Six Week Special

Hard to believe six weeks has flown by already! I mentioned in my last post that I wanted to do something special for her six week picture - and here it is. The dress in the photos below was the dress that I was brought home from the hospital in. As you can see, I was not a four pound baby and it has taken Claire six weeks to fit into this dress. I had intended to bring Claire home in this dress which would have swallowed her at birth. Instead, Nani and Pop went and found her the beautiful premie dress and bonnet that I posted her in several weeks ago.

There is a picture of me in this dress in my grandmother's lap on a blanket that I still have and use with Claire. I want to re-create that photo with Claire an post them side by side for comparison soon.True to form, Claire moved in almost every shot. The pics still turned out pretty good. I've figured out that my camera does a little better without the flash. This picture (above) looked like "Hi Mom!" to me.Here she is from the other day being amazed by her cousin Stone's mobile. As you can see, she has two mobiles in her crib. I consider this the alert time mobile (because it tends to stimulate her) and the Pooh mobile is her sleepy time mobile (although lately we've taken to falling asleep to a Chris Botti CD).

I had thought of a few milestones/updates late last night, but they've slipped my mind. I can say that she holds her head up fairly well now and that we've transitioned her to sleeping in her crib but I have not yet moved back into our room. From the bed in her room I can hear her better when she stirs. We've also established a nighttime routine as far as going to bed is concerned and it seems to help with the nighttime fussy hour. You know how most babies are a little fussy around 5 or 6? Well, Claire had been having that time around 8 or 9. With our routine of bathtime and quiet music time, that fussy hour has turned into about 10 minutes. She really is a very good baby. :)