Decorating the Christmas Tree

We starting putting up Christmas decorations this weekend, including the Christmas tree. Nate had some interesting ideas about how to decorate the tree.

Kaitlin didn't participate too much, other than being in the room with us. However, she is pretty fascinated by the lights.

Also, we've realized that this year we need to watch Nate a little closer around the tree. He's very curious- he's already broken 3 ornaments. :S

Kaitlin's First Cereal

They day has finally arrived - Kaitlin has finally been given the green light to eat some cereal!

It was a bit of a rough start; Kaitlin wasn't too sure about what she was being fed. But, at the day went on (and we thickened it up a bit), Kaitlin did better and better! It really seems like she's enjoying it now!

Next weekend we'll start on something that has a little more flavor - first up: Carrots!

6 month Check-up

Well, we're happy to report that Kaitlin had an excellent 6 month check-up on Friday! Dr. Mick is very, very happy with her progress. He thinks she's beautiful and he gave her the green light to finally start rice cereal.

Here's the update on her stats:
Weight - 17lbs 10oz
Height - 26 1/2 inches

She's right around the 75th percentile for both height and weight. I didn't record what her head circumfrence was; Dr. Mick just said that she has an accountant size head. ;)

Thanksgiving

Sorry for the long delay in posting - it's been a very interesting few weeks! On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Kiki woke up with some intense pain on her lower right side - it turned out to be appendicitis. So, Kiki was in the hospital on Sunday night after surgery and thankfully YiaYia and Papou came and watched the kids. It was crazy! She was released on Monday afternoon and by Tuesday afternoon the Malarsky family was loaded in the car and on the way to Cincinnati.

We spent Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday, and Thursday in Cincinnati. We had a great time! It was so much fun to catch up with the family, including Vijay and Connie (and Soleil).

Also, Nate got to have a lot of fun helping to make cornbread casserole with Grandi and he made placecards for everyone involving an outline of his hand made to look like a turkey and some fun felt stickers.

n Friday morning we left Cincinnati and drove up to Crown Point (via Indianapolis for a quick bottle for Ms. Kaitlin). We had the big family party on Friday night, which involved all of the usual suspects. It was a lot of fun and Nate determined that he loves sweet potatoes and turkey!

On Saturday, we drove to downtown Crown Point and got to watch Santa fly in on a helicopter and then ride on a fire engine downtown. Nate was able to sit in the fire truck - it totally made his day (way more than meeting Santa).

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing (including a several hour long Monopoly game). It was a fun and busy weekend!