Wind Storm

On Sunday morning when we woke up not only did we not have any power, we had lost a tree. Luckily it didn't hit the house or take out any other trees on its way down. Now we have plenty of firewood for camping!

2 month checkup

We had our two month check up this week and all is good. In fact, Claire is at 90% for height and 70% for weight when compared to other children her age! She is 10 lbs 14 oz and 23 1/4 inches long. Hard to believe in just two months time she has gained four plus pounds and grew two inches!

We elected not to have any vaccines given this time and are following a delayed vaccination schedule. This has been a hot topic in our house for the last couple months. Dave wants to wait till she is a bit older and have them spread out over a longer period than is recommended.

However, I was able to get the H1N1 vaccine, which has been short supply. That with the seasonal flu shot I received in late August will help protect us from bringing the flu home and getting Claire sick.

Ruby and Tucker are getting more used to Claire (as you can see). At first they were leery of this little thing that invaded their home, took time away from us throwing the ball and cried a lot. Teaching them to be gentle has been a challenge, but they are learning quickly not to play too rough and accidently step on her. After all they have had the whole house to play where ever they like for a few years now.

Our Little Pumpkin

I wanted to go to the pumpkin patch and take a bunch of fun pictures (the colors are great for scrapbooking) but the weather didn't cooperate and she is too young to have any fun. So my second thought that would be super cute was to carve out a pumpkin and place her in it. The little hiccup in my plan was that Claire hated it. I am not sure if it was the texture of the pumpkin or if she was just crabby but she wasn't having any part of it. Maybe next year :)

We have to give special thanks to Grandma Colleen for our adorable outfit!