You are HERE!!!

Sweet, Sweet, Sweet little Kate.

KATHRYN ROSE PHILLIPS :)
7 lbs. 9 oz.
19 inches long

You are here and we are SOOO thankful. I wrote all about your special birth-day on our family blog. We are so grateful for this incredible blessing of receiving you into our family and having you in our home. We love you beyond belief. Motherly instincts have really helped me to take care of you and try to meet your needs. You grandparents absolutely love you and love watching you. They love feeding you and having you fall asleep in their arms. :) So do we. You are our best friend and we love you soooo much! Today, Grandpa was holding you and I was running on the treadmill at Daddy's work, and all I could think was that you are SOOOOO adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU.

We are SOOOOO thankful that you finally came!
Love you "Hon-hon" as Daddy calls you. So do I. I also call you "little baby".
Love,
Mom

Hi Dear Sweetie!

Dear Baby,
This is Mommy and Daddy one week ago. Daddy had this great idea! He thought we should have a picnic at Sundance! He did a bike ride up Provo Canyon, South Fork Canyon, then up to Sundance. I met him there with the picnic. He found us a PERFECT spot! We love you so much!


This was taken during our week at the lakehouse for the 4th of July.



This shows you how much you've grown! :) I took this picture a week and a half ago. Sept 4th. So two months later. This was at the Ramada Inn in St. George when Daddy did the Red Rock Relay! (My hands are showing 8 for 8 months)

Hi Sweets,

It has been quite a long time since I've written to you on this. Just so you know, I have written to you lots of times in my pregnancy journal :) I just wanted to update you. We are SOOOOOOO excited for you to come in about 3 weeks :)!!!!! I had a dream last night, that you came. It was so sweet to see your little face and your fluffed hair! I wonder how much hair you will have. I got you the cutest little clips for your little hair. It should be able to grab onto even a little bit of hair :) So, something hilarious just happened! I was eating a VERY healthy snack, just for you, tongiht. I was trying to put the plate somewhere, and set it on my stomach. I realized it sat on it perfectly! I have NEVER done that yet!!!! Hilarious! I think the plate was a little too cold b/c you started moving. It is just a little plate, but I had grapes, cottage cheese and rosemary crackers. I love you so much. Daddy is SOOOOOO excited for you to come. He still always says "Hi Kate" in his high pitched voice. He even recorded it as his ringtone today.

He goes into your room everyday and says "Hi Kate's Room". Sometimes he goes and pushes down on your mattress. Tonight he joked around and asked why he couldn't sleep in it. He touched your cute little nightgown we have haning on a wall hook and ooooos and awwws. Yesterday I found this tiny little white cup with your full name on it, and Daddy put it on our wall shelf. He found the perfect spot for it. He also kisses you all the time, by kissing my tummy. WE LOVE YOU KATE. Grandma and Grandpa are soooo excited to see you. They think about you many times a day and talk about you so often.

Grandma's radiation is going great. We feel that it's such a huge blessing that she's feeling so great. We're very thankful. She is on the tail end of her 3rd week. Then 3 more to go! :)

Love you so much sweetie,

Love,

Momma

Hi Sweetie

Hi sweetie!
How are you doing? I am so sorry that it's been so long since I last wrote on the blog. I HAVE been writing in the pregnancy journal quite a bit, so if you want to be caught up on the last few weeks, it's in the journal :)
I love you! I love you! I love you so much!!! :) My Momma came to my Dr.'s apt. today. She got to hear your cute, quick heartbeat and she LOVED it! She thought it was SOOO neat and cute! :) The Dr. said that I was measuring a little big, but still within a few centemeters of the pregnancy week I am in. She said it's maybe because I might be carrying you higher. She said not to worry about it. I always get worried when she tells me something is not totally normal. BUT I'm so grateful that you seem to be doing great :) That's such a wonderful thing!
You have been making really big moves this week! A few days ago, I felt your heel or hand on the right side of my belly buttom. I could feel this cute, little, hard thing. It was so neat! Daddy got to feel it too, because you did it again the next couple of days. Yesterday you were must have been stretching, but it seems like you are running out of room. I saw my left side of my stomach rise about an inch! You pushed on my tummy and it was SO weird to see! :) A few nights ago I felt a big round thing (must have been your head or tooshie) on my right side. It was SOOO amazing to feel that! Wow!!! I also felt it Sunday night. Wow! It was when I got up to use the pottie.
If you can't tell, Daddy and I's favorite thing in the world is you! We love you SOOOOO much already! We can't wait to officially meet you, although we already feel like we really know you!
I love you,
Mommy

