Claire-Bear

Like my new winter-gear??

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A few pics from the last few weeks of Claire, our family and friends...we're so lucky to have such amazing people in our lives : )

Aunt Annie and Uncle Ryan

Daddy taking a break from kitchen renovating to hang out with his babe!

This is my "Livin' on a Prayer" rendition....I also have video to prove it : )

Claire's first trip to Scotty's!

Sarah and Chrissy...Rathskeller, here we come!

Indiana, we're all for YOU!!

Claire sporting her cream and crimson this past weekend...IU still lost but it was close run!!

Bitty Booties....

Latest sewing project: booties that actually stay on Claire's feet! Here are my first two pairs...I'm still perfecting the pattern and experimenting with different fabrics. The first pair is made from an old pair of jeans, the second are wool felt and ribbon!

Veggie Lasagna

My sister is a vegetarian so I'm always trying to come up with original veggie-friendly recipes...they were over for dinner the other night and this one was a hit!!

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
1/2  eggplant
1  zucchini
1  bell pepper
2 carrots
1 cup chopped spinach (I use frozen)
1 1/2 cup Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 bag shredded Italian cheese (mozzerella, parmesan mixture)
1 jar pasta sauce
1 box no-boil lasagna noodles

Chop all vegetables (minus spinach) into 1 inch pieces, drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in 425 degree oven for 25 mins. Mix Ricotta, cottage and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese in bowl. Starting with pasta sauce, layer noodles (uncooked), ricotta mixture, vegetables, spinach and shredded cheese and repeat in 9x13 pan.  Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes and enjoy!!

It's that time of year again...

For LEAVES!

We love living in the woods, but there are great consequences...

Our little pumpkin!

For PLAYDATES!

Claire, Reece, Anna, Henry, Waylon...hope to add Parker and Hadley to the bunch next month!!

Gigi and Reece

Cari and Waylon, Eleanor and Henry

Amy and Anna

We got all of the "new" PMCH babies together again last week. It was so great to see how much they are growing and starting to interact! Plus, they are pretty darn adorable and it's so nice to chat with other moms who are in your shoes!

For HALLOWEEN!

I made this candy corn pillowcase dress for Claire...it's pretty big so hoping she will be able to wear it next year too! We had a great time this year for Halloween...a costume birthday party, hanging out with neighbors and dinner with the Schoenefelds (Emme was the cutest Tink ever!)

For BIRTHDAYS!!

Our precious neice Kaleah turned 1 on Halloween....we are so blessed to have such a sassy but sweet neice and glad we were able to help celebrate!

Hair Pretties

Here's my latest craftiness....HAIR PRETTIES!! They are all on clips which can attach to the headbands and then someday she can just wear them in her hair! Halloween costume, coming soon....

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!