A New Trick: Call and Response Singing

She started doing this yesterday afternoon and is now super good at it. She varies the sounds between "Hoo" and "Mamm." You don't have to ask her to sing though; she is freely composing atonal odes to her shiny beads, my hair, Grandma's orange shirt, to her wolf toy and there was even a song in honor of Daddy coming home yesterday. Today I came back from the gym a bit worse for wear and Claire fixed me right up with a little song---she's such a pleasure!

Ready for Christmas

Blessing Day

Claire's blessing was a great success. The gown was mine once upon a time and the bonnet was made for Claire the previous day by Great-Grandma Regular. Adam did a wonderful job and we were pleased to have a full house.

Meeting the Family over Thanksgiving

Walking with Daddy

Well, she won't roll over or even attempt to crawl, but she can sit up on her own and now this...Good grief I think I'm in for a wild ride! She is of course just using those early reflexes, but you've got to admit she's a really strong little kid. Note the picture where she tries to run away from Daddy.

Claire meets the Burches

Claire is big enough to sit in the corner of a couch on her own. She loves to cuddle and chew this little wolf toy given to her by her Aunt Hannah.

11 Weeks

One of Claire's funny tricks is this fists of fury business that makes her look like a kung fu master. She's very pleased that someone thoughtfully put hands at the end of each arm!

I sewed this rainbow rosette headband based on a dream I had of Claire before she was born. What a pretty and elegant little lady she is!

One last note this week: We are moving the Blessing Luncheon to 11am so that our family can make their drives home at a reasonable hour. Again, the blessing is at 1pm on Nov 30th at 2055 Coronado (the church by the hospital). So far, we've only heard back from Great-grandma Regular, Great-uncle John, Uncle Hans, and the Pursers (yay!). If you plan to come, please tell us so that we'll have enough cake :)