Lucy Drama

Spencer and I had our first full day away from our little one last weekend when we went to the Colts game with my brother and sister-in-law Quentin and Elaine....we had a great time EXCEPT that we got a call in the morning from my mom (who was babysitting!) saying that our other little one (Lucydog) was throwing up and pooping blood. She was mostly sleeping and acting like she really felt horrible so after this continued through Sunday night, we took her to the vet Monday morning. Turns out she had hemorrhagic gastroenteritis....severe irritation of her stomach and intestines and severe dehydration which was probably caused by an allergy to a new food we had switched her to. She had to stay at the vet all day for IV fluids and antibiotic shots, but we took her home Monday night to finish recovering. She went through two IV's while at the vet (yes, she chewed through the tubing of the first one) so she still has two shaved spots on her front legs. Other than that, she's now back to her normal fiesty self and rather enjoying her "bland" chicken and rice diet! We are thankful that she's okay...she gave us quite a scare!!

Showing off her battle wounds!

Back to her old self....chasing sun spots!!

Week Seven

A few photos from week #7

Mobile-loving baby

Sun bathing baby

Full-belly baby

Crooked smile baby

Shy-baby

Rotten baby

Ballerina-baby

So-big baby

Captain Morgan baby!! So wrong...but hilarious ; )

Fall morning stroll....

"Really, mom??? I know it's October, but it is 65 degrees outside!"

Congrats!!

My baby sister Annie and Ryan are ENGAGED!! Congratulations guys....love you so much, so excited about planning a gorgeous wedding, and absolutely cannot wait for next October!

Good dog...

So yesterday while I was playing with Lucy (yes, she plays fetch with one of my black hair ties), something pretty hilarious started happening. I guess Lucy wanted Claire to play with her too because she kept bringing it to her and setting on top of her hand. Claire was amused...and so was I!!

Big bow baby...

I know this bow is a little ridiculous...but so stinking cute,and I made it so I had to do a mini photo shoot since Claire was making a number of hilarious faces while wearing it!

5 weeks old!

Social butterfly

Here are a few pics from Claire's playdates last week...too bad she pretty much slept through both of them!

Peyton Manning Children's Hospital get-together at Broadripple Park

New mommies with their babies and (almost) one-year-olds!!

Abby and Claire, Amber and Avery, Heather and Grady, Gigi and Reece, Ashley and Leona, Carolynn and Liam and Michelle and Thomas...what a crew (and who exactly was working this day?!)!! We can't wait to add Waylon, Parker, Henry and BabyKaplan to the mix!! 

Newest moms...Gigi and Reece, Amy and Anna.

The newest PMCH babies (Claire, Reece, Anna, Henry, Waylon and Parker) were all born within 5 weeks of eachother...it's going to be so fun to watch them all grow up!

Playdate at Amy's...four of Amy's good friends had baby boys this summer and they all get together each week for a playdate. I guess Anna didn't want to be the only girl so she invited Claire and I- it was great to meet some new moms...thanks for having us!!

Anna and Claire "playing" under Anna's play-yard!

Getting crafty...

Wanted to show off my latest project...I found a pattern online for a reversible jumper that looked easy enough, so I came up with my own pattern that would fit Claire and here are the steps and finished product!

Copied a fabric pattern onto the first fabric and cut it out...it's a one-piece pattern and this is folded in half and pinned with the right sides together.

Copy the pattern on the second fabric (since it's reversible!) and cut it out.

Here are the two pieces that you sew together with right sides together, leaving a two-inch opening to turn rightside out, then hand-stitch the opening closed.

Criss cross the back strap, sew on buttons and voila!!

Here's what the back and reverse pattern looks like- I appliqued an apple on the back and a pear on the front of the poka dot pattern!

A shot of the back...

She looked awfully adorable in it, if I do say so myself...and it should grow with her since the straps are adjustable and it's all one piece!

 

MoNtH # OnE

Claire had her one-month doctor's appointment last Friday so thought I would share the latest stats on our little one! It is so bittersweet to think about how fast the last month has gone...we enjoy watching her change everyday but can't believe how quickly time flies and secretly want her to stay tiny forever!!

"Here's what I've been up to: "

*weighing in at 9lbs 3oz (50th percentile)

*now 21 inches long and quickly outgrowing my newborn sleepers (50th percentile)

*breastfeeding like a champ...every 3 hours like clockwork during the day, every 4-5 at night (mommy and daddy are so happy about the extra sleep!)

*sleeping all night in my crib (since Week #2- and yes, mommy cried!)

*taking one of my afternoon naps in my crib

*smiling while I'm awake...mostly when mom or dad is in my face talking to me in that crazy voice

*cooing!

*getting more and more head control every day and responding to voices and sounds by turning my head back and forth

*loving my baths, hating the aftermath which involves being naked and cold

*starting to enjoy tummy-time, although tend to fall asleep when I'm on my belly!

Here are some pics from the last few weeks...

Off to see Dr. Freeman...and throwing up my "One month old" sign!!

My hair looks a teeeensy bit red in the sunlight!!

My cheeks are getting chubby!!

Starting to be pretty interested in my play-yard!

Ok, so it gets a little boring after about 5 minutes

Tummy time in my ruffle-butt leggings!

So, tummy time gets boring too!

                                                      

Secret life of bees....

Spencer will probably kill me for posting this but it's just too hilarious not too....so he rented an aerator last weekend to prepare the lawn for seeding this fall and everything was going well until he ran into a ground-bee hive across our creek. After being stung (four times), he left the aerator running and took off, but then had to decide how he was going to get this running machine out of a swarm of bees. This outfit is what he came up with: running tights, jeans (with duck tape around the ankles!), two tucked-in hooded sweatshirts, gardening gloves, a bandana, and a pair of chemistry goggles. It worked, and entertained Claire and I from the deck in the process....here is the evidence:

Assessing the plan of action...

Ready, set, GOOOOO....

Trust me, he was moving!! So glad a couple of neighbors were able to witness this as well!

Mobi-wrap

I've always wanted to be one of those baby-carrying mommys so we tried my Moby wrap last week while I made dinner....Claire and I both loved it!! This is going to be nice for grocery shopping : )