First Emergency Room Visit

On Thursday we took Claire to the doctor because she had a horrible cough. Dr. Dick tested her for step and sure enough, it came back positive. We started on antibiotic, and Claire was back to her normal self. On Sunday we had friends over to celebrate the Super Bowl. Claire let me lay her down around 8:30. She woke up at 10:15 and was acting different. She refused to nurse and started coughing. She could not stop. I have never been so scared. We called the after hours nurse at the pediatrician. She told us to take Claire straight to Le Bonheur. Luckily, Amanda was able to drive us. (Harry and I were shaking so bad) When we made it to the hospital, Claire had calmed down. The ER doctor decided to take an x-ray to make sure she hadn't swallowed anything. The crazy x-ray contraption really freaked Claire out. We were sent home from the ER feeling like over protective parents and both knowing that something was not right. Claire's physician called us the next day to say she had pneumonia. We started on a new antibiotic. We had a few more coughing scares, but luckily learned that standing in the bathroom while hot water was running helped.
Once Claire finished her antibiotic, she came down with double ear infections. She was a real trooper during her sickness. We are so thankful that our little one is back to her normal spunky self.

Snow Day

We were hoping to let Claire play in the snow that we received this weekend, but it was mostly ice. She did enjoy ice skating in our front yard. We hope you enjoy the video of our future ice skater/ dancer!

Here is Claire doing a bit of conversing.

Claire 1st Birthday Party

We celebrate Claire's first birthday on 1/2/10. She had a great first birthday with all of her family! Thank you everyone so much for coming and for all of Claire's wonderful gifts. As you can see in the pictures, she was enjoying a small "smash" cake her GG made for her. It had a ladybug on it to go with the party theme.

One year old

Claire,

Happy 1 year Birthday! I spent the whole day remembering your birth. I remember feeling so anxious the night before you were born. We were at the hospital at 5:30am to start the induction process. We were so excited/nervous. After we filled out all of our paperwork, we headed up to our room. Dr. Tsaltas broke my water and started the pitocin. We waited and waited. The contractions started, and I decided I would wait a little while for the epidural. That did not last too long..after 2 hours, I was ready for the epidural. We waited some more and while we waited, we had many visitors. (GG, Papa Mark, Mimi, Papa, Aunt Amanda, Jason, Ali, Dave and Erica) I thought I was slowly progressing and was not the least bit worried. At 3:30, Dr. Tsaltas came to check on us. He said that you were stuck, and he would schedule a c-section within the next hour. They wheeled me back around 5:00pm. You were born at 5:33pm. We are such proud parents! We can't express the love and joy you bring to our lives.

At 1 year old:

• You weigh 22.4 lbs and are 29.5 inches (both the 50%)
• You are walking and running everywhere.
• You love to wave bye-bye.
• You can say Mama, Dada, and Da= dog.
• You like to Moo, baa, bark, and hiss like a kitty cat.
• You love to eat fruit cups, green beans, cheese, yogurt, and cheerios.
• You have a beautiful 6 teeth smile and the sweetest laugh.
• You still love peek a boo.
• You refuse to drink whole milk, but are still a busy nurser.
• You nap in your crib and spend the night sleeping with mommy and daddy.

We love you so much Claire bear!

Breakfast with Santa!

Claire finally got to meet Santa on Saturday! She seemed pretty interested.

December NEWS

We have recently had to get child-safety locks for all of the kitchen cabinets because a certain someone was beginning to get curious. She is especially fond of the Tupperware cabinet. Which is now hers to play in.

We are so excited about Claire's first Christmas,

here are some of the decorations.

Ali and Jason were in town this weekend

and we all put up the Christmas tree with

the help of Papa Mark.

Here are the videos everyone's been asking about. I think you will find them as cute as we do!