Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Claire - 3 Months

Better late than never, right? Believe it or not, I actually wrote this post back when she turned 3 months old, but I went back to work last week and things have been busy, to say the least...



Claire, you are 3 months old! It has been such a fun month with you. You're doing new things everyday and it's just so neat getting to see your personality!

Since you don't see the pediatrician again until 4 months, I don't have all of your stats. We've tried to figure out your weight, but both our scale and the one at my parent's house weren't working right when we tried. I think you're somewhere between 15 and 17 lbs. Such a big girl! You're wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers.

Here's what you're doing lately:

- You're pretty close to rolling over. If we lay your down on your playmat or the bed, you'll roll onto one side, but your little arms keep getting in the way. I think you'll be there soon!

- You are very strong and almost always in constant motion. You get going so fast that Cam says you look like a motor with all its pistons going at once with each limb going in a different direction! When we sit you in our lap, you try to lean forward to sit on your own and you have very good control of your neck.

- You are cooing, squealing, and giving us lots of big gurgly smiles! You are very smiley and it's just absolutely precious.

- You are fascinated by television...you're a chip off the old block in that regard. You love the music and colors on Disney Junior, especially Jake & the Neverland Pirates.

- You are pretty content in the car or your stroller as long as we are in motion. Usually these things put you to sleep. If you're awake in the car you do not like stoplights and you make sure we know it!

- You like to be held...and we like to hold you! 

- You nurse every 2-3 hours during the day. You're a good eater!

- You usually sleep a 5-6 hour stretch at night, sometimes a little less or more. Last night you slept about 7 hours straight - it was very nice! I feel like your sleep has been a little disrupted lately because you've gone through the notorious 3 month growth spurt and we've tried a few times to transition you to sleeping in the pack n play from the rock n play (figure it will help us transition you to the crib more easily when we're ready to do that). I figure you'll sleep longer stretches when you're ready and I'm perfectly fine with that.

- It's hard to discern a clear pattern to your naps...sometimes you nap a lot and sometimes you don't. Your pediatrician says not to work on putting you on a schedule until you're 4 months old, so we're just taking it as it comes right now!

- You are very responsive to me and your Daddy, and you constantly follow us with your sweet blue eyes. You're pretty darn taken with all of your grandparents too...when we Facetime with Gigi & Poppy, you get so close to the screen that it's like you're trying to touch them! When we show you videos of family, you get very animated and excited!

Claire, the last 3 months have been the happiest of my life! I can't imagine my life without you and I'm so glad I don't have to. I'm so happy and proud to be your mommy! When you smile at me, my heart feels so full it might burst. We love you, baby girl!

Love,
Mommy

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Claire's First Easter

Hope you had a wonderful Easter! I know we did! Lately it's seemed like all of our holidays/days of celebration were cursed. In December we spent our 3rd wedding anniversary in Labor & Delivery getting checked out for some blood pressure issues and extremely bad swelling. Then we spent New Years Eve in the hospital after I broke my ankle. And to complete the trifecta, we ended up in the ER with Cam's gallbladder issues after celebrating his birthday the night before. (BTW, I've been bad about updating, but at this point they are not doing surgery to remove his gallbladder. There's definitely something up with his gallbladder, but his test results don't follow any sort of expected pattern, so we're taking a wait and see approach.)

Thankfully Easter couldn't have been more different than our recent run of bad luck. And it makes sense that Easter would break the cycle. There is so much hope and promise in Easter and the renewal of Spring!



















We are definitely counting each of our many blessings this year. Happy Easter!

Claire's First Trip to Sugar Land

We took Claire to visit her Daddy's hometown a few weeks ago. It was a great trip! Cam comes from a very big, very loving extended family and it was so fun to introduce Claire to all of them! Here's the weekend in pictures.


 Claire loved staying at her Gigi & Poppy's house!

Cam's grandpa makes pancakes every Saturday morning. Whatever else is going on when we visit, we always make it to Mawmaw & Pawpaw's for pancakes! So it was only fitting that they met Claire during one of our pancake breakfasts. Claire immediately got comfy in Pawpaw's arms and settled in for a nap!



Meeting her cousin Rachel
                                                         
                                  Hanging out with cousin Sally

                                With Uncle Robert & Aunt Dianda

Catching up with Aunt Tricia. I have no doubt that Claire will love her Aunt Tricia as much as Cam & I do!

              Later Claire got to meet her other great grandmother, Mimi.


        Claire is the first girl on this side of the family since her Gigi was born!

Four generations of Campbells! Cam & Claire both share the middle name Campbell.

        Claire also got to meet Cam's beloved childhood babysitter Frannie!

Later we headed to Uncle Brandon & Aunt Carissa's house. Claire got to meet her cousin Logan and spend some time snuggled up close to her cousin Abigail, who was still in Aunt Carissa's tummy!


One more snuggle with Pawpaw & Mawmaw!

                            Relaxing and watching TV with Poppy!

We had such a wonderful time in Sugar Land! And we are so excited to be going back this weekend to meet Claire's new cousin Abigail!