Goodness, we have so much to catch up on. I promise lots of pictures, because I'm sure many of you are only interested in the kid. Fair enough. On Friday we went to visit Aunt Ginny (see picture above). Clare had lots of fun. She showed us her mad skills at holding the bottle up. Then I went home and conked out. The flu or something knocked me out. I went to bed at 6:30 on Friday night. Clare gave Chris hell! She showed Daddy all of her newest talents. She yelled at him (again, Aunt Heather's niece, what can you expect). She whined (which as you can imagine, my daughter rocks at!). She even screamed (Ahhh, who to blame for this one? Aunt Lisa? Aunt Erin? The list is endless:). Rumor is she's spoiled. I keep telling myself she is just teething, which is just my excuse, because if she's spoiled then it's my fault. However, I would like Grandma Dawn and Nana to take some ownership of this as well. So, back to her "teething". No there are no "actual" teeth, details, schmetails. Chris gave the all time favorite: Orajel. Let me share. When we give Clare Orajel, first she turns the color of a tomato. Then, she screams. Then she drools. Then she giggles. It must be uncomfortable but effective. Pictures above, see if can identify which ones. On Sunday, Chris took Clare out and about so I could paint the dining room, which is finally the correct shade of yellow. Clare did do something fairly alarming this weekend. She scooted her legs up underneath her and started to shuffle them back and forth. Thankfully she can't figure out how to make the arms work at the same time. Otherwise, I'm screwed. I am so not ready for her to crawl. She still hasn't sat up on her own, so crawling should be a few months away. I was scheduling her 6 month pictures and I just can't believe that she will be 6 months old soon. She wanted to show you all her cute boots, which she rocked all weekend. Another new skill is reaching for things out in front of her and above her head. She mostly utilizes this skill to pull my hair and to reach for my drinks and try to knock them over (which I need so much help doing). Hope everyone had a good weekend!
I know I'm a little late with reading all these. I just wanted to tell you be wary of orajel. Even though it can make them feel better, (my kids were nothing short of angry when I would give it to them until it wore off), it also tend to toughen the gums and make teething all the more difficult for everyone. Especially my little freaks who teethed so young.
ReplyDeleteApril and Heather were given whiskey on their gums. Heather hated it and April went yum yum.
ReplyDeleteThe first picture is a twinkle toess. She looks like Chris in the play land.