Hello Sweet Little One

Hi Sweetheart! :)
I love you! Daddy does too. So, we have had the 20 week appointment and you look good and healthy. We saw your profile and it's ADORABLE! :) We were also told again that you are a girl! But you already knew that! :) haha How are you doing? You are moving around so much. You are growing a lot and the part of my tummy above my belly button is starting to "pop out". People are starting to notice that I'm pregnant. I couple of people knew I was back in Sacramento. And last week, at enrichment, one girl said "you're pregnant!". That made me feel pretty excited because she could tell that I was preggy! :) I love you and rub my tummy often and talk to you. I think you're wonderful. Grandma (my mom) has given you two beautiful gifts. Two weeks ago she gave you an adorable little dress that had a duck on it. It will look SO cute on you. This past weekend, she gave you a VERY soft and fluffy blanket and an adorable little night gown with a TINY hat and binky. The binky says "Daddy's girl". SO CUTE! Everything says Mommy's or Momma's girl, so I was happy to see something that makes Daddy feel special too.
Love you! Love you! Love you!

Hi Baby Girl!!!

Hi Baby Girl,
Last Friday morning, we found out that you are a little baby girl!!!! :) We couldn't be more excited! It makes you feel that much more real to us. PLUS!!!! We got to see your face, head-on, in the ultra-sound! It was SOOOOO amazing! Oh my goodness! We even saw you open your cute little mouth and turn your head. Then we saw a side shot of you and saw a little bit of your profile and your right arm bent. Then we got to see the "3 white lines" that apparently means your are a girl! :) I was SOOOO surprised! We both were! My eyes filled with tears because I was so happy and elated! :) Daddy is soooo excited too! We love you. You are growing so much! With in the past 2 weeks especially! Oh! I just felt you move a little on my right side. I wonder what you are up to. I really wish I could do an ultra-sound all the time so that I could see you all the time...whenver we want. Daddy and I were talking about how cool it would be if my stomach was see-through so we could see YOU! I love you. We would like to name you Kathryn and call you Kate. Is that OK? I just felt you move twice! Make that 3 times! :) Gosh, that is just THE BEST feeling! It makes me feel SO close to you. I can't wait to hold you and kiss you and love you. I get "stingy" just thinking about it. Stingy is what Dad and I say when my eyes start to sting and then get wet because of something I think of. We could not be more excited to see and hold you. We love you so much and will try our very best to love you, take care of your needs, and teach you of your Savior and His gospel and love for you and all mankind.
Love you,
Momma

Moving Baby

Hi little one!
I think I felt you move early this morning. It was 5:00 am and I felt the craziest feeling below my bellybutton. I held still and wondered what the heck it was. It felt like I had the butterflies in my tummy, but below my belly button. Anyway, after you stopped moving, I thought about what someone told me the other day; "When I first felt my baby move, it felt like lots of butterflies". How cool! So, April 29th you moved! You will be 17 weeks old on Friday! :) Four months tomorrow! :) I love you.
Daddy kissed my tummy lots today, because I told him the story. He was kissing you! :)
We love you SO MUCH!
Love,
Mommy

Hi Little Cutie!

This past Monday, we were able to hear your heart beat again! Wuuuuwooo wuuuwooo wuuuuwooo. That's what your cute little beat sounded like. We could even hear my heart beat in the back ground. We are soooo excited to meet you and hold you. Momma hasn't felt quite as sick lately. Dad reminds me to eat snacks so my tummy doesn't feel empty :) How are YOU doing? We hope that you're healthy and well. We pray for you often, and Daddy always talks about you. He says; "How's Babino doing?" Or if I say that I've been a good girl because I've been eating fruits, he said, actually, it's "we've" been eating fruits, right? He means you and me! :) I love you. So does he! We hope to find out if you are a boy or a girl in about 5 weeks!
Love,
Mommy

Mom and Daddy Love You

By the way, we are SOOOOO excited that today is your 12 week birthday! Mommy has been pretty sick to her tummy through out the day since week 7. It seems that you are growing so much lately that Mommy's tummy has been extra achy the past couple of weeks. I'm sure hoping that you're growing well and that you're so healthy. We love to hear your heartbeat. We heard it at 6 weeks. We actually SAW you in an ultra sound and saw your little heart beating (it was white and blinking really fast!). We could also hear it and it was the coolest sound Mommy and Daddy had ever heard. Then we got to hear your little heart beating at 10 weeks! It was so exciting! I hope the Doc leaves the device on longer on April 6th so that we can hear your heart and feel like you are talking to us!
We love you. Daddy often asks how "Little Babino" is doing. That's what we call you. We've been calling you that since about 6 weeks! :) He even gets real close to my tummy, where you are, and talks to you. He even sent us a text message once and told me he loved me and also said, "I love you too, Babino". Daddy is protective of Mommy now, because you're inside. It's really cute. He hasn't been this way before, so it shows he really cares about you. He even likes Mommy to eat good foods and exercise so that you'll grow to be really healthy :)
We love you,
Mommy and Daddy

Hooray!

It's finally happening! We have a little one growing and we are anxiously awaiting it's arrival! :) I love you little one! We love to see the pictures of how you're growing!
Love,
Mommy