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Wow almost a month between pictures! Claire has been growing in leaps and bounds. She now has her two bottom teeth completely in and a top tooth is breaking through. She crawls and pulls herself up on EVERYTHING! She has learned how to fall down from standing like a champ. She is pretty tough. Enjoy the pictures.
So much has happened since the last post on 7/14. First, Claire's first tooth has come through. I really do not have any pictures of it yet. It is just through her gums and has come in a bit more over the last week or so. When you stick your finger in her mouth to feel for more teeth and she chomps down on your finger with the tooth she does have......it hurts. That little tooth is sharp!
Second, Claire is sitting up on her own. She started about a week ago but always fell backwards and hit her head hard. Sara has been working with her for the past week and just about four days ago she has gotten the hang of it. She is doing great at it and has started to sit up on her own when she is rolling around playing.
Last, Claire has really started crawling! Last night I was banging some toys of hers together and she crawled toward them and kept crawling as I moved them. Well of course Sara and I were ecstatic so we set her up to do it again and got the camera out. There is video below of her crawling toward her toys. She did not do it as well as she did the first time but she does pretty darn good. This morning as we were eating breakfast she is really moving around pretty good. She we roll a few times, get up and crawl five steps and then fall down and roll again. It is unbelievable how fast she gets from one place to another now.
Auntie Amy and Uncle Jeff flew all the way from Massachusetts to visit Claire for the first time. We had a lot of fun during the visit. Claire enjoyed spending time with them. We loved you Auntie Amy and Uncle Jeff and miss you already!
Claire has been on her hands and knees ready to crawl...but so far no success yet. She has also been teething. She has had some of the most miserable days I have seen her have yet. I feel so bad for her. Growing pains are tough sometimes I guess. I hope you all enjoy the pics!
Claire smiling it up for Amy and Jeff
Claire, Auntie Amy, and Uncle Jeff
Auntie Amy and Claire
Happy baby!
Look at me up on my hands and knees ready to crawl
Happy Happy Happy
Uncle Jeff and I lounging
It was a fun weekend. Now nap time. Miss you Auntie Amy and Uncle Jeff.
Happy 4th of July everyone. Not much new here to report. Here are just a few pictures of Claire. Hope you all enjoy.
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 and daddy swimming
I love my laptop mommy & daddy bought me
The many expressions of Claire
Still working on my laptop
She was hilarious this night! Look at this face
So so cute!
Hey everyone. Attached are a few pics from the weekend. We went up to the cottage and spent the day with Dad and Deb. It was a lot of fun. It was a perfect way to spend a day!
Claire is doing great. She has been rolling over from her back to her stomach and just over the last two days has been rolling back over from her stomach to her back. She talks all the time now also. She is getting her own little personality. We are trying to get some videos of her rolling over and talking. Hopefully we will have some soon. Our love to all.
The next two pics are pics Deb took. Just awesome!
