I posted not too long ago about Claire “gathering.” Over the past week though, she’s been reaching out with one hand – a big milestone according to our pediatrician. It’s fun to watch her as she grabs the links (a new favorite toy) and chomps away. In other news, Claire has a new fur cousin named “Dulche.” Amanda’s little pooch delighted Claire as you can … Continue reading One Ring to Rule Them All

Grow baby grow! Here are Claire’s 5 months stats: Current weight: 15.75 lbsLength: 27.5″Noggin’ 16.75″ She has grown so much since her birth: 8 lbs and 2.5 oz21 inches long14 inch head circumference The doctor wanted to know how tall Dan was since she is sooooo long and jumped a few percentiles in height. No wonder all her pants are “high waters.” Most importantly, we … Continue reading Back from the Doctor…

  Claire’s love affair with her toes continues. She’s finally able to get them into her mouth and has been sucking on her piggies for the better part of an hour as type this. She rolled over back to front yesterday and has done it tons of times since then (good thing because I missed the first time it happened).  Claire gets pretty frustrated with … Continue reading

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After a long hiatus, we’re back. Claire’s great-grandmother passed away on the 13th so we spent some time on the island helping out Pop. I was very close to my grandmother, and although I’m sad at her passing I can rejoice in the fact that she got to meet Claire. At the wake, Claire babbled at Nanny – I think she would have liked that … Continue reading When it rains…it pours

After a long hiatus, we’re back. Claire’s great-grandmother passed away on the 13th so we spent some time on the island helping out Pop and Claire did her part in cheering up all around her. Then my mother (aka Grandma Ca Ca) got sick and after a few days in the CCU she’s on the road to better health. When it rains, it pours. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

I’ll set up a vote to figure out the winner Wednesday. Get your captions in by then. I have a few favorites, but I don’t want to sway anybody 🙂 In other news, Claire rolled over Sunday night! I’ve been trying since then to capture it on video…but she hasn’t done it since. Happy captioning! Continue reading Loving All the Captions