoo and playing on the floor with her toys. She is consistently rolling both ways and can scoot when she is on her belly. She loves to read books and bath time is still her favorite. She is so nosy! She loves to people watch anywhere we go and loves to listen intently to any conversation! We think she is beginning to teeth. She is chewing on everything! I have posted a video of one of her new "tricks" where she is blowing a raspberry! It is too funny! However, I cannot get it to play, so if you have any tips please comment! I also want to be able to post all of her monthly pictures beside each other so I can see them all at once. I don't know how to do this, so if you do, please comment too! Thanks for your help.