Claire and mom's day out

I had an appointment in Buffalo this afternoon, so Claire and I had our first car ride to Buffalo without dad. Claire did great, sleeping the entire car ride.

We stopped at Nana and Papa's house for the morning. Claire christened their house within the first 5 minutes. I laid down a make-shift changing station using her car seat cover and a disposable changing pad. Just as I took off her diaper Claire decided she wasn't finished yet.....we had to do a load of laundry before leaving. Thankfully the family room rug was spared, but it was a close call.

Rock-a-bye Baby

Claire had her first diaper blow-out this morning while in her infant seat. Time to move from newborn diapers to the Size 1. I was a bit panicked because she loves her infant seat and it gives me time to have breakfast and get household chores done. Thankfully, she loves her swing while the seat cover is in the wash :)

Claire's birth announcement

Cute pics that didn't make the cut:

Photos from the weekend

3 weeks worth of diapers from the Diaper Genie (that doesn't include our diaper pail downstairs):
Time on the play-mat:

A visit from Grandma Linda:
Some family photos:


And a big yawn....

Mom's swaddle needs more practice

Claire is swaddled when she is fussy and at bedtime; she sleeps better when her hands aren't startling her or pulling at her pacifier. I have been perfecting my swaddle technique, but she still manages to get free at times. I put her down for a mid-morning nap in what I thought was a pretty good swaddle. I came back 2 minutes later and baby Houdini was free, but sleeping so sweetly.

Claire's First Bath

When we put her in the tub she wasn't so sure about this whole bath thing. But no crying ensued so we assumed she liked it.

After about a minute she warmed up and started gumming her hand - bath soap must taste good. Cory held her while I washed.

Wrapped up all warm and snug.

Flying solo

Today was my first solo day with Claire. We started out with a fussy morning, which is not typical, I think Claire was not happy about daddy going back to work. But after her mid-morning feeding she was content and we settled in to her typical: eat, awake, sleep, poop routine. I managed to get laundry done, work on her birth announcements, and happily discovered she is not bothered by the vacuum.

Claire had her 2 week check-up yesterday. Our doctor wanted Claire back to her birth weight of 9 lbs. We were a bit concerned since we don't know exactly how much she gets at each feeding. Apparently she is getting plenty because she weighs 9 lbs 10 oz., up almost a pound from last week! She is 22.5 inches long, growing 1.5 inches from last week.