Where has time gone? Back to work!

It is so hard to believe that little Miss Kaitlyn is 4 1/2 months!!! Over the 4 months she has gotten more beautiful and cuter every single day - it is amazing! She is now laughing and giggling and giving the most beautiful big smiles! It is amazing how a little smile from Kaitlyn can completely make all worries disappear! I don't know where to begin with the last few months, but decided to jot down some of our favorite Kaitlyn moments so that we don't forget this special time in our lives.

- Ever since she was a baby, Kaitlyn has love to kick! You can just lay her down and she will go crazy kicking for 45 minutes (what a work out!). We are convinced she is going to be a dancer, a soccer player or a great swimmer!! Well now she has found her toes - her new favorite toy. She plays with her toes for hours and rolls over onto her side much to her delight! She is also trying really, really hard to sit up these days - she lifts her head and little legs up trying to sit up! She will be sitting before we know it!

- Kaitlyn loves "Sammy the Dog" - she gives a little shout of glee and giggles whenever Sammy is around. Of course, Sammy loves Kaitlyn too and gives her big wet kisses whenever she can sneak one in!

- Kaitlyn loves music much to her mommy's delight! She loves listening to any songs and especially loves her toys that make music (pink elephant and Violet the puppy) . Every night, we sing the "Goodnight Sweetheart" song before she goes to bed (anyone remember that song from Three Amigos?) She absolutely loves it! Mommy also composed a "Naptime" song for Kaitlyn and she loves singing that before naps as well.

- Kaitlyn loves being outside - it doesn't matter what the weather is or where we are, if we are outside, she is a very happy baby!!!

- Kaitlyn loves morning snuggle time with mommy and daddy! We put her to sleep in her crib at night, and she is still waking up 1-2 times a night for a feeding or just to have her pacifier back in her mouth. Anytime she wakes up after 4:00am thought, she comes into the bed with mom and dad which she loves!!

- Kaitlyn loves to be swaddled at night time! She will not sleep any other way! However, recently she has started to break out of her swaddle and I see her in the middle of the night sleeping with her arms and legs all spread out - it is too cute! Ryan and I got sad the other night because she was starting to look like a little girl sleeping rather than a swaddled baby.

Back to work!!! - I am now back to work and although I am happy to be back, I miss Kaitlyn dreadfully!! Last week was my first official week back and boy it was a busy one!!! It was also such an adjustment getting into a routine to get ready for school. I feed Kaitlyn when she wakes up and then she goes back to sleep until 7:30 while mom gets dressed for the day. Then I get her dressed and we head out to school at 7:45am. It is so fun getting her dressed each day as I get to show her off to all the teachers at school. She is going to a really nice nursery school about 15 minutes from our house. The school takes children from 6 weeks to 6 years of age (Senior Kinder garden) so she will be there for a while! There are 7 other babies at the school with Kaitlyn and the teachers in her room are very nice. It was very hard taking her there the first few mornings, but now we have both gotten a little more used to it. So far between my mom, Ryan and I, Kaitlyn has been getting picked up at 3:00pm every day. She is a very social baby and seems to like being around the other kids!! Of course, I am so excited to see her in the evenings and we play, play, play and snuggle until bed time!! At some point, I hope to go on a reduced work load schedule which my company offers - until then, this is our arrangement though and I am happy with it!!

Kaitlyn has school pictures tomorrow - can you believe it?!? Also, she has started to get her first tooth which I just noticed today when I was feeding her!!