Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Claire's first "solid" food

Why do they call it solid food when it's about as liquidy as formula?
Claire's doctor told us to start her on single veggie foods first. I thought you were supposed to start babies with rice formula, but her doc said it was better to get Claire used to different tastes and textures first.


Uh. Mom? What's going on here?



More carrots on her face than in her mouth!


I don't understand how this is supposed to work...




Overall, she liked eating the carrots.  Now we need to figure out how to get her to open her mouth for the spoon!


 Claire is obsessed with this cute little doll/mini-blanket thing. I hang it over her toy bar and she stares at it forever! :)



Here's her sweet little outfit from Sunday! We never actually made it to church because SOMEONE decided to fall asleep ten minutes before church started and then slept for 3.5 hours. Claire looked fabulous anyways-

She even had zebra shoes but those stayed on her feet for about six seconds. 

Saturday, April 26, 2014

4 Months of Sweetness

Claire had her 4 month visit with the doctor yesterday and we got some great news!  Claire is finally catching up to other kids her age!  Here's the percentiles:

Weight
2 weeks: 2%
1 month  4%
2 months  5%
4 months  33%

Height
2 weeks:   8%
1 month:   11%
2 months:  19%
4 months:  40%

For the first few days of Claire's life, the doctors and nurses were REALLY worried about how small she was.  Claire hasn't had any major health problems (thank you, Father in Heaven!) but when she was born, she was so small that she didn't even fit into the 1% rank!  Now my little cherub is in the bottom third! Hurray!  Claire has started growing out of clothes she hasn't had time to wear yet!


Claire has rolled over a couple of times, but she hates it, so we can't get her to practice.  :)  The very first time she rolled over I was trying to take some pictures so I got the whole thing!

 Claire just chillin' on her tummy...



Starting to push with her left arm...

 Keep pushing, baby!


 What's happening?!

 Now I'm on my back?  Hm...

I have no idea what just happened!

Then came Easter!  Both of Claire's grandmothers bought her an Easter dress, so we took pictures in both of them!



One of our friends at church asked us if we had gotten this dress from Paris.  She thought it had a very Parisian vibe.  Tres chic!  

I love this picture!  She's looking up at Nick and laughing!


All she wanted was to put the dress in her mouth.  Actually, all she EVER wants is to put various things in her mouth.  Socks, sleeves, burp cloths, blankets... if it's fabric she wants to taste it!

my happy, chubby, angel baby!


And now we come to the section entitled, "Random Adorabosity".  What?  It's a word. 
Okay, maybe not, but if "twerk" is recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary, then I have the right to invent my own stupid words.  And my inventions aren't about skanks.


The curious-about-everything face

 Smiles!  Claire had a little rash on the back of her head, so we put this medicine on it and then put the hat on to keep it from rubbing off immediately.

I freaking LOVE her expression here!  She looks like Uncle Kyle!

Drooly chin grin!

One of Claire's Sunday church dresses.  She was obsessed with the polka-dots!

It's impossible to talk a photo in which one of Claire's limbs is NOT moving!  My little wiggle worm!

I wish I had a better shot of her shirt.  It says, "Daddy's Favorite Girl".  We realized that Claire would have to be our only daughter to wear this one.  We wouldn't want to make her feel bad if her little sister wore it!

All bundled up after a long day of cuteness.

Another church outfit, and Claire's first tutu skirt!  So cute!

A sleeping baby is beautiful in many ways, especially when she smiles in her sleep!

All strapped in and ready to go for a drive!

This is my favorite picture of Claire right now.  I can't figure out why.  Maybe it's the foot-in-the-camera kicking.  Maybe it's the tongue action that seems to be pretty much constant now-a-days.  Maybe it's because this reminds me how happy and sweet she is in the early morning hours.  I'm so lucky to have this little miracle baby in my life!



Friday, April 4, 2014

Like mother, like daughter?

I'm about to do EXACTLY what I tell my 8th graders not to do.  Argue for both sides.  

Before anyone accuses me of not picking the best pictures to compare myself to Claire, I'll have you know that I spent 3 times as long trying to find pictures of Claire that look like me.  And I'm still not convinced.  But here ya go!


That's my Grandpa Wagner holding me.  :)  What an awesome guy.  I miss him.
Anyways- I kinda see a resemblance, but not a huge one.  Mostly with the eyes and the ears.


Again, I see the eyes and the ears, but our smiles are really different.  Also, I think I was close to a year old in this photo, so maybe that has something to do with it.  I don't have a ton of my baby photos.  Most of them are still at home in CA.


I looked and looked for a photo of Claire that matched my face in this one, I just couldn't find a good one.



Why were all of my smiles incredible crooked?  Whatever.  I see the "sparkle" that Claire and I both have when we smile, and our noses are similar and we definitely have the same ears, but all in all, I think she looks a LOT more like Nick than like me.  And I'm okay with that.  After all, I think Nick is a pretty handsome guy, so why complain?  Besides, Claire might grow out of it over time and end up looking more like me as she gets older.

So, have I convinced anyone yet?

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Like father, like daughter

People keep telling me Claire looks like me. False! Claire looks like NICK! (Not that I would mind taking credit for her cuteness, but it's just not true!)
I would like to submit the following into evidence:



Look at the smiles!  LOOK AT THEM!  They're identical!  






Please tell me you see the eyebrows.  You see them?  Right?  And the hairline, and the nose and the jaw...






Two double chins!  (Quadruple chins?) 




They even had the same unimpressed look on their faces after birth.  


So it's settled, right?  Claire takes after her daddy.  Good.  Thank you.  Glad we had this talk.