Our Strawberry Shortcake

Our little Katelyn has been growing so much these past couple weeks! Last Friday (Dec. 12) we found out that she is in the 95% percentile for her height and 70% for her weight. Whoa. I'm not sure if she was just trying to stretch out when they measured her (she likes to do that) or what, but she has basically skipped right to 6 month old clothing. I have a feeling she'll grow out of this adorable jumper before I get the chance for her to wear it again! She just gets cuter every day and loves to look around and stand up (with our help) and her favorite new discovery is her tongue. She thinks it's the neatest thing ever. If she's not sticking it out, she's holding onto it. What a cutie!

Katelyn's Christmas Greeting

Katelyn wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone! Here she is, but you'll notice that she got distracted by the sweets we were giving to the neighbors. You know how kids and sugar go. At 3 1/2 months she's starting early, but I guess she learned to love it even before she was born. Just wait until we give her some ice cream. She's going to go nuts! :)

She's 3 months!!

Last Sunday, we dressed Katelyn up in a cute little red dress that my sister let us borrow. Thanks Shannon! We had so much fun taking pictures and she cooperated so well with her cute little smiles. Oh how fun it is to have little Katelyn with us!

Katelyn's New Trick

Yes, Katelyn is getting more and more talented every day. :) Dave and I just love to watch her, which is why this post is exclusively pictures of her. She's so cute, I can't help it. The little video shows her new trick that she's been working on. If I put a rattle in her mouth, she grabs on to it for a second. I've read about teaching babies cause and effect, so I put the rattle in her hand (she usually holds her hand in a fist so it works) and she waves her arms around and can hear the rattle. The point is so that she can figure out that she's the one making the noise. She's not there yet, but it's coming! :)

A 180 Barrel Roll!

We couldn't believe it! We just come home from a YW fireside and started changing little Katelyn into her PJs. I turned her over onto her belly so I could unsnap her buttons when all the sudden, she started twisting her little head and back like she was going to roll over. Check out the video. She's so cute because the top half of her goes first, and then we were so excited to see her little legs go over too. She can roll over! She hasn't tried to go from her back to her belly yet, but that can't be far behind. Could any parents be any prouder? :) Well, like any new parent I immediately got every camera I could find to document our baby's proud moment. She's 12 weeks old today and we are all smiles. According to BabyCenter, she's right on target, but we weren't expecting it so we were thrilled with the surprise.

Hanging out

Katelyn had a great time sitting on our camping chairs at the ward Halloween party. What a cute little pumpkin.

Time for Daddy's nap

Katelyn is such a good girl. Dave has been so tired with his busy schedule of homework, job searching, PhD researching and everything else that Katelyn put him down for a nap today. Good girl Katelyn. He looks so peaceful.