HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY NICOLE

Happy Birthday Nicole!!!! You are now in your "30th" year.

Claire just wanted you to see Amot is like. Love Emma

Summer Camp at Maryellen's

This week is summer camp at my house. The kids are having a ball, Amy and I ,however, are exausted. Last night was an overnight. We have a tent set up in the basement as thunderstorms took over last night. These are some pictures of 'Project Runway". Paige and Emma were a riot. When Claire is ready she can come, Grandma Cindy has Paige and Lindsey sleep at her house so they can come. I know Grand Peggy would love to do that, she would probably take her for the summer!

Emma in Vermont

Claire is ready!

Mommy has been telling me all about her cousins that I am going to meet next weekend so I'm preparing myself for some lovin'And what's this Vermont place I hear of? I guess I will find out on August 6th - at least I got a cute hat to wear while I am there!

As Requested

When Claire first met Mimere, Marianne was kind enough to take pictures for us. Here are a few of the pictures - click here to check out the rest on Ofoto.



We can't wait to see everyone again on June 27th! :-) I know everyone is having a fun and interesting summer - there have to be more updates out there for the blog. If you have pictures or anything, you can always send them to me and I will take care of it for you!

When Daddy does Claires hair...

We call this the Jersey blowout...
At least Dad knew how to fix it!

No surgery for Nicole Today

For those of you who knew Nicole was to have her tonsils out yesterday. Unfortunatlly after waiting two hours with IV in place,the doctor had to cancel. What a  drag. I believe it has been rescheduled for August 19th. She is not a happy camper, as they have a black tie family wedding on Brians side on the 30th. A weekend event in the Birkshires.  We are hoping for a cancelation. (not the wedding stupid the surgery).

Claire's mini photo shoot

Marianne came for a visit today and took just a few pictures of Miss Claire - and by a few I mean about 300! It was all worth it to get some really good ones. What do you think?

Too cute...check out her little finger nails!

I promise - she really does cry! And can you see how light her hair is getting?

I don't know how she looks so peaceful because she was HUNGRY and ready to eat!

Still can't keep her hands down...

Of course we had to get some pictures with the hat and blanket from Grandma and Grumpy Snider!

I think this one might be my favorite! She looks so deep in thought!



We are off to Massachusetts this weekend. I know Claire can't wait to meet everyone! :-)

Mommy likes to show off Claire :-)

Well, we are settling in at home. Claire sleeps like a champ which gives Dan and I a chance to catch up on our sleep as well. Once we put her down we have to set an alarm to wake her up in the middle of the night to feed her and then she passes out again until I wake her in the morning to eat. I am sure this won't last long, but we are enjoying it while it lasts!

We have already been to the pediatrician twice and to the hospital once for blood work. Claire cried when they did the blood test, but was fine as soon as I picked her up again. Same thing with her Hepatitis B shot - half a second of tears and then she was fine. Her slight jaundice seems to be much better today, and the pediatrician wasn't worried, so why should we?

Here are some more pictures...I can't help it if we find the need to take tons of pictures :-)

Grandma has been a huge help! But she also needs her rest, and what better way to get it than with Claire on her chest?

Swaddle? This girl can break her hands free in about 2 seconds! She loves to sleep with her arms above her head. This is how we usually find her in the cradle.
Dressed up to head to the pediatrician for the first time. Her outfit was a little big (or maybe Claire is just little)
This picture was taken Tuesday night. I don't know if you can tell, but her hair keeps getting lighter and lighter. I know there are a lot of pictures with her eyes open, but that is rare. She is a sleeper like her Mommy!
Claire loves her daddy (and his hair cut!)

More Claire...

What a great weekend! Dan & Mere & Claire came home early this afternoon from the hospital. They had a few visitors stop by but mostly just rested. Grandma made all of us dinner before we dropped Kristin off at the airport. When we left the Snider family was resting comfortably and now Grandma and I are getting settled as roommates for a while :) I just finished uploading some pictures in to the ofoto account but wanted to share some of my favorites!

Day 2

Here are some more pictures from the hospital. Below is Claire with Meredith post bottle, I believe.

This is the view of Manhattan from our room.

Andrea made it into town around 3:00 on the 20th.
This is just me posing with Claire. I think this one got me a smirk from Meredith.

Me sitting with Claire.

Kristin made it into town around 9:00 PM or so on the 20th. She was glad to finally be able to meet Claire.
Claire likes to play with her hands when they're not in a blanket. She is always trying to get them into her mouth or up into the air.

Here are her tiny feet. They're about as long as my index finger. She has some long toes though.
Meredith giving the bottle. I don't think she spit this one back up.

Me holding Claire after the bottle from Meredith.

Close-up shot.

I don't think this one needs any description.

Claire getting some shut eye.

More to come later. I'm on my way back to the hospital.