She's here!
Claire Elizabeth Machak
born November 23, 2011 2:29 p.m.
19 1/2 inches, 7 pounds, 9 ounces
We are thrilled to welcome Claire into the world. She is absolutely beautiful. She looks a lot like her brother Nicholas did when he was born, except a little smaller. Compared to our memories of bringing Nicholas home, Claire has been a breeze (knocking on some wood!). . She is nursing well, and loves to be swaddled. Mommy is doing well although not back to full strength yet. Nicholas loves his baby sister Claire, and is always asking how she is doing and if she's ok when she does cry. Moe cat is taking it all in stride. We really enjoyed having GG and Grumpa (Christy's parents), Grandma and Pap Pap (David's parents), and Christy's Uncle Gene and Aunt Joyce all visit over Thanksgiving and to meet Claire in the hospital. You'll also see a few pictures of Nicholas and David with the dinosaurs--for a family outing the day before Claire arrived, we went to the Natural History Museum to check them out.
Now that it's December its full swing into Christmas season for us--we bought a mini tree at Target so we wouldn't be without this year, and Santa has already made an appearance at the Kennedy Warren Christmas Party. Claire and Nicholas have been to the Kennedy Center for Tuba Christmas and Nicholas rode the metro to Union Station to see the Choo-Choo train exhibit. We will continue to post and share pics!
We are thrilled to welcome Claire into the world. She is absolutely beautiful. She looks a lot like her brother Nicholas did when he was born, except a little smaller. Compared to our memories of bringing Nicholas home, Claire has been a breeze (knocking on some wood!). . She is nursing well, and loves to be swaddled. Mommy is doing well although not back to full strength yet. Nicholas loves his baby sister Claire, and is always asking how she is doing and if she's ok when she does cry. Moe cat is taking it all in stride. We really enjoyed having GG and Grumpa (Christy's parents), Grandma and Pap Pap (David's parents), and Christy's Uncle Gene and Aunt Joyce all visit over Thanksgiving and to meet Claire in the hospital. You'll also see a few pictures of Nicholas and David with the dinosaurs--for a family outing the day before Claire arrived, we went to the Natural History Museum to check them out.
Now that it's December its full swing into Christmas season for us--we bought a mini tree at Target so we wouldn't be without this year, and Santa has already made an appearance at the Kennedy Warren Christmas Party. Claire and Nicholas have been to the Kennedy Center for Tuba Christmas and Nicholas rode the metro to Union Station to see the Choo-Choo train exhibit. We will continue to post and share pics!
Friday night on the town--at the frozen yogurt shop.
Last outing as just the three of us--at the Natural History Museum
The morning of---ready to head to the hospital
all packed and ready to go
still waiting
She's here!
Big brother meets baby Claire!
with G.G. and Grumpa Rhodes
proud parents
with Grandma and PapPap Machak
Nicholas is checking out his new sister
first bath in the hospital
all clean
cuddle time with mommy
and daddy
my two babies
ready to go home!
car seat
finally home
meeting my family--with PapPap
cuddling with Grandma
GG and Grumpa
Great Uncle Gene and Aunt Joyce
at the park--Nicholas loves the "Choo Choo"
Nicholas wanted to carry his monkey the way mommy carries baby Claire
beautiful flowers from GG and Grumpa
putting up the Christmas tree--a Nicholas-size one, with non-breakable ornaments
sponge bath! The puppy towel was Christy's when she was a baby
out and about--Kennedy Center Tuba Christmas
tummy time!
Union Station Train Exhibit
Go Buckeyes! Football and Basketball.....
Zoo Lights
they had a Thomas model train at the Zoo! Nicholas couldn't be bothered to turn around for the pictureThat's all for this mega-post; we'll try to update a little more frequently from now on! We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season so far.
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