Claire of the Shire

Claire is on a new high calorie diet to prep for her upcoming heart surgery.  So, it seems like she is eating all the time.  Like a little hobbit, she eats a minimum of 7 meals a day:  breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper.  That doesn't even include her nightcap before bed, midnight snack, two o'clock feeding and early-riser snacksies.  She's on mommy milk plus double-thick formula, and she's packing on an ounce a day.  At this rate, by the time she's 10, she's going to weigh 250 pounds.  And she looks so thin.  Where does she put it all?

Emmett - making sure his baby is keeping up with Claire on the feedings. 

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.

Bathing Beauty

Well, there's one thing we do know, Baby Claire likes her baths.  The boys helped with her first bath since coming home from the hospital, and it was a raving success.  If it was up to her, Claire would probably stay in her pink princess, specialty sling tub indefinitely, but Mommy needs the kitchen sink every once in a while to do dishes.  Of course, you know where this is going.  This girl is going to love her long showers. And along with the follow-up hair styling, skin care, and make-up application time, it's going to all add up to some very long waiting lines for the bathroom, or necessitate a bathroom remodel to increase capacity.  Mommy and Claire vote "remodel."

Claire is loving all her brothers' attention.  Virg takes the tummy and Emmett gets legs and feet.

If it weren't for Mommy's constant fussing about, Claire would take this opportunity to for a nice long snooze.