Pool Time!

We took Claire up to the pool for the first time yesterday, and of course forgot the camera. She absolutely loved it, after she got used to the fact that it was MUCH colder than her bath. She spent lots of time kicking and splashing, getting dunked, and then playing in her pack 'n play while Aaron and I laid out. We went back to the pool today, and remembered the camera. Unfortunately, she didn't have as good a time today as she did yesterday, as she was teething and a little cranky in general. So we didn't get the great pictures that we would have yesterday, but had to document her first pool weekend! We also took some pictures over Memorial Day weekend when she was playing outside. Claire is definitely an "outdoor" kind of girl!

Memorial Day Weekend

9 month stat update

Claire's 9 month appointment went pretty well last week. She didn't gain very much, but the doctor said it's "not anything to get excited about just yet". She did drop from the 25th percentile for weight to the 3rd percentile, but honestly, the 25th percentile at the last visit was a bit of a surprise, since she's always been small.

Right now Claire is playing with her G-Daddy, who is an absolute sucker for her, and will pick up her toys no matter how many times she throws them. It's quite the game. Claire is cracking up, it's very cute!

Here are her new stats!

Weight:

Birth: 5lb 14oz

2 months: 9lb 4oz

4 months: 11lb 9oz

5 months: 13lb 14oz

6 months: 14lb 3oz
7 months: 14lb 14oz
9 months: 15lb even at the doctor, but 15lb 4oz at Childrens a week before, so we go with the 15.4.

Length:

Birth: 19"

2 months: 22"
4 months: 24.5"

6 months: 26.5"
9 months: 27"

9 months old!

Today is Claire's 9 month birthday! Once again, I can't believe how fast the time is going! She's got her 9-month checkup on Friday, so we'll see if she's gained any more weight in the last week, and will see how long she's gotten. She hasn't shown any interest in crawling yet, as she'd prefer to be carried everywhere. She doesn't really have much interest in sitting either, although she actually can do that, she's just a stubborn little punk and doesn't want to! She likes playing in her jumperoo, and loves to be read to. And eat the book. Claire's newest "achievement" is eating table food. So far, she has tried lasagna, mac and cheese, chicken, and macaroni with sauce, and loves all of them!

Claire would like to wish her boyfriend Charlie a very happy 1st birthday tomorrow, and can't wait to see him this weekend! She hopes to have a new tooth to show him!

Mother's Day

This Sunday was my first Mother's Day with a real child, not just a 4-legged baby. We had a good day, and Claire was feeling a bit better, so that was good. We went out for breakfast Sunday morning, and then wandered around Target for a little while, looking at new carseats for Miss Priss. I think this is the one we're going to get, it's Mocha Mint, so brown and light green:
It will last until she's like 65lbs, or at the rate she's growing right now, about 12 years. We didn't actually buy a carseat on Sunday, but we did get Claire a baby pool, which I blew up while Claire laughed at me. Ok well, have to amuse however I can. I tried to get Claire to test out her baby pool on Sunday, but the water was a little cool, so she got a little pissed off. She did a little bit of tanning instead.
Then for dinner we took my mom out to eat Japanese. It was super yummy! Claire didn't seem too freaked out by the fire, but it definitely caught her attention. My dad stopped by on his way home from Colleen's house, so we got to see him too. It was a great Mother's day, and I did get to spend the day doing the most important thing.... mothering my still semi-sick baby. Oh, and on top of everything else, I got the Photoshop program for my computer, so I can play with my pictures!

Stone Mountain

Saturday night we went to Stone Mountain to celebrate Michelle's birthday with the family. It was fun, although probably not our best parenting choice with a sick baby, but she was okay. Claire had fun getting to see her cousins and aunts and uncles, and playing with the necklace that Aunt Michelle made her.She did okay with the laser show, but was not too thrilled with the fireworks, at least when we were up close to them. Unfortunately it started to rain right during the middle of the show, so we had to leave a little early, but it was a fun evening! We're looking forward to going back to Stone Mountain again soon, maybe to hang out for the day.

Sick baby :(

We had to make our first weekend visit to Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Immediate Care Clinic (what a mouthful!) this weekend. Claire had a little bit of a fever on Friday but was otherwise in a pretty good mood, so the nurse line at her pediatrician said to give her Tylenol, keep an eye on her, and if it got worse Friday evening or over the weekend that we should take her to Children's. She was doing pretty well until around noon on Saturday, when I took her temperature (which she hates!) and it was 101.8. I decided enough was enough, she had the temperature long enough, and she was acting like she was feeling really badly, so I took her in to Childrens. In the hour between the time I took her temperature at home, and when they took her temperature there, it had risen to 104.5.

The doctors ran urine, blood, strep, and flu tests, and all came back negative, so she was diagnosed with a virus, and discharged with instructions for Tylenol, Motrin, and lots of TLC. The doctor also okay'ed us to take her to Stone Mountain for the laser show, as there's really nothing that can be done for a virus. We also found out that Claire was only weighing in at 15lbs 4oz, which surprised me a little bit, I figured she would have put on more than 6oz since her 7 month visit, but she hadn't. She is still growing though, so I'm not very concerned, and the child eats like a champ. We'll see if her pediatrician has anything to say about it on Friday.

Claire's letter to Nana

Dear Nana,
Thank you so much for introducing me to the cheesy, saucy, noodle-y goodness of lasagna. I had some for dinner tonight and it was awesome. I was kind of mad when mommy kept switching between the lasagna and sweet potatoes, which you know I love. So that's saying something about your lasagna! I can't wait for the first time I get to try lemon chicken! Ah, the joy of table food!

Love,
Claire

Check out my new seat!

Check out the new feeding seat! Claire loves it, and I have a feeling that it will free up lots of time for mommy, because now I can just throw a handful of puffs on her tray and she can amuse herself for a few minutes!

We also started Claire on an awesome new nap schedule this week, she now takes 2 2-hour naps a day, and is a much happier baby for it. We'll see if daycare is able to keep up the schedule later this week. Probably not as well as we can do it at home, but it's worth a try! And now I can get SO much more done while she sleeps. Well, really, this week I've been sleeping most times that she takes a nap, to try and get rid of this nasty cold. It's starting to go away, but I'm ready to be done with it!

Happy Anniversary to my mom and day, their 34th wedding anniversary is today! Congratulations, and here's to 34 more years (which would make my dad 94, but whatever, we're a long-lived people).