Bonus February Photos

I know there are duplicates from Facebook and Instagram, but is that really a problem? ;) I have hundreds of pictures on my phone because I want to remember every face Cate makes. She is so beautiful and so fun.

I am such a proud mama.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finishing February

We have had a very eventful first month with little Cate. She has a big extended family who loves her! Here are some highlights of Cate's past few weeks:

Surprising Auntie Erin by meeting her a day early

Meeting Nana

Meeting Papa

Lots of this precious yawn face

Children's book shower for Cate

Cate's baby blessing- so special.

Meeting Uncle Andy

Chillin with Uncle David

Girl time with Auntie Liz

Saying goodbye for now to Nan and Granddad

One-on-one time with Nana

Visiting with Naomi, Eliza, Auntie Erin, and GG at our little blue house

Meeting Aunt Mimi

Lots of escaping the swaddle

Snoozing on Sunday morning

Exploring the Cardinal Greenway

Spending lots of time with Auntie Erin

And finally, spending Leap Day like this- bundled up and snoozing since Mama and Baby both have colds.

This February has been our own little heaven in our little blue house and in the homes of our wonderful family members who have shown us and our little gal so much love. Cate's baby blessing was an especially beautiful family memory with so many Priesthood holders present and with so much love (and so much food and euchre)!! Thanks to Nana, Papa, Nan, Granddad, Auntie Erin, Uncle David, Naomi, Eliza, Uncle John Kelly, and Auntie Liz for flying out to Funcie to meet Baby Cate and for taking such good care of us in our first month as a little family.

One week old! And picture overload!!

We celebrated Cate's 1 week "birthday" by having a photo shoot at our house! Rigel Jackson from our ward is a spectacular photographer, and we were fortunate to be her models yesterday. Cate was a perfect angel (mostly!) and looked completely stunning in all the poses. I think Rigel got some fantastic shots! I can't wait to see them edited!!

We were able to come home from the hospital on Monday evening. My mom stayed with us until Friday and was an incredible help. Cate has been a great sleeper and eater this week! I love when she wakes up in the night and just wants to be cuddled. No problem, baby. We saw the pediatrician on Thursday morning, and she is perfect of course!

Cate has been an incredible blessing in our lives! Chris and I love each other more than ever before (which is saying a lot!!), and we can't get enough of our precious baby girl. We haven't gotten a whole lot of sleep, but so far it hasn't been the burden everyone said it would be. We'll see how it goes when Chris goes back to school and work!

I can't stop taking pictures of my tiny beauty. She makes the cutest faces and is such a sweet, wonderful girl, and I don't want to forget anything!!! Here are my favorite shots from this week.

Going home from the hospital!!

Don't worry baby doesn't sleep in this toy-filled crib. She's in a bassinet for now so the crib is storage!

On the way to her first doctor's appointment.

First sponge bath at home. She didn't hate it! After the initial shock she seemed to really enjoy it!

I am in love.