Well, we have had a busy week. Claire went to Kindermusik on Tuesday and seemed to enjoy it. She was a bit shy but I have a feeling she will soon warm up to the other kids in the class. She is quite funny in the sense that she might just be too nice. When the music therapist brought out the basket of bells for the kids to play with, all the other kids rushed forward to grab their bells. Claire hung back and looked and me and said, "Mommy get the bell?". I told her she should get one for her and one for me. She waited until the mad dash was over and then she went and picked two out. A little too polite? We may need to teach her to be a bit more assertive. I don't want her to be the kid who pushes others out of the way, but I don't want her to be too timid, either. It is kind of funny, though, because she certainly isn't timid around us!
Claire is doing a great job with being polite. Lots of please and thank yous without being prompted. Her latest is when she says, "bye, see you later, thanks for coming" all in one breath and all at the end of a skype conversation!
Her last funny (and then onto news about Laura) is yesterday Claire and I were heading out to meet some friends for breakfast. I pulled over on my street to check my purse to look for some cash (rarity, I know - the cash, not the pulling over!). I said, Mommy just needs to find her money before we go. Claire pipes up from the backseat, "Daddy took it. Daddy took money from mommy's wallet". I just busted out laughing. Particularly because Daddy raiding Mommy's wallet is not exactly a regular occurrence in our house. Too funny.
Laura is doing great. I had an amazing day with her today. I was able to spend a lot of time with her, just holding her, feeding her, smiling with her. She is a really sweet little baby. She loves to watch Claire and is really fascinated with Kayla. And, of course, her daddy gets these big goofy grins from her. She is still very much a momma's girl, though. I have to say, knowing that she will not always think I am the best thing on earth, I am soaking up every minute.
She is still sleeping really well at night - 10-12 hours and napping about 2 hours in the morning and in the afternoon, with a power nap around 430 or so. My latest challenge is getting her to stay asleep at nap times. She falls asleep and then wakes up 15min later crying. The swing (thank you Uncle Joe and Aunt Kathy!) seems to help with keeping her asleep.
I know I keep saying how tall she is. She just seems super tall. Only 3 more days until her 4 month dr. visit, so we will see. I said today that Claire will be a guard or forward and Laura will be our center. By the looks of Laura's feet and how they are too big for 6month footie pajamas, I am not sure that is too much of a stretch to say. Maybe Laura's nickname will be Stretch!
And for those of you wondering, no, we haven't come up with a nickname yet. I think it will just come to us one of these days. Claire seems to like the idea of baby bubbles, but that may not be such a great nickname later on.
I have uploaded some pictures. These include a couple from the girls' first joint playdate with Avery and Sam. I hope Jamie sends the ones from Monday and Kimmy sends the ones from Thursday soon. Will let you know when I get those.
Have a great weekend.
Lynn
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