Claire - 1 Month Old

At Claire's 1-month appointment today, she weighed 9 lbs 14 oz.  She's already doing much better than her big brother, who only weighed 8 lbs 6 oz at the same time, even though they started out at the exact same 7 lbs 3 oz.  Claire is now 21" long; she grew 3" in a month!

Here's Claire at 1-month old next to her adorable lamb...the same size as her!

And one posing with her big brother CJ

Plus a couple other cute ones...

CJ's 3rd Birthday

CJ's 3rd birthday was February 14th, but we had his party on the 23rd to allow Claire to get one more week older.  CJ has been in to all super heroes lately but especially Batman, so naturally we had a Batman party!  15 kids and their parents made for a full and messy house!

Here are the Batman letters mom made for him.

And his Batman mask and cape

And capes and masks for all the kids to make.

We also had a Batman bean bag toss, which lasted about 5 minutes.

And our own Gotham city.

Batman cupcakes...

Daddy taking a time-out to feed Claire.

The favors were tiny buckets full of Batman pez, stickers, tattoos, and a bracelet. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Claire's Professional Newborn Pics

Claire's professional photos were delivered yesterday! Below are a few of our favorites. These and more are also posted on Shutterfly here.

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.