Absolutely Precious!

My Sister-In-Law, Alison, took this picture while she was babysitting for us last Saturday. She received CS4 for Christmas and added the text and other little touches. Isn't Claire absolutely precious?

2 Month Stats:

Weight: 9 Pounds,12 Ounces (I liked the other doctor's scale better)--25th Percentile
Length: 22 Inches (She has grown 4 inches in two months)--25-50th Percentile
Head Circumference: 37.5 Centimeters--10-25th Percentile

Murmur, Shmurmur!

Today, Jonathon and I took Claire to her Pediatric Heart Specialist and I am happy to report that Claire's heart murmur is gone. The doctor did not hear the murmur and the Ultrasound performed showed it had decreased considerably since she was born. The doctor also said he does not anticipate having to see her again unless our Pediatrician finds something out of the ordinary at her Well Checkups.
While at the doctor's office, they also weighed her and she is currently 10 Pounds 2 Ounces...so yay for gaining weight. So, if you are keeping track, she has gained four pounds (that is an average of 2 pounds a month).
As many of you will remember when Olivia was Claire's age, I fretted and worried about her weight for her entire first year, but I am happy to report I am not worried about Claire's weight. I have learned that as long as both girls are gaining weight, happy and healthy, that is all that really matters (plus, Claire has about three rolls on each of her thighs and they are the cutest things ever). I suppose I will never have my extremely chunky, chubby baby, but I will take happy, healthy babies any day. Don't get me wrong, my babies are absolutely beautiful, but they take after their Daddy when he was a baby, long and skinny, which is fine.
Stay tuned for Claire's 2 Month Well Checkup this Friday for the official stats.

Claire is 2 months!

Claire is now 2 months...wow! Where has the time gone? I feel like an awful mom because we haven't taken nearly as many pictures of Claire as we did of Olivia, but we are working on it.
This week is very busy for us. Tomorrow morning we have a birthday party for Olivia's good friend, Evan. On Wednesday we take Claire to a Pediatric Heart Specialist. I am not sure if I have elaborated on this or not, but she was born with a heart murmur and we are going to see if she has grown out of it or not, so please keep her in your prayers. On Friday, we go to her Pediatrician for her 2 month checkup.
I have found the papers from the girls' previous appointments and here are the comparisons:

Olivia:

Birth: 7 Pounds 2 Ounces (born at 35 Weeks and 6 Days)
Height: 18 Inches

1 month: 9 Pounds 0.2 Ounces
Height: 20 1/2 Inches
Head Circumference: 35 Centimeters

Claire:

Birth: 6 Pounds 5 Ounces (born at 36 Weeks and 3 Days)
Height: 18 Inches

1 Month: 8 Pounds 3.8 Ounces
Height: 20 3/4 Inches
Head Circumference: 35 1/2 Centimeters

I will keep looking for Olivia's 2 month stats and will update with Claire's on Friday. Jonathon and I think she will outweigh Olivia, as she is getting longer and bigger faster than Olivia did.

For now, enjoy some recent pictures.


Here she is helping me cook. She was a little fussy, so I sat the bouncy seat on the counter and she helped me cook dinner; she loved it.


Here she is really happy. I think she was more surprised about the flash going off.


Photo Shoot with Aunt Alison (although Mommy did dress her). If you know me, you know my girls always have bows in their hair. I love the way they look in them; they are so stinkin' cute!


She has started smiling!


It is really cute!


Olivia loves being an older sister! She showers Claire with kisses every day!


Sorry for the bluriness, but Olivia put on her head phones and started playing on the computer, just like Daddy.


Here she is using the mouse to navigate around on the computer. She is such a smart cookie, and too smart for her own good.


Claire and Momma. She is really turning into a Momma's girl, which is fine with me since Olivia has been a Daddy's girl since the day she was born.

More Pictures from Christmas

I stole these from my Brother-In-Law, Jeremy, but pictures are pictures.

Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas and hope you all did, too. Enjoy the photos. There is a collection here: some are from when I took the girls to the mall to watch puppet shows, playing at Uncle Sean and Aunt Natalie's with Cousin Drew, and Christmas morning.

Claire is 1 month!

And weighs 8 pounds 3 ounces!

Claire's Weight

When Claire was born, she weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces. When we left the hospital, she was 6 pounds 2.5 ounces and two days later she was 6 pounds 1.7 ounces. When I took her to the doctor last Monday, she was 6 pounds 6 ounces. Yesterday when I took her to the Lactation Consultant she weighs 7 pounds 0.7 ounces! She gained a whole 10 ounces in 7 days! The Lactation Consultant was thrilled and surprised and I was just ecstatic. Hopefully, Claire will not be like her big sister and have a problem gaining weight (don't we wish we had that problem, ladies?). Although, I have to say, Olivia takes after her daddy, who was always skinny and tall as a kid and didn't break 100 pounds until he was a freshman in high school.
As for me, my appointment went great. I have 5 more pounds to lose until I am at my pre-pregnancy weight, but I want to be at my pre-pregnancy weight with Olivia so I have a couple of more pounds to lose. Right now, I am not trying to lose weight since I have to feed Claire and need all the nutrients and calories I can get right now. My incision looks great and my weight restrictions have been lifted; I just have to use common sense. I go back in 4 weeks and hopefully all of my restrictions will be lifted.
As promised, I will try to upload pictures tonight. Last night, I fell asleep and Jonathon was too busy with work to show me how to download pictures anyway.