Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Claire Elyse: 5 Months


5 months have flown by and now Claire is almost half a year old! This month was difficult as I started back to work but amazing at the same time because Claire has become very affectionate!  I love this girl to pieces!!

Weeks 18-21: Can you tell she likes to put her hands in her mouth?

-Nicknames: Claire Bear, Clarabelle
-Wearing: 0-3,3 month clothing
-Size 1 Diapers
-Bedtime: 8:00pm
-She is drinking only breastmilk
-Rolling from back to belly
-Grabs her toes a lot
-Put toes in her mouth
-Drool a lot!
-Looks to the side/roll to toys
-She has great posture and likes to sit/stand
-Claire rubs her eyes when she is tired and will raise hands to her ears
-does baby planks
-She like to be rocked to sleep (no complaints here!)
-LOVES stuffed animals and will smile and pull them towards her
-She has much better control of her hands! She rarely misses when reaching for something
-She is able to put your Wub back into your mouth yourself (Most of the time)
-Grabs faces and puts her head to theirs
-found her voice!
-Loves her Sophie giraffe
-reaches for mommy (heart meltttt)
-has so much fun in her jumper
-She really enjoy looking at/eating books!
-She went to the Arlington County Fair
-Claire had a road trip home from Va and did great!
-I attempted to put her to bed in her crib one night and when she woke up at 12am put her back in her cosleeper- I am not ready for to be away from me yet!
-Claire spent a lot of time with me in my classroom while I unpacked and got ready for the year!
- I started back to work and it was/is HARD. The week before and the first week were especially rough- I cried A LOT! I still have major mom guilt about being away and miss her terribly but the crying is less often! 
-Claire spends 2 days a week with my mom and 3 with our family friend
-She went to the Will County fair
- Claire goes down to sleep around 8:00 and is still waking up 3-4 times in the night which makes for one tired momma ( I get up at 5:30).  I can't deny secretly loving those night feeds though- especially with the time I am missing with her during the day.
-Claire is dropped off by Sean around 7:20 during the week.
-She laughs and giggles when I pick her up and reaches for me whenever I am near her!
-She thinks daddy is the funniest person on the planet! When I need her to smile- he is my go to!
-She thinks it is hilarious when your buzzzzz!
-She is quite the smarty pants and knows if she "yells" loud enough that she can get our attention

Claire is truly the best thing that has ever happened to us! Her personality is shining through and I am loving getting to know the sweet girl that she is becoming! Every new milestone is such a joy!   

5 Month Picture Dump!

Anyone else think they look a lot a like here??

Soaking up the cuddles the week before work...

She seriously loves this pig

Classroom Helpers!

She loves books!

Daddy's girl!

The best distraction while I was working in my classroom!

prettyyyy baby!


Hanging at Papa and Nana's while mommy and daddy work!

Fun with Miss Kim!

Will County Fair

Games with daddy

Who can resist a sleeping baby?

hands on face and heads touching

Hanging with Uncle Alec!

Baby Sit Ups= abs of steel

trying to scoot



My loves!

She truly thinks he is the funniest!