Claire Update

The past two weeks have brought us many new milestones for Claire. She's so far mastered the art of the army crawl, where she pulls her body across the floor. She is pretty fast and can get across a room easily. She's attempted to crawl a few times, but doesn't get very far before she drops back down to her belly and army crawls.

Claire has also learned to wave, say "bye bye," do the baby signs for "more" and "all done," and to clap her hands.

She's getting so big!

Just a few pictures.

Claire Pictures

I'm going to throw 4 1/2 months worth of pictures and updates into one! Here goes, outline-style:

• At around 5 weeks, Claire started smiling. By 7 weeks, she would smile at Aidan, Ben, and me.
• Around 12 weeks, Claire started laughing. Saying certain words can make her laugh, like "Ahhh boom!"
• Around 13 weeks, Claire rolled from her tummy to her back. She loves to be on her tummy.
• Also around 13 weeks, Claire could hold her head steady when in an upright position.
• When Claire turned 4 months old (October 1st), I put her in the Around-We-Go toy. She absolutely love it, because she can be upright, her feet touch the floor, and she can use her hands to touch the toys and make the music play.
• In the past 3 weeks, Claire has mastered the art of grabbing something and bringing it to her mouth. She wants to put everything in her mouth! It seems as though she's getting ready to get a tooth, so she wants to gnaw on everything she can and the drool is flowing quite freely!
• On October 7, Claire measured 15 lbs, 14.5 oz and 26 1/4" long. That put her in the 98 percentile for length and 88 percentile for weight. On October 19, Claire was measured at 16 lbs, 2.5 oz and 26 1/2" long. She's a tall girl!
• Claire will be 5 months old on November 1st, and is just about ready to start eating 'solid' food. We'll probably try sweet potatoes to see how she does.

5 days old.

11 days old.

13 days old.

First bath.

Fell asleep like this in the Boppy!

In her pretty summer dress (20 days old)

Tummy time!

Big stretch.

First smile caught on camera.

Party dress!

Big grin.

Watching some football.

Day at the park.

Aidan the Photographer

I have a small digital camera that I got a couple years ago for my birthday.  Aidan has decided to hijack it and use it as his own.  He loves to go around the house, taking pictures of anything and everything.  Here is a sampling of his photography:

There are a lot of these types of photos.

Foot.

Mom and Dad from the nose to the shins.

Hammer toy.

I think this one is especially good.

Shoe.

Baby sister!

So funny!

In the car.

As you can see, we have a budding Ansel Adams on our hands! 

I know I'm about 4 months late, but here are some pictures of Claire when she was born. I've got a lot of catching up to do!

 Tipping the scales at 8 lbs 6 oz

First time holding my baby girl.

She's perfect!

Daddy and Claire

My favorite picture - 1 day old

Love.

Claire

Our new baby, Claire Natalie Crawford, was born June 1, 2011 at 5:52pm.

She was 8 lbs 6 oz, and 20.5" long.

When we left the hospital two days later, she had gone down to 7 lbs 13 oz, which is normal for newborn babies.

At her first doctors appointment, 5 days after she was born, she was back up to her birth weight.

At her two week appointment, she weighed 9 lbs and had grown an inch!

We had her two month appointment last Friday, and she weighed in at a whopping 12 lbs 11oz and was 24 1/2" long, which put her in the 90th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height! That means she is longer than 95% of babiesher age.

Our little girl is such a good baby. She hardly cries, is a good eater, and sleeps very well at night. She's such a happy little girl!

How to wear out your 3 year old.

Aidan Dances

Aidan-isms

Today, I put Aidan down for his nap. A few minutes later, he woke up and opened the door to his room. I went and asked him if he was okay. He replied, "There's something happening to me and I don't understand." Huh???

Earlier today, he said he was digging in the dirt for his "compost peep."

A week ago, Aidan and I were driving. He said, "We are going really, really fast!" I said, "Like a rocket?" He responded, "No, not that fast."

Where does he get these sayings??

Aidan goes bowling!