Hmmmm.....

Cate at 5 months....

Kiera at 5 months...

Mommy at 5 months....

Thoughts??? :)

First Tooth!!

YEA! and NAY! Caitlin has her first tooth!!

We are really excited that our baby girl has cut her first tooth...much in the way Kiera did...WITHOUT us KNOWING! But on the other hand, she's still a baby baby and I just want to keep her that way FOREVER! That toothless grin that can melt a heart has now become a toothy grin that can melt a heart. *sigh*

We knew that she'd probably have teeth sooner rather than later because not only does everything go in her mouth, as babies tend to do, but she was drooling like her life was depending on it. And yesterday, while chewing on my finger for the hundredth time that day, there it was...a little rough spot of tooth...and our newborn has a tooth...so sad...yet happy. Not sure how to feel :) So we'll end with YEA! (and nay!) our baby has her FIRST TOOTH!!!

Five Months Old...&...Almost Two and a Half!

Well, it's been almost a month since I wrote last and I can't believe that it's been that long! Time is flying by so quickly that I can hardly stand it.

Caitlin Maria is FIVE months old already. She's a ray of sunshine that we never could have prepared ourselves for. Last year at this time I was so sick with morning sickness, overwhelmed by the prospect of being a mommy of two and saddened that Kiera would have to share our attention. Now, today, we could not imagine life without her...she's just amazing! It's most definitely like she's always been here.

Having a five month old alongside a vivacious two and a half year old is such a breath of fresh air. She's the calm and Kiera's the storm...in a good way :) Cate loves to chill out on our laps, watch everything that's going on, talk, put her feet in her mouth (and anything else she can get her cute little hands on), laugh, suck her (right) thumb (Kiera sucks her left), and is just generally THE best baby! She looks so snuggly in her PJs and just adorable in her Kitty-Cat hat courtesy of Aunt Mimi :) She has this scream that is too much for any of us to handle. It's AWESOME. She's currently eating baby food and loving every minute of it. She's taken to the bottle like a pro...thank goodness because stopping breastfeeding was hard for me with Kiera and even harder now with Cate knowing that it's my last time. We want Cate to stay this small and innocent forever...just thinking that she'll be as big as Kiera is now in two short years blows our minds. We love it when she falls asleep on our chests, puts her tiny hand on ours, and runs her hand along our cheeks. *sigh*

In September we had her welcoming day alongside friends and family from all over. We had made the decision with Kiera that we're not religious enough to have our children formally baptized, so we chose this instead. Our very good friend, Molly, is a very spiritual person and respects all aspects of religions and spirituality. We therefore chose her as our guide through this and we were honored to have her do both "blessings" where we welcomed our girls to the family. My sister Michelle and Sean's brother Jason are Cate's "God" parents...with that we simply have given them the role of being there for our daughter, to guide her along a positive path and to simply be the people she can go to if ever she needs. I have some negative people in my life right now who have expressed their opposing feelings to this and to that I say, to each their own. We've chosen this path, their "God" parents have accepted and our girls will be raised with amazing people surrounding them to lead them down the proper roads in life. I feel really great about our decision and I know that Sean does too. We've done what's right for our family and the people who love us and our girls are coming along for the ride...and all we know is that those who love them will always love them...no matter what! We feel so overwhelmingly blessed with our family of four, our biological family that's here for us no matter what and loves us unconditionally, and our "logical" family as Molly puts it-those we choose as our family and who have stepped up to the plate more than we could have ever hoped for...we couldn't be any happier!

Moving on to our Kiera Rita...she's a PISTOL and we LOVE it!!! The things that she says, does, understands...it's just amazing. She's so talkative and says THE funniest things. She sings all the time and demands certain songs on a daily basis. Everything is hers...the sky, the moon, every single toy in the house...etc. Everything is her "Favorite!" and she gets SO excited about it. She can count to 28 which blows our mind. She loves to play with other kids...especially her cousins Nicholas, Andrew and Jason who she calls, "my boys". She's surrounded by insanity and takes it all in stride. She currently loves to play tea party and insists on real tea in her cups or she gets quite angry. She will only wear certain shoes and anything else is unacceptable. We've gone from one lamby to THREE! My fault, fine. And her hair is getting SO long and I refuse to cut it :)

I'm having SUCH a problem uploading pictures to Facebook to share with our friends and family, so please forgive me...I'm quite far behind...plus, with being back to work I hardly have time to be on the computer at home so I don't get as much accomplished on there as I'd like. Things are hectic and wonderful and we wouldn't have it any other way.