Still Waiting for Summer...

"Hi, This is Claire."

Should we be concerned that our daughter's favorite toy is a phone?!?! I hope this isn't any indication of what her teenage years will be like. She is seriously obsessed with this phone. She holds on to it for dear life, even crawling around with it in her hand. Forget all those fancy toys that sing, dance and move...my daughter prefers an old school phone rattle.

Dear Nap Fairy...

...please visit my daughter Claire and teach her how to nap. She was getting SO much better at napping until this week. She now refuses to sleep any longer than one hour at a time. This is not ideal for mom or baby, so please visit us as soon as possible. Got to run. Claire is now waking from a 40 minute nap - the second one of the day and it is only noon!

Six Months

I am still in disbelief that my little baby girl is already 6 months old. It seems like just yesterday that we were bundling her up in her carseat and heading home from the hospital. I have been amazed each and every month of her life so far. She is so interested in the world around her and it has been wonderful to watch her take everything in. I know that Art & I weren't sure what parenthood had in store for us, but we both agree that it has far exceeded any expectations that we had. We look forward to the next 6 months as Claire continues to grow, discover and learn! At 6 months old, Claire:

• is officially crawling. She does a couple of actual 'crawls' and then reverts to scooting.
• does not like to sit still. The monthly brown chair picture gets more and more difficult to take. I took about 100 shots this month, and still didn't get a great picture.
• sits up all by herself.
• has started solid foods. Right now she has only tried rice cereal, but we plan to start some new foods this upcoming week.
• loves to go swinging at the park. She squeals with delight every time we go.
• continues to sleep through the night (thank you, baby girl). While her wake up time could be a little later (she usually wakes around 5:45am), we will take what we can get.
• still has no teeth. We have debated for months (3 to be exact) on whether or not she is teething...nope, just a big drooler.
• is growing more and more hair.
• continues to explore her voice, making all sorts of strange noises. She is also getting quite good at giving us big, belly laughs!!
• weighs 15 lbs even and is 25.25 inches long.



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On the Move

Stormy Night

We were hit with a nasty hail storm last night. Sunny skies quickly turned dark and it was soon windy, rainy and hailing. Luckily it only last 15-20 minutes and the sun was out again.

Whitney Ann

Congratulations to Pete & Emily on the birth of their daughter Whitney Ann! We had the pleasure of meeting her today and she is beautiful! We have been telling Claire all about her new friend and she can't wait to meet her as well!