A bit suprised....

Is what we felt when Cate came to me last night and said, "Mommy, my tooth is gone!" WHAT? Sure enough, Cate has lost her first tooth. I didn't realize 4 1/2 year old's lost their first teeth by natural causes. However, I called our dentist (thankfully a friend) and he said that it was possible. I had noticed that her bottom 2 teeth were closer together recently but didn't think to check if one was loose.

After Cate's initial shock and obvious fear that something was wrong with her, she is extremely proud! Cate has always been a little advanced for her age but I didn't think this translated into losing teeth, too:) I'm a little sad as it is almost like a rite of passage as a child...is she really there yet? My first born is growing up.

Finally captured!

Not the best quality picture but I finally was able to capture the big grin of Jane Ramsey! Love it!

Ballet and tap

Last weekend there was an open house for Cate's ballet and tap class. The parents were able to sit in on a whole class to see what they've been learning. It looked like a lot of fun with lots of music from classical music to Mama Mia. She has a fabulous teacher and has learned a lot of dance "moves" and terms! These last couple of pictures here and many of the others I took show Cate looking not too thrilled but I she really seems to like the class!

There is a recital at the end of May at the Belk Theater uptown. I remember taking ballet as a little girl and the recitals...being a bumblebee and a balloon. I was also recalling the tradition that followed dance recitals to Cate last week when we were at the Ben and Jerry's. My parents would take us to Swinsons, an ice cream place, after our recitals and every time I would get a cone and the ice cream would fall off!!! I'm not the most graceful so maybe that is why I never made it as a ballerina! Anyway, I'm looking forward to Cate's first recital and possibly establishing some traditions to follow.

Fun with Faith and Sasha

We've been having a fabulous time with Aunt Faith and Uncle Sasha the past few days. They are so much fun and Cate and Drew are loving having them to play with. Plus, they've helped keep me sane caring for 3 children while Jacob has been sick!

Faith has an incredible talent of knitting. She has made each of our kids a special "friend" when they were born. Today we were presented with Jane Ramsey's fun new knitted friend (the one closest in the picture). Cate has the frog and Drew the bear. We will certainly miss them when they leave tomorrow. As Cate said, "Why do Faith and Sasha have to leave? That's boring!" Meaning, it will be boring when they leave. Aunts and uncles and grandparents have a wonderful way of bringing some excitement into our normal daily routines. Thanks for the fun visit, Faith and Sasha!

Sweet girl

I guess one good thing about getting vaccinations is the amount of sleep that tends to follow. Jane Ramsey had her first set of vaccinations this morning and I'm not sure who it was harder for...her or me! She is a thriving 2 month old, weighing in at 11 lb. 1 oz and 22 1/4 inch long. I'm used to having kids on the 90% percentile for height and weight so to have her in the 70% for weight and 50% for height...I'm wondering if she'll be more "petite" than the other 2!

Highlights this month have been her social smiles and her sleeping. She is a champ for nighttime sleeping. She will on average go 7 hours for one stretch of the night!! The last 2 nights she has slept in her crib at night for the first times so her sleep has been a bit more interrupted but I think she is getting used to it!

She is a sweet baby and I continue to love to hold and cuddle her when I can. We feel so blessed to have her in our family.

2 months!

I'm still trying to capture the wide, toothless grin from Jane Ramsey but my camera doesn't want to cooperate. Anyway...JR is 2 months old! She goes for her 2 month check up tomorrow so I'll have to post her new stats then.

We're enjoying a fun few days with Faith and Sasha. However, Jacob has been quarantined in the bedroom with a bad case of the flu. I was able to visit Cate's ballet class yesterday and see all that she has been learning. It was very cute and I'll post some pictures of that soon, maybe even some video!

More to come...

My sleeping beauties