Claire's World

25 weeks and counting. I bet the next 3 months will fly by. I go to the doctor in a couple of weeks for the yucky glucose test. I sure am growing so I know that she is too.

We've been busy in her nursery too. We've had the walls painted yellow. Notice that I said "had the walls painted" vs "painted the walls". After Steve painted Grace's room and it took an entire weekend, we hired someone that did Claire's in 2 hrs. And Claire's room is bigger!

We've ordered her furniture which they quoted us to take 14-16 weeks! Yikes. And we ordered it in Dallas so will have to coordinate getting it down here.

It's this convertible crib in French White:

And this dresser/mirror in French White (shown here in blush):


I love Grace's cherry tree mural so much in her room that I am trying to find someone to paint this in Claire's room. I found the design on some children's stationery.


Finally, I am having bedding made with these fabrics.




Grace still probably doesn't have a clue about Claire. My belly is obviously different and if you ask her where baby Claire is, she'll point to my belly. But her little world is sure going to change in 3 months.

Gymboree Play & Music

This weekend we took Grace to the Gymboree Play & Music class in San Antonio and she sure loved it. Too bad we don't have it down here in Corpus!

Short Hiatus

We're back after taking an unintentional hiatus. My parents and Jackson were visiting down here when my parents and I all got hit with some sort of bug. Steve, Grace and Jackson were all fine, but mine got so bad that I was admitted to L&D for dehydration. Luckily, I gave in before any serious damage was done and Claire and I are doing just fine now. Being in that L&D room starting getting me nervous about Claire's delivery. Hopefully after going through the amnio and that horrible bug, I'll be graced with an easy delivery.

Meanwhile, Grace has enjoyed her time with her grandparents and cousin Jackson. We can't believe how much Grace is doing these days and she isn't even 18 mos. She has started pointing to her diaper when she's going or needs to go to the bathroom so I think I need to jump on the potty training wagon soon. 4 weeks from today, Grace will be forced into training anyway since that's when she starts school.

Here is a short clip of Grace's new, favorite toy. I had bought her these blocks thinking that she would stack them, but instead she loves to nest them. She'll sit and work with them for such a long time until she gets them all nested together. If one is too big to go in, she can sometimes just tell visually that it won't work. Other times she'll try it and see that it won't work.

Happy Independence Day!!!

Thanks to those that risk their lives so that we may enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.