Summer fun!

Having so much fun on July 4th at the Hawthorne Woods Country Club!

July 3rd in Chicago was Claire's first time on a boat (even though we didn't do any actual boating)!

Claire now insists on feeding herself and things surely get messy! She does great with a fork and is getting the hang of using a spoon.

POOL PARTY!!

Claire was fun of drool, she was making raspberries the entire night! How adorable is cousin William's face? That look says it all!

Pamma and her loves!

Party in the tub. I hate to say it, but this pic reminds me of college, Maddie drinking from the keg and Claire cheering her on! I hope that there is no foreshadowing here!

Aubriana taking Claire for a spin.

Matt & Claire at his favorite place, Tsu Kasa of Toyoko.

18 weeks pregnant with the newest Newton!

I find out the sex of baby #2 on July 12th. Since the Ultrasound tech guessed it would be a girl, I keep thinking that a girl is what we will be having. Prior to the tech saying that, I was convinced it was a boy! Matt and I can't wait to find out for sure! This pregnancy is flying by and it's hard to believe that we are almost at the half way mark. I will start to document a bit more on baby #2 since it's only a matter of time!

On Monday, Claire and I vistited baby Ellie (she's adorable) and Claire didn't react at all when I held the baby and she didn't pay Ellie much attention. Fortunately, we will have time to get her ready to being around babies prior to November 28th-ish since baby Welke should be here around September 30th!

Month 10

Auntie Lyssie with Claire Bear on our Denver trip.

Claire with her Aunt and Uncles

Happy Father's Day! (I love that cousin William is in the backgroud)

Claire and her Great Gramps

Claire trying to push me out of the photo. It was Father's Day afterall!

Having fun in the backyard in Colorado.

Claire looks like she wants a sip!

Having a blast!

Back at home, Claire showing of her stair climbing skills with Papo.

Her first bike ride! She didn't care for her helmet and kept trying to pull it off! It kept covering her eyes and it was quite comical.

Pasta is sooo good (and messy)!

Month 9

Claire has grown up so much this past month! She crawls all around, pulls herself up on everything, says "Momma", "Mom", "Dadda", and "Up." She wants to stand constantly and loves her push toys that allow her to tot around on her own.

Some pictures from Memorial Day.


Nap ended up with Claire's corn.

She liked corn on the cob! I'm sure it felt good on her teething gums. She currently has 4 teeth!

2 cuties enjoying the nice day.

Some pics from Grammies birthday on May 23rd.

9 month stats

Dr. said that Claire is perfect and we couldn't agree more!

Weight: 20# 9 oz (75-90th %tile)
Length: 31 inches (>95th %tile)
Head circumference: 17.5 inches (>50th %tile)

She only got 1 shot and was such a good girl!

I enjoyed spending my first Mother's Day with Claire, Matt, my parents and Jill. Claire saw her Pamma and Dennis on Saturday, so she had plenty of family time. I foolishly didn't take a picture until I was about to put Claire to bed and realized my first Mother's Day was about to go unphotographed!

Eating raspberries, Claire's new favorite fruit!

Finger lickin good!

Faux hawk!!

9 Months

Good Morning Claire!

She is working on standing up in her crib. She is not quite there yet, but it's ony a matter of time!