6 Weeks Old and Santa

On Thursday Catherine had her 6-week doctor's appointment. This appointment was not fun because she got her first round of shots, but we were excited to find out how much she had grown since her 2-week appointment. She weighed 11 lbs. 4 oz. (80th percentile) and was 23 inches long (90th percentile). She is our growing girl! She is also starting to smile and enjoys her play gym. She has started batting at things when she is under her play gym and sometimes will even grab hold of something! She is sleeping great. She only wakes up one time during the night around 3 am. She really is such a sweet baby and we are enjoying every minute with her!

On Friday we took the girls to see Santa. I did not want to take them to the mall so I asked around and it seems that the best place to see Santa in Jackson is Bass Pro! We met Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Bessie, and Olivia there.



Waiting to see Santa



We have been asking Caroline what she was going to tell Santa she wanted for Christmas, and she always answers a pink shopping cart. And that is what she told him! So I guess Santa will be bringing her one even though she already has a white shopping cart she got last year for Christmas!



We got a picture of all three girls with Santa!



Caroline insisted on being in this picture!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our family this year. It was so nice not having to travel for the holiday. We are enjoying being back home so much! We ate lunch with Tripp's family and dinner with mine. Yes, two thanksgiving feasts in one day!

Tripp's family gets together at his cousin Tracy's house in the country. Tripp had the great idea to bring Caroline's bouncer for the kids. They had a great time jumping!



Catherine and Granddaddy



Ashley and Caroline



Catherine and Uncle Tyler



Winnie and Caroline after visiting the horses



Caroline loved playing with her cousin Ruby. This is the first year they have really noticed each other and played together. I know this is a start to a great cousin friendship! They will have fun together at Thanksgiving for many years to come!



Making silly faces



Me and Taylor



My family celebrated at Puppy and Granddaddy's house. We ended up eating dinner in shifts because that's what you do when you have two babies who have to be fed and held!



Dandy and Gomme holding their great-grandbabies.



Tripp and Olivia



Dandy's first time holding Catherine. I love this sweet picture.



Puppy gave Olivia and Catherine these matching outfits with their name monogrammed on the back. Lesley and I wanted to get their picture together.



Sweet sisters



We are so thankful for our precious family. They are such a constant blessing to us. We loved spending the day with them and it was so special to celebrate our newest blessings, Catherine and Olivia!

Happy 1 Month Birthday, Catherine!

Catherine's one month birthday was the same day as Uncle Jeremy's birthday. That night we went over to Aunt Bessie and Uncle Jeremy's house to celebrate. We had Mexican food and an ice cream cake per the birthday boy's requests!

The sleeping princess! I did not get any good pictures of her awake!





Granddaddy and Catherine




Aunt Dodo holding Olivia and Uncle Jeremy


Gomme and Puppy with the birthday girl



Big Sister with her new princess puzzle



Olivia and Catherine checking each other out!

Ballerina

Caroline has been enjoying her ballet/tap class so much this semester. After each class, Tripp and I always ask her what she has learned and to show us some dance moves. She usually performs the same two moves each time! So we were so excited about parent observation day at ballet so we could see everything she is learning.

Caroline loves tap. She really gets into it and swings her legs and stomps her feet as hard as she can! It is very entertaining to watch!







The girls always start off with tap at the beginning of class then switch to ballet. The girls warmed up with some stretches before performing their ballet numbers!



I am not quite sure about the technical names for these positions!





We cannot wait for Caroline's recital in May!

Our Little Pilgrim

Last week Caroline had her Thanksgiving program at school. She was a pilgrim! The kids sang several Thanksgiving songs and recited 1 Chronicles 16:8 which says "Give thanks to the Lord." For the past few weeks she has been singing several new songs about turkeys and thanksgiving so we were excited to see her perform in the program!



Caroline was the tallest one so she was on the back row!






Caroline showing Daddy the turkey she made!



Enjoying some snacks at a reception after the program.



Caroline had a large fan base at the program! She was so happy all of her grandparents were there.



Our family of four



Caroline really wanted to take a picture with her holding Catherine so we made her sit on the ground. Daddy is standing close by!

A Visit from Aunt Di

Aunt Dianne came to visit and meet Catherine and Olivia. It was so fun having her here. She always comes to visit at Christmas but she made a special trip just to meet these sweet girls!







We cannot wait to see her again soon during the Christmas holidays!

Update on Catherine

Last week we took Catherine to her 2 week doctor's appointment. She weighed 8 lbs 13 oz and was 21 1/4 inches tall. Tripp and I were so glad she was back to her birth weight plus some, and we were very excited when the doctor said we could stop waking her up during the night to feed!

We are enjoying Catherine so much! I think since she is our second child we can enjoy this baby time more because we feel like we know what we are doing! She has had several firsts over this last week.

She tried out her swing for the first time!





She had her first bottle!





Catherine loves being with her big sister and her cousin Olivia.