Christmas with Miss Katie

This was the first Christmas in many ways. It was Katie's first ever, the first Shaffer Christmas with a small child in at least 20 years, the first Waldfogle Christmas with a small child in about 35 years, and the first with a grandchild in general. Needless to say, it was a little crazy!

We attended Christmas Eve Mass at St. Joseph, where Katie broke her previous record of never fussing during Mass. Nothing terrible, she just didn't sleep all the way through and spent a good chunk of the service in Mommy's arms.




Christmas morning started at home with breakfast for Katie, and our family gift exchange. Simon took a liking to Katie's new teddy bear, and Katie decided to take her swing with her for the rest of the day.

The first half of the day was spent at the Shaffer's. Uncle Greg is looking forward to Katie getting old enough to take over elf duties but she spent this one in her swing. Lots of presents of clothes and toys, including a whole menagerie of little stuffed animals from the Aunties in Arizona!

The day was already pretty exciting, but Katie managed a couple of short naps.

Then it was over another river and through a different woods to the Waldfogle estate in Bethel. Another embarrassment of riches for the new Princess. She played pass-the-baby a little bit with Aunt Linda, Uncle Steve and Gram, and spent a lot of time wimpering in Mommy's lap when it all got to be a little too much. She really liked the twinkle lights on the Waldfogle's tree and the light-up village set up underneath it and spent a nice chunk of time just lying on the floor looking at it all.

Three Months Old

Tigger's starting to look positively small next to Katie! There's no doctor appointment this month, so we don't have official stats, but by doing subtraction on the bathroom scale, we know that she's right around 13 pounds now, and the way she keeps outgrowing clothes, we know she's getting longer every day!

We recently figured out that she's sensitive to some of the proteins in cow milk, so no more dairy for Amy - these proteins pass through into breast milk and give Katie some seriously unpleasant tummy problems.

She's getting more and more alert every day, and is even starting to smile AT people. She can play a version of "peek a boo" for about 5 minutes at a time and can find her hands - she often folds them together over her chest and almost looks a little menacing as she clutches her fingers together.

She still really hates tummy-time but we keep plugging away for a few minutes each day.