Friends

A couple of weeks ago our good friends, Miquette & Jon, & their baby, Elijah, came to visit.  Elijah is about 6 weeks older than Claire, so it was lots of fun having another little friend in the house.  We already decided one day they will probably get married :).  It was so nice having friends who also had a little baby here because they completely understood feeding schedules and nap time schedules.  Somehow we were able to work around both babies' schedules and have some fun!

The first night we went to eat the best pancakes in the world at the Black Bear Diner.  They agreed, they were the best pancakes they had ever eaten.  The next day we went walking (they were so excited to be in our warm weather) and while the men were working, Miquette and I (and the babies) went shopping and to Yogurtland.  The babies were angels and slept the whole time!  My favorite part while we were shopping was when Miquette was trying on clothes so I was standing with both babies, and a boy around 10 years old said to me... "are they triplets?"  hahaha what?  I showed him there were just 2 babies and only one of them was mine.  I told him I did not want that many babies!  haha :)  On Saturday before they left we did a little more shopping at the outlets and then had lunch at Chick-fil-a.

It was so great seeing them, we hope they come back soon!

Tummy time together!  Claire is working on it, even though she hates it.  One day she'll lift her head as good as Elijah!

Claire & Me, Miquette & Elijah.  So fun having babies about the same age!

On our walk.  Such great Dad's pushing the babies!

Easter

Since Claire's blessing was on Easter, we mostly did Easter stuff the day before.  The Easter Bunny hid baskets for us, then we went to our neighborhood park for an Easter egg hunt and lunch, we spent the rest of the day with my family and that evening my sister, Jannifer, my nephew, Chase, and I all dyed Easter eggs.  Thanks Jannifer for most of the pics :).

Dan helping Claire find her basket.

Claire found her basket!

Claire's basket- she loves that monkey!

Dan and his basket.

Claire and Aunt Janni

Mom and I talking to Claire.

Sisters and cousins!  Claire and Cal.

Dyeing eggs with Chase.

Jannifer and I attempting creative egg designs.

Blessing Day part 2

My brother in law sent me a few more pictures of Claire's blessing.  He has a really nice camera so he was our photographer for the weekend.  Here are a few more of Claire's special day.  Thanks Jared for the great pics!

This one I actually stole from my sister's blog- thanks Jan! 

Cute girl!

Claire with Grandpa.

Family pic!

Claire with Aunt JanaRae

Claire and her cousin, Calvin.  My sister Noelle made their matching clothes!  So cute!

Noelle and me with our babies!  They are just 6 weeks apart.

Claire in her Easter outfit.

Claire and Dan after the blessing.

2 months

Happy 2 months to Claire!  She even survived her 2 month shots.  Here are her two month pics!  I really didn't think she had changed much in the last month, but then I compared pics and she has definitely changed!

I worked SO hard to get a smiling pic!  And her hair looks really red in this photo!  It's actually more of an auburn color. 

I love this look because these are the kind of looks she always gives me when I'm trying to catch a smile.  The minute I pull out my phone she gives me this "mom, why are you pointing that thing at my face?" look.

2 months:

• Claire still really likes bath time and taking walks.  
• She also still likes to eat... check out those chubby legs! :)
• Claire loves sucking on her hand.  Sometimes I think she's going to put her whole fist in her mouth!
• Claire loves smiling at Dan and me and makes the cutest noises now! 
• She seems to be happiest in the morning after she has eaten.  That's when we always get the biggest smiles and best coos.
• I think she definitely recognizes us now. 
• Claire has rolled over twice on our bed, only when I'm sitting next to her which causes the bed to slope a little bit.  
• She likes her swing a lot more.  She loves watching the little birds go around and around.  
• This past month Claire learned how to break out of her swaddle!  Then she wakes up and doesn't know what to do.  
• I have decided her favorite primary song is "I Love to See the Temple."  Whenever I sing it to her she gets a big smile and tries to "sing" along.  It's so cute!
• Claire is so great when we run errands.  She usually always falls asleep in her car seat.  I finally feel like I can get some shopping done!  
• She is starting to notice her toys more. 
• This past month she survived heat rash. Poor girl!

I just love seeing Claire learn and grow!  She is becoming a lot more interactive.  Both Dan and I absolutely adore her!  It has been a great month for us!   

Blessing Day

This past Sunday was Claire's baby blessing.  It was such a great day for us!  It was fun spending time with both of our families and we're grateful to all those who came and supported us.  It was also really fun because it was Easter Sunday.

During her blessing Dan said she was wide awake just looking around.  She did such a great job as did Dan.

Sweet girl in her blessing dress.

Love my baby girl!

Hemingway side.

With Daddy.

Deceuster side.

With Grandma and Grandpa.

All the men who were in the circle.

With Grammie and Papa Joe.

Grandparents holding the newest grandbabies!  Claire and her cousin Calvin.

Thanks again to our families for sharing this special day with us!