Aunt Rachel's Baby Shower Weekend

Claire went on her first airplane ride this weekend!  Mom and Claire went to California for Aunt Rachel's baby shower (we left the boys at home).

Before the shower, we took Claire for her first visit to the beach:

Claire also got to meet her great grandma Tutu.

And her grandpa Tom.

The next day, it was time to get ready for the shower!

Grandma outdid herself with the decorations:

And all the guests made their own onesies for the new baby:

Claire pretty much slept the entire time outside where it was quiet.

But she woke up just in time for presents:

Grandma loved cuddling up with Claire.

After the shower, we took a boat ride in Newport beach with cousins Lauren and Kurt and baby Brinkley.

 

It was a very busy weekend!  Click here to see all the pictures.

Claire's Arrival

January 22nd was the big day!  We made it all the way to Claire's scheduled date.  Here's mom and dad in the morning on the way to the hospital.

The new university hospital at Princeton in Plainsboro

In the recovery room, waiting to go into surgery

Seeing Claire for the first time

Mom and baby after being moved to the hospital room

Dad and baby too

And even CJ got to visit and meet his little sister later that evening

CJ loved cheers-ing with sparkling cider

Dad, CJ, and grandma visited every day

4 days later, we were definitely ready to go home!

Back at home, Claire enjoyed testing out all of CJ's old toys

and just hanging out around the house

There are a lot more pictures from Claire's first days - click here to see the rest.

Christmas in CA

We spent Christmas week in California this year. We took a ton of pictures during our trip; to see them all please click here.

We arrived a few days early so decided to take CJ to see the train displays at the Richard Nixon museum. CJ couldn't believe his eyes. He ran from one display to the next!

When CJ becomes President some day, this is the photo that will be in all the newspapers.

While Mommy and Daddy spent an evening in San Diego, CJ went to the puppet show with Gamma.

In fact, it was so much fun, they went back the next night with Uncle Kyle and Aunt Sam.

CJ loved their new puppy.

Here's CJ helping Gamma set up for the family to come over on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Eve day, John's son Chad and wife Terah came over with their 3-year old daughter, Macaela, and 6-month old son. CJ had a blast with Macaela; they chased each other around the house.




Family photo opp.


On Christmas Eve, we went to Grandpa's house to celebrate and watch CJ open presents.

On Christmas morning, we opened more presents back at Gamma's house.


In the afternoon, more family came over, and there were lots of games to play. CJ made a good ping pong partner for Uncle Kyle.

At night, CJ played with his new trains.


Another family photo opp before everyone goes there separate ways.