So Much To Be Thankful For

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in San Antonio. This year, we're very thankful that Claire arrived safely and is a healthy, beautiful addition to our family.

Claire got to meet more family members including Aunt Leann


Grace enjoying a predinner tootsie roll pop


Checking to make sure Claire didn't overeat


But her favorite spot was right on Daddy's chest


And thanks to Uncle Phil for helping with Grace. She made it through lunch but didn't last much longer than that.




Happy Birthday to our wonderful, loving Da Da

Claire is 4 Weeks Old!!

Claire is 4 weeks old today. I know with the holidays approaching, I'm going to blink and she'll be 2 months old.

She pretty much just eats and sleeps these days. She's also still taking a beating from Big Sis. It's pretty heart wrenching, but everything we've read online says that it is completely normal.

Helping the Food Bank

Grace did her part today to support the local Food Bank. Her school held a Trike-A-Thon - for every lap around, she donates a canned good to the food bank. Grace went around 4 times (with her teacher's help ie pushing). We're off to the store this weekend to let her pick out the food she'd like to donate.

Snug As A Bug in a ...Boppy

Claire still likes tight places and sleeps best with her head nuzzled in the Boppy.

Claire's One Week Pictures

When Grace was 1 week old, we took pictures on her red shaggy, raggy rug in honor of Valentine's Day. I decided to take Claire's 1 week pictures on her pink shaggy, raggy rug. She's so different than Grace, yet so much alike. She continues to be a sweet, laid back baby. I feel like this week, I'm having to adjust her schedule around ours and she's just gone with it.

Unfortunately on top of all the hits/slaps/whacks she's gotten from Grace, she also now has Grace's cold!

Halloween Fun and Games

Grace had a great Halloween weekend. Friday, she had a circus themed carnival at school. Steve was off work so took her and after feeding Claire, I joined them.

Their day started out with a parade which she wanted no part of. Steve said she came out crying. She also wouldn't stand on the stage and show off her costume. But she did participate in all the activities they had for them.





By Saturday night, you would have thought she'd been trick or treating for years. We let her go to a few houses around us and she acted like a pro. The one hard thing she needs to learn is that she doesn't have to eat each piece as she gets it. She'd get back in her car and want us to open what she'd just received. She'd had 4 or 5 pieces before bed - could have been worse.


Claire's been a sweet baby. She basically just eats and sleeps. We'll see her awake a few times during the day, but not for very long. She continues to be a trooper as Grace learns to be gentle.