Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Exalt Student Ministries

Last Wednesday was our fall kick-off for youth group. We had 15 teens come. They played Ultimate Ultimate. It’s like Ultimate Frisbee with a whole lot more objects than just a frisbee. It started off with a frisbee and then added the following…beach ball, socks filled with flour, giant pickles, avocado, tomatoes, eggs, water balloons and a cow tongue. The teens seemed to love it and they were good sports since they didn’t know what they were getting themselves into when they got there! We had pizza afterwards. Tonight starts our regular night of youth group. This year will be quite different having Kaitlyn around. She will be in the nursery during this time but I will have to rush home right after to feed her and put her to bed. I was thinking the other day that she will be over a year old by the time youth group ends for the summer. The nursery workers will get to see her grow and change so much!
Here are some pictures from the kick-off...
Aaron with his cooler of goodies :)

The cow tongue...so disgusting!

The teens definitely got messy!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

4 Months Old

This past Monday Kaitlyn turned 4 months old. I looked at a picture of her the first week of her life and she hardly looked like the same baby! Things are going so well these days. Here are some 4 month facts about our little lady...
*She has been super clingy and only wants mom or dad. (Sorry to those of you who have held her while she cried until she got me back!)
*She found her toes! Now she has a toy that is always with her :)
*She's finally been sleeping through the night again!
*She puts everything in her mouth
*She loves touching our faces, especially daddy's facial hair!
*She is now in size 2 diapers
*She does great holding toys, even ones that are too big to wrap her fingers around
*She's doing great with tummy time.
*She's still taking short naps. Not every nap is short but definitely quite a few.
*She loves bath time now. I look forward to when she can sit in the tub and play with toys!

A few more pictures...


Kaitlyn is getting some pretty chubby thighs. At her 4 month check-up she weighed 12 pounds, 13.5 ounces.

Kaitlyn's hair is really growing and sometimes gets a little out of control!



...her new found toys

Kaitlyn's biggest smiles of the day come in the morning when she wakes up!




Today I officially started "Playtime in the Pack 'n' Play". Kaitlyn will spend some time in here everyday to get used to it so it won't be a big transition for her when I put her in there after she's mobile. And I'm hoping it will help teach her that she doesn't have to have me right there to keep her happy.