Claire is 3 Months Old!

Time has flown by and Claire is already 3 months old!!

It is funny how things are different the second time around. With Grace, I was a "Sleep Nazi". She was in her room and sleeping 10+ hours a night by now. Poor Claire is STILL in our room. She acts like there are needles poking her in the back if you lay her in her crib. It's pitiful! I had tried getting her to sleep in there last week. Then Grace got sick after 4 nights and I needed extra energy during the day to deal with her. Plus Grace wasn't sleeping well and Claire fussing was waking her up.

Claire is eating great which is evident by her many rolls. She is a mini Michelin Man.

She is really noticing her hands/fists. I will catch her staring at her fist for the longest time. It is so cute.

She is good at smiles and coos these days. You just have to talk to her a little bit and she'll brighten up and start cooing back at you.

She's getting better with her head control. She can sit up with some assistance although she's not ready for the Bumbo chair just yet.

The other day I noticed a bunch of hair where she had been sleeping. At first I thought it was a stuffed animal or something that had shed. But soon realized it was her hair coming out. This will be interesting to see what it comes back in looking like?

She gets more loving than hitting these days from Big Sister. Grace always makes sure she has her blankets and will sometimes cover her face with them in the process of giving them to her. She's learning to be gentle with her and we can tell she really loves her "Sissy".

Another 1st

Last weekend, we took Grace to get her first haircut.

Here in Corpus, we don't have the cute, kid-friendly places so she went to the girl that cuts Steve's hair.

I brought a sucker to keep her occupied, but she didn't want to sit in the chair by herself even with it. So she sat on Daddy's lap.


The lady just trimmed the very bottom - maybe 1/2 inch off.


But it was enough to freshen it up.


She hasn't gotten to show many people her new "do" yet, because she's been so sick. She's been running a fever for a week now, poor baby. The first antibiotic didn't agree with her so now we are on the second one.

I weighed her and she has already lost almost a pound - down to 26 pounds from 27. She's been tolerating some 7up and Gatorade so we'll keep that up.

We go on Tuesday to the allergist. They said to expect a 1 1/2 hour appointment so I'm guessing they are planning to do a skin-prick test. My allergies were terrible, especially as a young child. I hope Grace didn't inherit this from me. We know that she definitely has some degree of nut sensitivity.

Hopefully this baby will feel better soon!

Grace's BFF

Grace loves turtles so much that I think they are definitely her BFF.

She used to just be able to sign "turtle". But now she can say it although it sounds more like "tur".

Santa brought her a stuffed turtle for Christmas. Nana has 2 turtles that live in her laundry room. But more importantly, there are several turtles in our neighborhood that come to visit.

Once Steve or I spot it, we can't wait to run and show Grace.

Peace Offering

I think Grace was trying to make up for beating up on Claire the past 11 weeks.

We were playing "po" (Grace's word for playdough) in her room. I put Claire in Grace's crib to keep her safe, but near us.

Grace started putting all her treasures next to Claire - the things we made with the playdough, her spider ring (she loves spiders because of the itsy bitsy spider), her new whistle she got at a birthday party, and more importantly her beloved "kiki" (her term for her blanket).

Claire is probably thinking "what is all this stuff?!?"

Hook 'Em Horns!!

How do we feel today? The day after losing the 2010 National Championship?

But we are proud of our Horns for really playing a good game. Our Defense looked amazing and our freshman quarterback really did well for being in that situation.

Our hearts go out to Colt McCoy and we wish him the best come April with the NFL draft!! And Jordan Shipley - you will do amazing in the NFL!!

Yea Horns, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!! Texas Fight, Texas Fight, Yea Texas, FIGHT!