Claire-week 6 pictures

It's hard to believe the little princess is already 6 weeks old. We went in for her hip ultrasound on Friday and learned that she definitely does not have hip dysplasia like Brenden did...so we are very happy and relieved to get that ruled out so quickly. As far as we can tell, she's a happy healthy little girl with no signs of reflux at this point, but we are keeping an eye on that just in case. Last night our little girl slept from 12:45 am until 9:15 this am without waking up even once. I was shocked when Brenden is the one that woke us up at 8:45 and we discovered how long we'd been sleeping uninterrupted. I doubt this will happen again tonight, but here's to hoping! Brenden didn't sleep for more than 3-4 hour at a time until he was 5 months old.

Claire & Brenden hanging out

Claire started smiling at us around 3 weeks...but Brenden gets the most smiles out of her now. He's a great big brother and helps her when she loses her pacifier and puts blankets on her while she's swinging. He also loves trying to pat her back and help burp her. We love that he's so interested in her (in a positive way).

Claire's little surprise...not such a dainty little girl anymore

Our sweet little girl put my fears to rest this evening as I suddenly realized we hadn't had a "poopie" in 24 hours...sorry for the graphic picture you may see below...but if I had to deal with this, you have to hear about it...and have the visual image as well. I'm just glad I was holding her when she did this and avoided it getting anywhere else!

Ignore the little red spots all over her face in the pictures, she's got a lovely case of baby acne which I'm assured will go away sometime between 3 and 6 months. I'll take acne over reflux any day of the week thank you!!!

Big Brother

Goofball Brenden wearing his daddy's shoes around the house, sporting his new "slim-fit" jeans that we still need a belt to hold up on him, having dinner in his big boy booster seat & kissing his baby sister...

Brenden-Nov pics

Here are few pics of the little man over the last week...caught in the act in a few cases and playing nicely in the rest! Claire's big penguin I fear is becoming his new wrestling buddy. I try and keep it in her room, and he drags it out almost daily! Also the child who never took to a pacifier is now obsessed with taking Claire's, sometimes right out of her mouth and putting it in his...

Claire-week 5-Nov pics

Week 5 was full of fun for little Claire. Colleen came over last Friday with Kaidin to give me a much needed break. She took on all 3 kids all alone (keep in mind, Brenden is the oldest at not even 2) while I took a 2 hour nap...words cannot describe how grateful I was for this...then my trip alone to the grocery store and Starbucks later that afternoon.

Below you can see Kaidin giving his famous "head snuggles" to little Claire...looks like true love to me.

Our friend Amanda came the next day and spent 5 days with us which was wonderful. Brenden had a variety of names for her with my favorite being "bam bam."

Mom and Dad also came over on Wed to watch the kids while I took Amanda to the airport...clearly you can see that Claire was in good hands while I was away. She is still so tiny, but looks even tinier when Grandpa holds her!

more week 4 pics