First little Road TRIP!!

In her car seat before the road trip!

Claire in her bassinet

Claire loves her bath now...!

sliding out of her snuggle nest

Sleeping in the snuggle nest with a smile on her face!

Daddy and Claire both fell asleep watching Grey's Anatomy

Just hanging out

We went on our first little shopping road trip today with Claire to Columbus. All in all it was a successful day!! She slept mostly in the car and at the Japanese steakhouse, then she woke up for babies r us! I fed her there and mitch fed her while my mom and I shopped. My mom bought a car seat for Chloe and Claire! so now the grandparents can take them off our hands! Then we went to Whole Foods and called it a day! We are all tired but had fun and are hoping that our other road trips will go just as smooth. We did have a nurse come to the house yesterday that works with the BCMH who will be helping us pay for Claire's surgeries. She was very nice and said that Claire was doing really well with vocalizing. (I have a feeling she will be talking our ears off soon!) The BCMH will be extremely helpful when it comes to surgery time, I'm glad that we found them now. I think it is ran through the state and they pay for everything our insurance won't pay for along with physical therapy and occupational therapy after her surgeries. On another note I posted some pictures of her that hopefully show how much she is changing!!! It is so crazy how much she changes everyday! We get shots on Friday so I will update then how much she weighs and all the fun stuff!!

9 lb 10 oz!!!

I took Claire to the doctor's office today to just check her weight, and she has gained 1 pound in 1 week!!! I was so happy to hear she has surpassed her birth weight...FINALLY! She has been eating up a storm and I have been able to pump more milk for her too, so we are all happy. She has been going to a Massage Therapist to help her with her jaw and how she sucks. I have noticed a huge difference!! and Claire LOVES going to her massage!! The therapist has been working on her torticollis also, and she is doing better but still doesn't like looking to her left. We have been working on it, so hopefully that will help. She is talking more and more each day along with smiles too! It is sooo cute and we LOVE it!! We are going to attempt to go to columbus this weekend for some shopping, we are hoping that it will go well!(fingers crossed) I can't believe she is 7 weeks tomorrow, time is just flying by!! We had a busy week this week, each day we had an appointment of some kind, so I'm looking forward to a less hectic week next week. May will be a fun month for us, Claire gets her first set of shots, we have her appointment at the Cleveland Clinic, we have two trips planned one to Knoxville to See Mitch's dad and StepMom, and Pennsylvania for my Cousins bridal shower. Claire seems to like the car so hopefully the trips will not be horrible.

babies!!!

Uncle Timmy with Landon, Claire, and Brayden!

Landon and Brayden riding Ralphy (grandma Tracy's dog)

Daddy and Claire

A little smile in her car seat

Landon and Claire....so sweet!

Uncle Matt holding Landon, Claire, and Brayden



We had a great weekend spending time with Mitch's family. All the baby cousins were finally able to hang out and it was so much fun. I can't wait for them to be older and start playing together. We have had an eventful week, Claire went to the doctor on Monday and her weight was only 8lb 4 oz, I guess when Mitch weighed her it didn't count because of it being a different scale. So we had to up her formula and we changed to a milk formula, and she did ok with that for a few days then started really spitting up so we went back to soy. Thursday she was 8lb 10 oz which is really good for only 2 days. We are trying our best to get her to gain weight. We also found out that she has torticollis, which is when her head tilts slightly she is going to get physical therapy for that. I went to a lactation consultant on Friday and she helped me so much! Claire's cheeks and Jaw muscles aren't very strong and that is why she has a hard time breast feeding, so she is going to a massage therapist for this and she is also going to try to help with the torticollis too! We are going to get her on the right track! We go back to her regular doctor on May 1st, and she will be getting her first round of shots!! I can't believe that she is going to be 2 months that quick! She has been smiling and talking a lot more and Mitch and I are loving it!! We can't wait for some of the milestones to occur but we are loving every moment now too. She's so amazing and we love showing her off!!

Happy Easter!!!

Claire made it through her first Easter!! Yay she looked so cute in her easter dress but it didn't last too long, she must not like being dressed up! But we were loving it! She got to spend time with Cousin Chloe, Uncle Brad, Aunt Danielle, Popop, Jamma, Fredpa, Grandma Crystal, Uncle Joe and Girlfriend Krisi. It was a lot of fun!! Chloe is getting so big!! It's hard to believe and she was so good with Claire. She would try to hold her hand!! We are excited for Brad and Danielle's stay they will be here until Tuesday. Claire goes to the doctor on Tuesday for another weight check, she was 8 lb. 12.8 oz last Monday!!! We were very happy!! So hopefully everything will go great on Tuesday. She has been feeding really well and starting to FINALLY fill out!! We are getting smiles and smiles out of her and it is so much fun!!! We are loving being parents and loving our little girl as she grows!! I can't believe she is 5 weeks already.....boy does time fly!! Next weekend we have cousin Landon coming with Uncle Matt and Aunt Desi, and all the other local cousins along with more cousins from Michigan!! We can't wait for everyone to meet her and for her to play with them all!!

4 weeks......OMG!!

Our baby is 4 weeks old today....can you believe it??? I know we can't! She keeps us entertained every day, she is starting to want to do things on her own. Meaning we don't have to hold her 24/7! Feeding is definitely going a lot better!! She loves to eat!! I'm hoping she will start packing on the pounds soon so we can stop worrying about her. She has been sleeping pretty good through out the night, atleast good for a baby! She is talking more and more, we put her in her crib or on her play gym and she will coo.(she's talking to her animals haha) We will need to take her to the zoo once the weather makes up it's mind and stays nice! My dad and I have been taking her out this week!! It has been really nice for me to get out of the house, it's hard for us to get out because of how often she eats. We took her to Target, doctor appointments, my hair salon, and Grandma Crystals School. She is really amazing we love her soo much!! Who knew you could love something soooo much!! We are very excited for Easter; Jamma and Popop will be coming to visit along with Uncle Brad, Auntie Danielle, and cousin Chloe! Then the next weekend Uncle Matt, Aunt Desi, and cousin Landon will be coming up to visit!! We can't wait to see everyone! I still can't believe she is a month old, it makes me sad and happy at the same time.