and 4 months later...
oh my, so much has happened since i typed the last post. i don't even know where to begin! catherine "kate" hatley philips was born on may 17, 2011 at exactly 12:15 in the afternoon. she was a little munchkin weighing just under 6 pounds. she was born with a FULL head of very dark, almost black, hair and big dark blueish brown eyes....which have not quite turned brown yet but we think that is where they are headed. brett and i checked into the hospital the night before we were to be induced not knowing that we would be up all night long. i actually begun having contractions before i was induced at about 10:30 that evening during a visit by my friend, angie. at 1:30am i was walking back from the restroom to my bed when my water broke. i got my epidural at about 9:30 the next morning, took a nap, and then a few minutes after 12:00 they said "oh my goodness you are ready to deliver!". it all happened so quickly! the doctor was there within the minute, the told me to push, and 3 contractions later our beautiful baby girl had arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed! one thing that everyone has said from the beginning is that kate is SO alert! and she is! she came out with her eyes wide open....and they remain that way pretty much all day every day to this day! lol. yep, our child does NOT like to sleep. well, i should correct myself...she doesn't like to nap. she has been sleeping through the night since 4th of July weekend! we are SOOOOO in love with her! she is by far the best thing that has ever happened to us! she is overall a happy baby that loves to be loved on and held and, especially at 4 months, has a very cheerful disposition. she LOVES to talk, loves to eat, loves to play, loves to swing at the playground, loves to laugh and LOVES mickey mouse more than anything in the world! her favorite food is peas surprisingly! (yuck!) she has had a lot of adventures her 4 months of life so far.....she has been to the lake 4 times, been to the beach in florida, been to a texas ranger game and has been running in the nature preserve with me every morning since she was 5 weeks old. by the end of october we will be able to add colorado to the list! she is head over heels in love with her daddy....and vice versa. they have the sweetest daddy-daughter bond! she also LOVES to swim in the pool and loves bath time. thank goodness because she had several bikinis to wear! :P she has lots of friends, including her best friend landry and boyfriend reid. she is definitely going to be a little social butterfly! some of the milestones that she has hit so far includes smiling, laughing, combining vowel sounds, rolling over (almost both ways), bearing all of her weight on her legs and eating food like a champ! right now she is in the 25% for weight, the 50% for head and the 65% for height. her hair has lightened up considerably since birth and surprisingly is coming in really wavy! she has her mommy's nose, chubby cheeks and big eyes and her daddy's mouth, hair color, eye color, skin color and i think she is going to have to really dark italian eyebrows too! she also has a lot of her daddy's mannerisms. when her little personality shows she looks so much like him! pretty soon we will know who's teeth she will have because her we can see her top two teeth coming down and the doctor says they should pop through in no time! here a just a few pictures from the first few months.
