Exciting Week

Guess who is 7 weeks old today? Hard to believe. Claire has changed so much. Her cry is becoming deeper and almost congested sounding - kind of like that Betty Davis Eyes song. Also, she no longer sleeps all the time, especially around 3-5am, when I am charge of her feeding. How I long for those good old days.



On Monday, Auntie Kim, Benjamin and Kim's Nana flew in from Dallas. Lynn and I are Benjamin's Godparents. The running joke is that Benjamin and Claire will get married one day. Benjamin is 7 months old and weighs 25 lbs. As Paul F. succinctly put it, King Kong meets Fay Wray.

Tonight is bath night. I am becoming quite profficient at washing Claire. I discovered the trick of making sure the baby tub has enough water to keep her warm. After ingesting 4oz of milk and taking a bath, I am betting Claire sleeps for 5 hours. I am hoping Lynn and I can also sleep for 5 hours. Tomorrow is Lynn's last class for the semester. Mine was yesterday. I am done teaching until January 2009. So this means at least one of us will be with the bear for the next 8 months. If you would like to come visit, somewhere between Aug 11-22, would be a good time. Give us a shout. We have plenty of room.

And some final random thoughts... I have never done so much laundry in my life. Claire goes through so many outfits in one day. I tried to convince Lynn that one-ies can be worn inside out on the 2nd day, like underwear and socks, but to no avail. Notwithstanding that, Lynn is simply the best mom in the world. I can see she is so full of love for Claire.