So much to be thankful for....

Kate's first Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry for the suspense, but Kate's hearing is PERFECT! It must have been fluid in her ear from birth when they tested her after she was born. We are so relieved! It was quite a morning. I had dreaded her being sedated and missing a feeding, but to my surprise, after setting my alarm for 5 a.m. to feed her and working darn-near-magic to keep her asleep until 10:30 a.m. the audiologist informed me that she was too young to sedate! I was inwardly happy, but very frustrated that I was misinformed by 2 different people at Kosair AND a doctor at my pediatrician! I can't be too upset though because of the outcome, but, as most of you know, it's HARD to ask a newborn to miss a feeding!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my grandma's house!

Hard at work on a craft

The finished product

1 month check-up

Kate and I went for her 1 month check-up today and everything looked great! She weighed 9 lbs. and 2 oz. What an eater! She was in the 50th percentile for weight, 55th for head, and 25th for length, surprise, surprise Joe and I are such giants! Tomorrow we go to Kosair for her hearing screening. Keep us in your thoughts!

Kate's Baptism

Yesterday Kate was Baptized into the Catholic Church. She did great, she slept through the whole thing even the water on her head! Afterward we had everyone to my mom and dad's house for dinner. Thanks to all who celebrated with us!

This was the gown that I was Baptized in made by my grandma. There is a picture of me laying just like this on the same blanket

The godparents: Curt and Janna

Happy Birthday to me!

What a great 31 years I've had! I couldn't ask for more! I have been blessed in so many ways! These pictures sum it all up! Thanks for the great shots Janna!

Photo Shoot

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was pretty low-key this year, as is everything thing right now! Lucas wasn't to hip into the costumes and spent most of the time scared, so we didn't push it, there will be plenty more to come! Even still, we have way too much candy from REMC trick-or-treating and Nee Nee's party! We even made it into my school party and the kids were so excited to meet Kate.