Tornado drill...

There was a tornado warning today along with some pretty nasty thunderstorms, so I decided that Claire's usual napping place (in her pack-n-play in front of a huge window) might not have been the safest. Here's her first tornado drill!! And yes, this is a laundry basket....hey, it's a small bathroom!

TwO mONths

I'm two months old already!! We can't believe how fast our Claire is growing and how much of a personality she is getting...we love her more and more everyday : )

Here are my lastest stats:
I'm 11lbs 1oz (58th percentile) and 23 inches long (65th percentile), getting leg rolls and a budda belly! I'm showing off my boo-boo bandaids in this picture...got my shots yesterday and they made me very sad (can't you tell!!)

I still nurse every three hours during the day but I'm sleeping all night (anywhere from 6-9 hours)! I even love sleeping on my belly sometimes for my naps (mom is watching me, of course!)

I love to be upright...in fact, I usually cry if you lay me down flat when I'm awake! My neck and abs are getting very strong (Dr. Freeman even said so!).

I'm learning how to sit in my bumbo....I'm up to ten minutes with a little help from mommy.

I love my play-yard and have started to bat the toys around, then laugh when they bop me in the head.

Mom and I take a walk down Fall Creek every day and I love looking at all of the pretty trees....we're up to 3 miles!

I'm trying REALLY hard to get my thumb in my mouth, even though daddy hates it! Orthodontics, here I come!

Grandpa says I'm already preparing myself for my first cell phone...I do this pose a lot!!

I talk and smile....a lot! And just to wrap mom and dad around my finger a little more, I started giggling this week!

Bumbo Baby

Yesterday I decided to get out Claire's bumbo seat...more and more, she's wanting to be upright, looking around at everything she can, so I thought I would try it!! She loved it (for about four minutes) but even though it didn't last too long, I was pretty impressed that she had such great head and trunk control, with some help from her boppy. She also discovered how cool these colored rings are...she managed to hook them to both of her hands and got quite a kick out of swinging them in front of her own face! Such an entertaining baby...and getting to be so fun and so BIG!

This one just makes me laugh...she cracks herself up!

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!