Merry Christmas!

Claire takes her bottle with a little help from her puppy!

Presents from Colorado Newtons! Thanks guys!

Christmas Eve!

GG's with their grandbabies!

The whole crew!

My grandma showing off Claire to my grandpa.

Claire and Maddie both like the activity center.

Activity Center

Claire can happily entertain herself for a long time--she loves her activity center!

Rice Cereal

It's official! Claire had her first rice cereal yesterday and took it like a pro!

Madeline's 1st birthday

So many cute girls! Claire and Madeline with their girlfriends. There were no boys allowed (well, they would have been welcome, but Frankie and Gavin couldn't make it so it was girls only)!

Claire was talking to her Grandpa!

Birthday girl Maddie with Aunt Jill and Claire looking distracted on my lap!

Thanksgiving

Our Babies!

4 generations!

4 month stats!

Weight: 15# 1 oz. (90th %tile)
Length: 27 1/4" (>95th %tile, way off the chart!)
Head Circumfernce: 41.25 cm (50th %tile)

She did great at her appointment and with the shots-they just made her sleepy!

3 months!

Matt and Claire watch football together!

Claire loves her Bumbo chair. She sits in it while I make dinner.

Gia is so sweet and loves baby Claire!

Frankie and Claire make quite a cute pair!

Claire hasn't slept in her cradle in ages, but I set her in it while I was cleaning our bedroom and she had so much fun! Who knew?!

We didn't plan our matching yellow outfits!

Napoleon and Claire share a special bond! When Claire cries, Nap will lick her hands or feet and she calms down. Today he kept giving her his "baby" and it was so cute.

Maddie the lamb and Claire the catipillar! They were adorable on their first Halloween!

Claire and her Great Grannie and Great Grandpy!

Mads wanted to take Claire on a walk.

Claire all set and ready to go Grammie's on my first day of work.

Week 9-10

Talking to Aunt Kristie!

Claire Bear!

Claire Bear after her bath.

2 month old stats

Weight: 12# 6 oz. (90th percentile)
Length: 23.5 inches (90th percentile)
Head Circumference: 15.5 inches (50th percentile)

Claire is starting to really let her personality shine through. She "talks" to us all of the time with her coo's and ooo's! She has been sleeping through the night for the past few weeks and naps a lot during the day. She's a happy girl most of the time and we are enjoying her so much.

Week 7-8

Bundled up! It's getting cold in Chicago.

Claire asleep on her daddy's lap!

Claire loves her Grandma!

Claire being comforted by her cousin Maddox! They had matching pumpkin outfits and looked super cute.

Goofy pumpkin Maddie, baby pumpkin Claire, and chill pumpkin Maddox!

Our cousin Gina bought the babies adorable matching onsie's!

Claire and her daddy!

SMILE!!!

The cousins and our babies!

Week 5-6

This past week Claire got to meet so many family members! We went to Colorado for Chris and Luz's wedding. What an event!


Claire spent a lot of time with her Aunt Lyssie! What a lucky girl to have such great aunts!

A cute pic on GG's lap.

Here is Claire with her Great Grandma (GG). She spent much of the weekend in GG's care!

The beautiful bride with something borrowed!

Claire with her Grandparents, Uncles Cayle and Cooper, and Aunt Lyssie.

More family! She was very comfy on her Great Gramps lap!

Great Gramps and Joan.

Meeting her Great Grandparents for the first time!

Meeting her Gramps for the first time!

Claire did great on her first flight! We were upgraded to first class-how fitting!

The girls at our 30th birthday dinner.