New photos available

Hello Everyone,

Alan has taken Claire's 3 month photos and they are available at

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=6dcbcb359540fd5e&sid=0Bas2bNuzbM3Ig

Just click on the link and you can view the photos taken on 1/18/11. 

Claire has accomplished a couple of firsts this last week.  She attended her first soccer clinic - we were outside in 68 degrees in the sunshine and she had many admirers come by and say hello.  Afterwards, we went to our first restaurant outing with her sisters.  She slept through the entire dinner but she was happy to be with the family. 

Claire weighs 7 pounds 10 ounces now and going strong.  She does a lot of cooing and is working on a laugh.  She is a very happy baby with the exception of the bewitching hour(s) from 9 to 11 pm.  We are getting 4 to 5 hours of sleep at night before she wakes us.  Perhaps in a couple of more months she will be able to sleep through the night.  We look forward to the day that we can sleep the entire night. :)

Enjoy the pictures - more next week after her next MD visit.

With love,
Denise & Alan

A New Year 2011

Hi Again,

Claire begins the new year with a great start having just completed another visit with the pediatrician.  She weighs 6 pounds 14 ounces and will reach 7 pounds shortly.  The doctor is pleased with her weight gain and states that she is progressing as a "healthy newborn" - woo hoo for Claire!  She was brave and only cried a little during her first immunizations, one injection to each thigh.  I think it was much harder on us than on Claire considering all of the poking and prodding that she has endured already.  I finally had my flu shot after the insistence of the doctor.  I was willing to have a shot the same day as our Baby Claire and fortunately, this time I didn't get the flu.

Alan had caught a cold, maybe even a bit of a flu, and was kept away from close contact with Claire for a couple of days.  Happily, neither Claire nor I caught the virus and have been holding our own since.  The doctor has encouraged us to keep Claire out of the public until she has gained more weight and has completed her second set of immunizations.  Hopefully by March she will finally get to meet her grandparents!

Claire has graced us with her first true smile :)  She is such a cute baby and quite happy most of the time.  Her tummy issues have resolved with Miralax and now that she is regular, the upset tummy and gas attacks have resolved.  This is a wonderful change and makes our evenings less stressful.  She is now sleeping better at night and we are getting between 4 and 5 hours a night now.  A welcome relief from the 2 to 3 hour schedule when she was smaller.

Our next visit with the doctor is in 3 weeks for another weight gain check.  We know Baby Claire will continue to progress as expected.

Thank you for checking our blog.  More soon.

With love,
Denise & Alan