The Parkers: Claire loves Baby Crack-stien (aka Baby Einstien)

Claire has a new favorite toy.... her Baby Einstien playmat. The thing is her new obsession, she'll lay on it and play and laugh for a good half hour at a time. I love this, because I can finally eat or use the computer without feeling like I'm neglecting her (as I am now, while she fusses in her Boppy seat...)

I love my Baby Crack-stien!!!

Today Claire is 5 weeks and 2 days old, and she's almost broken the 8lb mark...almost. As of today, she's 7lb 14oz, so only 2 oz to go until 8lbs. We can tell she's growing and getting heavier, and so can her Nana and G-daddy, who don't get to see her as often as mommy and daddy do (or as often as they would like to). Nana came down this week to take care of Claire while I had to go to the doctor, and she stayed a few days to get in some baby-time. It was great having her here, especially because I have a cold and it was nice to have someone to help take care of her so I could rest and recuperate!

Claire had a few "firsts" this week. First car accident.... we got rear-ended yesterday when we were taking Nana home. No damage to my car (tank) at all, and Claire didn't even wake up. That made me feel good, that the car is so safe, we barely even felt the hit, but when you looked at the other girl's car, you could tell it was a fairly hard hit.... and she was in a Cavalier, so her front-end drove straight under my car, and into my towing hitch. The hitch destroyed her hood and busted her radiator, but my car was in perfect shape, just a tiny little scratch. She also had her first cold and her first sick-baby visit to the doctor. The doctor said it's just a head cold, so we've just got to keep pumping the saline up her nose and sucking out her snots. She had her temperature taken rectally, and did not enjoy that one, not that I blame her. So we just have to keep an eye on her for the next few days and keep checking her temperature and listening to her cough so she doesn't get RSV. She's been extra fussy with the cold, so it makes nights fun for mommy... until the cold she was sleeping about 6 hours straight every night, which was awesome.

That's about all that's going on for now, we have a fun week coming next week, my Grandma and aunt are coming down from NY to visit and to see the baby, so we're going up to Chattanooga for a few days, it'll be Claire's first out of town trip! Now I just have to figure out what all to pack....