Claire's Christening

On May 6, 2012 Claire was baptized at the Church of the Heavenly Rest. It was a very special day...beautiful service, family and friends, a sweet baby...all serving as reminders of how truly fortunate we are. A day we will always remember!

...Claire's godmothers...

...trying to keep Lucy still for at least one picture...

Big Girl bed

Lucy has been in her big girl bed for 2 weeks now and is doing great. This momma worried way too much about the transition and was very surprised when it wasn't a big deal. After her bath the first night, we made a HUGE deal about laying with her in the bed and reading books. After we left the room, we watched her on the video monitor (so convenient).  She got out of bed twice, but fell asleep quickly after being tucked in the third time. We can tell she LOVES the big bed! There is now a whole new routine of her wanting me to lay on the 'illow' and read books to her. Every morning I find her propped up on her pillows, reading her books like a queen. Sweet girl!

....checking things out...

...getting comfy...

...finally...

...night number 2...

Please take note of everything she wants to sleep with...loves to create a nest of her stuff in her bed! 

Recent pictures

These two look so much alike to me...

Excited to see her Easter basket filled with goodies!

...Claire didn't have any goodies, so she just sat in her basket...

Lucy has recently learned the word snake...she constantly is talking about 'nakes' and making her hissing noises. So how appropriate was it that this 5 foot bull snake was killed in our backyard. I am still creeped out about this...

Both sitting still and looking at the camera...a miracle!

Melts my heart to see Lucy love on Claire...she really has warmed up to her and is now obsessed with all things baby. She nurses and bottle feeds her babies, burps them, rocks them and places them in all of Claire's seats/bouncers. Adorable!

These two keep me very busy, but are so much fun!

3 months

Claire is 3 months old...I secretly cried over this...time flew by with Lucy, but time really flies with number two. Why must babies grow up so fast? 

Claire smiles all of the time, although these pictures do not prove it

Still working on the sleeping thing...she can sleep 7 hours, but doesn't do it consistently yet.

Still loves to eat and is starting to have some cute rolls on her arms and legs.

She is laughing now!

Loves to watch Lucy while she sits in her bumbo...Lucy loves the audience!

She is officially sleeping in her HER crib...which means Lucy is in the big girl bed. Yay!

Prefers to be sitting up as opposed to laying flat on her back.

If she is on her back, she is rolling everywhere.

Still loves to be held and cuddled!

Sucks on the pacifier, but sucks on her fingers/thumb a lot as well.

Has a bald ring around her head and light brown, curly hair on top.

Lots of people say she looks like her momma...we shall see...

We love you sweet bear and can't imagine life without you!

ELMO

If you know Lucy, you know she is OBSESSED with Elmo. We bought tickets to Sesame Street Live the minute we heard they were coming to Abilene. In fact, we bought them before Claire's arrival and planned on it being a special day for Lucy after her world was turned upside down. Our plans did not disappoint! She had momma and dada all to herself, ate lots of candy and of course got to see ELMO! As you can see from the pictures and video below, she had the time of her life!

She was still in shock that ELMO was sitting right there!