Football Training

It's football season for everyone at our house. Katie is practicing a few new moves daddy taught her.

"Go long, we got to beat the Utes!"

"It is always important to catch the ball with your hands Katie! Do not trap the ball against your body."

"Who is open, who is open...they are coming in fast!"

"Always remember your mouthpiece and secure the ball tight by tucking it under your arm Katie." And remember the key to any BYU victory is 1) do not turn the ball over. 2) Throw it to the tight ends and running backs. 3)find the ball on defense and be physical!

The Wheelbarrow

This is her new way of moving around. We call it "wheelbarrowing". She plants her face into the ground and pushes with straightened legs. It may not seem like it, but she does actually move herself forward and sometimes in a circle. A lot of times we will find her doing this in her bed when she isn't quite tired enough to take a nap. We will hear her start to cry when her head is smashed up against one of the sides of the crib and she can't go anywhere.

Toys

One of Katie's new favorite things is to pull toys out of a basket. She pulls the basket towards her and starts pulling out her favorites.


Another new favorite is the whisk. She'll be whipping up cheesecakes in no time.

Rice Cereal

Like many first time parents we have documented every step of our child's first experience eating rice cereal.

This is how we started:


Here we go, I'm not so sure about this.


What is this stuff?


And we are happy again now that we have the torture device (aka the spoon) and cereal all over our face:


*Just a note, she was much more accepting and tolerant the second time and not quite as funny.

More Swimming

We had a good time swimming at Christopher and Amy's house. Cousin Andrew let Katie use his crab floatie. She loved it. She even kicked her legs when we moved her around.

Rolling Over

Katie has started rolling over on purpose now. She has rolled over a couple of times this summer on accident (we think it was anyway). But the other day when we left the room and came back she was on her stomach. From then on she has been constantly rolling over to grab toys or look at something new. She has even decided that she needs to roll over in her bed in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, she has never been one to sleep on her stomach (not even on us). This usually wakes her up and she starts screaming in the middle of the night. She is learning to sleep on her stomach. We have been working on rolling back over, but that hasn't really taken effect yet.

4 Months Old

We have made it 4 months! She is so fun with her smiles and spontaneous laughter (really, she will just burst out laughing and then she's done). Here is a picture of her and her cousin Nick who is 5 weeks old in this picture. Katie has just turned 4 months. You may notice they are just about the same height. We thought it was pretty funny.