Friday, January 13, 2012

It's Claire's half-birthday!! Yay!!

January 11, 2012 and our Claire bear is 6 months old! 

This time last year she was:
14 weeks gestation
About the size of a navel orange
She was learning how to squint, frown, grimace, pee, and suck her thumb
(can definitely do all of those now)


Now:
She is 6 months old
Weighs about 18 lbs.
Is about 28 inches long (hard to measure, she's wiggly)
Wears clothes that are size 9's & even some 12's!!
Wears a size 3 diaper
Has her two bottom teeth!


Sleeps through the night (as long as she sleeps with mama and daddy)
She loves to smile, has a serious face and loves to play with her toys!


She is now:
A proficient roller
Can sit independently
Gets up on her hands and knees and lunges herself forward
Scoots all over the place
Grabs at everything
Has learned how to attack the little lambs on the mobile of her swing! Too funny!! It's like she's on a hunt.



She started eating cereal (oatmeal) a few months ago and we have now introduced some fruits and veggies.

I am making her food, surprisingly easy and not too time consuming.

So far she has tried:
Pumpkin
Apples
Peas
Carrots
Bananas

She likes them all! She is a good eater :)


She has an infectious laugh and a beautiful smile! We found that she loves the Geico commercial with the squealing pig. Why?!?! We don't know, but she cracks up and that makes us crack up :)

 
She likes to jump in her jumper, read with mommy,
dance with daddy and splash in the tub.
She is amazing!



Claire,
I am loving every minute being your mommy! There are still many times that I end up with tears of joy when I marvel at the fact that you are my little girl. I prayed for a very long time for you and you came to me in God's time. I love you my little Claire Bear!

Love,
Your mommy

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Ahhh....the Holiday Season is over!

This has been Claire Bear's first Christmas Holiday season and boy was it a busy one! We had a fabulous time though. Claire experienced many firsts! Here are a few of her firsts for you all to enjoy!

Claire took her first picture with Santa! She was smiley and happy the whole time.
She even pulled his beard!


Claire flew for the first time. We flew Southwest Airlines from Sacramento to San Diego. She did fabulous! We on the other hand struggled with traveling with baby, car seat, stroller and our luggage.
Thank goodness for luggage carts!


Claire met her big sisters Kiana and Sisily for the first time! Finally!! Yay!!!
 

She wore her first tutu! Tia Laura made Claire a tutu to show her Oakland Raider pride!


She opened her first Christmas presents!


Took pictures in her first Christmas dress. Isn't she beautiful?!?!? I think she is gorgeous!! She had fun eating her shoe and showing off her belly! Haha! My silly Claire Bear!!







It was great being with family! Enjoying spending time with our loved ones, having yummy food-Tamales, frijoles puercos, Tia Isabel's potato salad, menudo, Tio Jonathan's burgers and steaks and the donut shop tortas de bistec and seeing Claire with all of her family! She didn't nap very much at all while down in Brawley. She wanted to be where all the excitement was, not sleep through it. She slept the whole way back- the drive from Brawley to San Diego, flight from SD, drive from Sac to Folsom and most of the day! She was happy to be home and back to her regular routine.



She's had a great time playing with all of her new toys!






Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season! We definitely did!