Claire's Baptism

Chloe and Claire at Grandma Crystal's.
Daddy holding Claire after the big ceremony!
CHLOE!
Uncle Joe with Claire and Chloe
Claire's godparents, Uncle Matt and Auntie Andrea and Mommy and Daddy.
Claire getting a "dip in the pool" as people were calling it.
Claire with her Godmother Andrea before the baptism started. We thought she looked like a doll!
Claire in her new robe from Aunt Jeanie! Getting a bath for her BIG day!
Chloe and Claire getting ready for bed we put them in the same pajamas and didn't know it!!

Claire and Landon hanging with Grandpa Richey on Saturday.

Claire had quite a fun weekend, she had all kinds of family in town and got baptized on Sunday. She was very good on for the entire baptism ceremony. We had a lovely get together at my parents house afterward, it was so nice to see everyone. Claire got to see some her cousins, Chloe, Landon, and Brayden. Claire is starting to really want to move, she start rocking so we are guessing the girl will be on the move any day now! And she is a little chatter box, I swear she says Hi and Bye bye! We were leaving my parent's last night and my dad told her bye and we both swear she said bye bye!! It was so cute. We had a great visit with Uncle Brad, Auntie Dani, and cousin Chloe. Chloe encouraged Claire to crawl since she is crawling, standing, and walking too! I am absolutely exhausted and so is Mitch but it is so nice to have our family in town for a visit. Claire is still working on her two bottom teeth we feel them but they haven't decided to pop through yet, we are taking bets on when they will make their debut! I also have a video of Grandma Crystal and Claire playing peek a boo! It was hysterical she was laughing so much!! We definitely have a happy baby in our lives and we love it!

On a side note we want to thank everyone who was able to make it to the baptism it really meant a lot to see all the friends and family there! We loved seeing you all!

A Big Girl!!!

Claire sleeping with Daddy

Carter John Boehm born July 9th!

Claire in her play gym at Grandma Tracy's she loves it!

I'm sorry I haven't updated in awhile, we have been a bit busy. She had her evaluation with Help Me Grow on the 14th. They were very impressed with her cognitive skills and verbal skills. (haha yes we will have a little talker!) They are going to help with torticollis as well, she is getting better.....which is good. She has begun the stages of teething!!! The poor thing doesn't feel too well so hopefully these teeth decide to pop out soon. She has been eating her baby food she is loving her fruit! She is rolling over a lot more and she trying to sit up. It is crazy! she also likes to try to stand, Let's hope cousin chloe doesn't teach her any tricks when she is here, she is walking!!! My Aunt Cindy came to visit last Wednesday from St. Louis to meet Lil Claire Bear! Claire loved her! Her face lit up and of course there was a smile the second she met her. Claire got to do a lot of shopping while she was here, which she didn't mind. We have her christening this weekend, I am running around cleaning the house and figuring last minute details for my parent's house. Claire also got to go to wedding shower this past weekend for my Auntie Rachel!! And July 9th her little friend Carter John Boehm was born! Auntie Lala had her baby boy EARLY!

3 fingers and a thumb!

What a busy weekend~! Thursday Claire and I went to the Cleveland Clinic to meet with Dr. Seitz, and we got some great news! Her procedure will be an outpatient procedure and only last 4 hours! She will be having bone removed from the middle of her foot to be used as thumbs on each hand, her fingers will be split that are webbed, they will sew up the middles of each foot and straighten out the big toes. The excess skin from the feet will hopefully be used as skin graphs on her fingers that are being split. And there is bone in her hand that they will move up to use as another finger for each hand!!! I'm so happy it's outpatient because the surgery will be at the facility we are used to going to in Beachwood. It's next to a very nice mall but I doubt we will be going there the day of surgery. Her surgery will be at the end of September early October. We are waiting for the nurse to call and set up the date. We are still waiting on BCMH and want to be sure everything is processed before the surgery. After our little adventure to Beachwood on Thursday we headed home, then headed to Cincinnati for the night with Uncle Matt, Aunt Desi, and cousin Landon. Then on Friday we ventured off for Knoxville......and Claire was really good and we are really lucky. She cried the last 30 minutes of each trip because she was ready to get out of her car seat. She got to visit with her Grandpa Richey and Grandma Vicki, Aunt Katie and Uncle Jason, Cousin Collin, Aunt Sara and Cousin Emily too!! Just a great weekend of visiting with everyone. We had a great 4th of July and Claire actually liked the fireworks!! Her dad and grandpa set off a few, but there were enough going off all around their house! Claire had PT this morning she is doing really well and then we ran a few errands. We are on the go!! Claire also turns 4 months today!! I can't believe it!! She is becoming such a little lady! She is getting more interested in her food, which is good, and more interested in what Daddy and I are eating also. She has been sleeping in her crib through the night which is another great accomplishment! I just took her to the doctor for her 4 month check up, she is 16 lbs 5 oz and 26 inches long! Although I think she weighs a bit less she had a full diaper on when they weighed her. She is in the 97th percentile for length and 95th percentile for weight! geesh she made up for lost time!! Mitch and I are still trying to find out who she got her length from OBVIOUSLY not us!All in all our doctor's visit was a good one!! We don't go back until September!