Kate had her 2-week doctor's appointment on Tuesday.  She weighed 6 lb. 1/2 oz.!  The doctor was thrilled with her weight gain and said that usually by the 2-week appointment they would hope to have her back up to her birth weight -- she surpassed that by almost 10 oz.!  So she's growing, and healthy, and strong...she moves a lot and has pretty good control of her head.  She's awake and alert often - we love watching her look around.

Saturday we had a family Christmas party with Jamie's cousins...Grandma and Grandpa in California sent all their great-grandkids (5 now!) cute little striped sweaters.  Kate's is more of a jumpsuit with a hood - that's the photo we've posted.  They all looked so cute!

Now we're just getting ready for Christmas and family visits...we wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Week 2

We had a wonderful baby shower yesterday!  Thank you so much to those of you who planned, prepared, attended, and 'showered' with gifts!  Kate received some very nice presents.  And it was very nice to visit with everyone, too.

This morning we bathed her in her new tub (thanks Georges!) -- she really seemed to like it! 

Here are a couple pictures from Kate's second week.

Kate's First Week

Kate had a lovely first week of life!  She has been getting better at sleeping during the night with only 2 or 3 feedings.  She's nearly finishing her 2 ounce bottles.  And she's cute as can be. :)

She had her first doctor's visit and weighed in at 5 lb. 3.5 oz.  She's 18" long and appears to be perfectly healthy!

She also lost her umbilical cord already...we, being first time parents, were a little freaked out at first.  But it's healing nicely.

We've posted a couple more photos we've taken of her during the week.  It sure is fun having a little one in the house!

Welcome Baby Kate!

We thought if ever there was a reason to start a blog for ourselves, this would be it!!!

We have been chosen to be the parents of adorable Kate Isabella!

She was scheduled to arrive on Christmas day -- talk about the best gift ever!  But she decided she'd like to come early, and arrived in perfect health on December 1, 2007 at 10:24pm.  She weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces and was 17 inches long.  She stayed at the hospital for two days, then with her birthmother and family for one more day - she was placed in our arms on December 4 and our lives have been forever changed!  We love it!