Cousins at Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving in Greenville with GramE, Gramps, Aunt Carol, Crystal, James, Jake and Bradley. We ate a lot and laughed a lot. Claire seemed to enjoy watching her cousins play around her. It won't be long until she can join them! Gramps and Uncle James worked hard building an awesome tree house for the grand kids to play in!


Bradley prefers leaves over turkey



Claire admiring Bradley's ability to crawl







It was impossible to get them to smile at the same time.



Bradley is thinking about giving Claire a new hairdo

Lots of Pictures

We put a bow in her hair and laughed a lot.



She loves to explore faces!



Twins!


Playtime on the floor


She is doing a great job rolling to her stomach.
If only she would do as good of a job rolling back over.





Meeting her new friend James!


She likes her babydoll!



With friends Jacq and Benjamin



Sweet squishy face


Good morning!

Claire had her four month check up yesterday. She weighs 11lbs. 11oz. and is 25 inches long now. She is in the tenth percentile for weight and the seventy-fifth for height. She's still a small squirt but she seems so much bigger to us.


Just being a sweetie.


Reading with Grandy.
She seems to be enjoying being read to lately!


Claire tried rice cereal for the first time today.
She did well, much better than I expected.


Hmmmm... what is this stuff?


Tastes kinda funny, but I think I will learn to like it!

So Far...WOW!

Just born



One month


Two months


Three months


Four months

A Few Pictures

Jon and I are shocked at how quickly she is growing and developing.

Smiles, giggles and sometime cackles are coming quite often these days. She has started to grab at and pick things up. Her taggie, bunny and bear lovie are her favorite toys so far. Usually they go in her mouth, a constant and overflowing fountain of drool.

We are sleeping sooo much more. PRAISE THE LORD! It seemed as though this time would never come, now it all seems like a sweet memory. She has completely dropped her nighttime feedings but we still have to get up multiple times a night to put her pacifier back in her mouth. We are awakened in the morning by sweet coos and excited shrieks.

I am coming to terms with the fact that she is not an award winning napper. a 45 min nap a few times a day is about all we get.

I am so proud of her. We are so encouraged and excited by her new tricks but it also breaks our hearts to see how quickly she is changing. Everyone has been so right about that already.

I find it so beautiful that I am already looking back on those incredibly hard first weeks(that I thought would never end) with fond memories and a little aching in my heart.








Our house was freezing last weekend. We out Claire in a warm bundle.
It reminded us of when she was a tiny baby.



SMILING!

Claire's First Hike

Max Patch


Family Hike










Flower child