We ventured out to the park (too much sitting in the house on these beautiful days) and Sean whipped around on his scooter for a good hour. Dave chased him around the park while I sat on the bench resting with Claire. It was great to get out of the house.
Not much to say as Claire loves to sleep most of the day and into the night. We have to wake her up sometimes for her night time feedings she is absolutely a little angel. She is not much for the binkie and will suck on it for about a minute and spit it out.
Sean has totally warmed up to Claire and asks to hold her all the time. I guess we shower him with too many kisses because all he wants to do is kiss little Claire's forehead. He is being so gentle with her and tells us when she is awake or crying.
Resting in her warm blanket after her first quick sponge bath!
Not sure she is liking the washing of the hair. We decided to double team her and wash her quickly so she does not get cold. Dad takes the top and mom takes the bottom. We were done in no time. ALL CLEAN!
Here is Claire in her little ducky outfit ready to get her bath.
Sean was so excited that his little sister Claire got him a scooter as a present when she came home. He has been playing on it constantly and the Buzz Lightyear scooter has really kept his attention during feeding and rest time.
We were able to leave the hospital by 4:30pm on November 13th. We dressed Claire in her little outfit and waited patiently for the discharge papers. Claire sat in her car seat and waited so quietly.
We brought Claire home and grandma and grandpa brought Sean back to the house. Sean was a bit shy and would not go near his baby sister. He said that he needed to be quiet and then would walk away from her. Unfortunately he will not hold her or go very close to her so we do not have any pictures of our two little kiddos together. We are trying to give him time to warm up to her.
Claire passed all of her initial screenings and is sleeping quietly at the hospital. She does not really cry too much and when she does we know she wants something. Most of the time she looks like a peaceful angel. Her weight decreased to 7 pounds 1 ounce two days after she was born. It is really strange to have a smaller baby as opposed to Sean's 9 pounds 11 ounces.
Dad and Claire at feeding time. The hospital gave us an outside window so that Sean could come up to the hospital and see his little sister. They would not admit children in the hospital because of the swine flu and the RSV season. We decided not to bring Sean to the hospital because we did not want him to get upset when he was not allowed to come in. Dave slept overnight the first evening and then my mom came and stayed the second evening.
Our room was very dry so I was a little stuffed up and could not wait to leave. We stayed for 2 days and then we thought it was time to go home and be a family.
Claire Marie was born on November 10, 2009 at 12:55pm. Pretty cool to have a birthday of 11/10/09. She was born in the afternoon at Banner Gateway Hospital in Gilbert. She weighed 7 pounds and almost 7 ounces and was 20 inches long. We are so happy to have her in our family and can't wait to show her off to her big brother.
Claire has been a wonderful sleeper. She knows exactly when to eat and loves to sleep the rest of the time. She has very long fingernails and we need to place the mitts on her hands so she does not scratch herself.
We could not believe how dark her hair came out. We could have swore we were going to have a redhead but her hair is definitely a dark brown with a hint of auburn.
