Our Beautiful Claire Bear: June 2009

Well today we celebrated my first Fathers Day. What a fun day! We took Claire over to Grandma Deb's brothers house and we got to go swimming. She did pretty good with swimming, got a little upset, but overall had a good time. She smiled at everyone, got to play, and we had a great time. Thank you Deb for the pictures! (We brought our camera, but forgot the battery....DUH!)

Claire had her six month check up about a week ago. She now is 17lbs and the doctor says she looks great. She is average height and weight for a baby her age. She rolls around like a tumble weed and loves to play! She loves to reach for your face and play with you nose and lips. The doctor has put her on stage two foods also. She grew out of size 1 diapers in what seems like a only a month. She now wears size two and Sara said we may want to buy a small pack of size three's to see how they fit. She grows up a little more every day. She is a very serious baby. She smiles a lot but we do not get many laughs out of her. I try all I can to make her laugh. I do get pretty lucky sometimes. When she does laugh it is the best sounds in the world

I kind of got to thinking today that only about six months ago we brought home this little 5lb. 3oz baby. I look back at the pictures and she was all skin and bones. I think back and remember how absolutely scared I was. You would think that when the hospital sends you home with a baby as small as Claire was that they would send a nurse or owners manual home with her. You wonder how each day would go and I would pray that she would grow to be smart and strong. Then six months later you think back and realize how fast time has flown by. You see her now with her chubby little cheeks, arms, and legs. You hear her talking to herself when she wakes up in the morning. When you walk into her room to get her there she is, smiling up at you and just so happy to see you. She plays with you, reaches for you, and makes my day an absolute joy! I pray that she does not grow up to fast. I have so much to look forward to and cherish every minute I have with her. I love you Claire, just promise that you will not grow up to fast on me.

Claire swimming with her cute suit on