I have been much too lax about updating my blog (as many of you have complained lately), but you see, Paul recently got new computers and I am deathly afraid of doing something that will forever cause them to not work properly. That being said, I am using one now, and all seems to be going OK!! So here are some new pictures of the ever-growing and changing Katrina...
You cannot see the whole picture here, but this is a picture of Paul's worst nightmare! If you were to pan the camera, you would notice that Paul is watching TV while holding his daughter, and it seems that she is watching it too!!!
Katrina is 10 weeks old today and smiling is her new favorite activity. It started out small and only if you caught her at the right moment, but now she is giving us ear-to-ear grins and we absolutely love every one of them!
She does not really know what stuffed animals are yet, but often times when she is in her car seat, you can catch her grasping onto the one we put next to her or falling asleep against it. I think she is going to be her mother's daughter in her love for these cuddly friends!
Katrina is definitely focusing on people and objects a lot more than she could before. She is looking up into a mirror on her playmat here. She loves being on this mat and exercises her leg and arms like crazy every time I put her onto it. You can hear the rattles and noises from it as she waves her arms around in a frenzy of activity.
This last picture is a very proud moment of ours! We brought Katrina to her first fireworks (the Rock 101 100 Days of Summer) over the Memorial Day Weekend. We had the whole gang there--my brother and Carrie and her parents, both of our parents and the rest of Paul's family too. Everyone was holding their breath to see how Katrina would react to the craziness...and she loved it! For the first few minutes she watched the bright lights with full interest, and then she just looked around and forgot they were even going on. She didn't cry once and seemed very OK with the whole situation. We were very proud of her! She is one brave little girl!
This was by far one of the cutest moments that Katrina has shared with us so far. My mom has been looking forward to buying Katrina a doll and this is the one that she picked out to keep at her house for when Katie goes to visit. I think that my daughter approves--she got so animated when she saw the doll face; smiling, waving her hands and feet and making all kinds of cooing noises! It was adorable.
You cannot see the whole picture here, but this is a picture of Paul's worst nightmare! If you were to pan the camera, you would notice that Paul is watching TV while holding his daughter, and it seems that she is watching it too!!!
She does not really know what stuffed animals are yet, but often times when she is in her car seat, you can catch her grasping onto the one we put next to her or falling asleep against it. I think she is going to be her mother's daughter in her love for these cuddly friends!
This last picture is a very proud moment of ours! We brought Katrina to her first fireworks (the Rock 101 100 Days of Summer) over the Memorial Day Weekend. We had the whole gang there--my brother and Carrie and her parents, both of our parents and the rest of Paul's family too. Everyone was holding their breath to see how Katrina would react to the craziness...and she loved it! For the first few minutes she watched the bright lights with full interest, and then she just looked around and forgot they were even going on. She didn't cry once and seemed very OK with the whole situation. We were very proud of her! She is one brave little girl! 
This is Mason. He is just happy to be a dog and has no care in the world about having a new baby in the house. He is the best!
This is Gus. He is alpha animal in the house and as you can see by his expression here, "Don't Tread On Me" is his motto. A new person in the house does not bother him until you want the space that he is lying in or he wants to be fed and you are paying attention to the baby instead!
And this is Melody. She just wants to be comfortable and independent. This is a spot on the back of a chair that Gus and Melody often fight for. She seemingly can't decide what she thinks of Katrina, as sometimes she goes up and sniffs at her very tenderly, and other times we find her lying all over Katrina's toys and marking her bath tub. 
