Madeleine Adores Clare

Maddy loves when Clare is awake and
on the floor, she lays right next to her and cuddles!
Melts my heart.

She's awake!!

Mad so happy to be with Clare.

Tummy Time

Sweet Baby Clare making a few attempts at tummy time.



What a sweet, sweet baby she is!

Family Of Four Time

These last few days have been nice and relaxing.
Both girls have been really good sleepers.
Maddy hasn't been waking up until 7:15 or
so which is much better then 5:40!
Clare of course sleeps all the time, but more importantly,
she is only waking up once in the middle of the night around 1 or 2 am.
I will say my day is a bit thrown off since I am
used to been up much earlier than 7!
Don't worry, I think I can adjust.

Sunday we went to the zoo to get out
of the house and let Maddy run around.
When we told her thats what we were doing,
she kept saying Aumn and Sar,
since they are our normal zoo dates.
I think she may have been a little disappointed
when we didn't end up seeing those two, but she still had a good time!
I on the other hand wasn't a fan of all of the people there!!
We usually go in the morning on a weekday
and practically have the place to ourselves.

Clare at the zoo!




Looking at the tiger.

Watching Maddy color by the fish tank inside.

Maddy and a squirrel, face to face!!


Today was equally as relaxing,
all we did was walk to the grocery
store to get a few random things.
Clare rode on Greg in the Bjorn
and seemed to be okay with it!

Asleep In My Bed

My Dad is working nights for the next year
(Boo!)
so he is really tired when he gets home in the morning.
On Saturday we were playing on my bed and he fell asleep.
I let him stay there and I even came back a few
times to play on the bed while he was still asleep!

BIG Sister

I am ready to get out of the house
and show the world I am a BIG sister!!

Best Friends

I love my little sister and can't get enough of her!!
I love to hold Clare's hand and
I give her lots and lots of kisses!

Sisters

When I woke up from my nap on Sunday,
my Mom and Dad were there.
Boy was I happy to see them!!
Mom came in my room with a new baby
doll for me, she even came with her own bear,
just like my Bear!
I liked that.
Then my Dad came in with my baby sister Clare.
I was excited to meet her and kiss her.

Getting my new baby doll.

Meeting my baby sister.

Touching her tiny hands.

Happy to see her!

Holding hands.

BIG smiles.

A BIG kiss!!

Giving Clare love.

So far I am doing really good with Clare.
I like to hold her hand and rub her head.
I like when my Mom pats her back,
because I get to help with that!

Family Loving Clare.

Auntie B and Clare.

Auntie Mimi and Clare.

Grammy and Clare.

Gigi, Grandpa and Clare.

Grandpa, Grandma and Clare.

Auntie M and Clare.

Somehow we missed a picture of Clare
with her Great Grandma and Grandpa, sorry!

3 plus 1 equals...... CLARE!

On January 16th,

Greg and I woke up and had a quick breakfast,

said goodbye to our Maddy Girl

and headed to the hospital.

Our last picture as a family of 3.

I was still dilated 2-3 when we got there at 7:30,

so they started the IV and then the pitocin.

My contractions were growing,

so I asked for the epidural.

That went really quick, except I still felt a lot of pain,

so he came back and changed

up the dosage I was getting.... much better after that!!

I almost felt nothing at all.

Greg got hungry and headed down

to grab something to eat,

telling me not to have her while he was gone.....

well, all of a sudden I was feeling pressure,

so the nurse checked and I was at 10!

We called Greg to get back up to the room,

luckily he was on his way already.

The doctor was on his way in as well,

so we were just waiting.

I told the nurse I felt different pressure

and she checked and told me not to push,

we needed the doctor!

He got there and 3 pushes later

our Sweet Clare was here!!

Here she is!

Getting warmed up.

Daddy's girl already.

Bigger than her sister!

So sweet.

Dad and Clare.

Mom, Dad and Clare.

Mommy's Sweet Clare.

Beautiful.

First bath.

Clare Frances Mastin

Clare Frances Mastin
January 16, 2010
8 lbs 9 oz
20 inches
1:27 pm

Clare's Sign

Last year my Mom and Dad made a
sign for my wall and they finished
Clare's sign this week and hung it up.
We are such lucky girls!


See how BIG it is!!

Gilbert's Clair

My Uncle Michael sent me this link to my facebook.

Such a pretty song and we CAN'T WAIT to meet OUR Clare!!!

January 16th.... or sooner!

Greg, Maddy and I all went to the Dr.
this morning for our last visit!
Miss Clare is scheduled to be here
on Saturday, January 16th.... or sooner!
I am dilated 2-3 cm right now,
so he said I could go anytime.
I hope for all of us that she waits
(can you believe I am saying that?)
so that Greg doesn't have to miss any
of his training and can be at the
hospital the entire time with me.
Wish us luck!

Before and After

My Dad took the week between Christmas and
New Year's off of work so he could... work.
Gigi and Grandpa came down and they
all three got busy on the front yard.
It is nice to have such a good looking house.
I am one lucky girl!!

Some things to take notice of:
new front wall
new paint
new windows
new front door (you can't see that)
some fixed tiles on the steps
and
two new walk ways

House in January 2009.

House in January 2010.


Just me.

A Sad Night

Tonight when my parents were getting

ready for bed my poor Kitty Cole died.

I really liked him a lot,

he let me pet him and

poke his eyes and pull on his ears.

My favorite part about Kitty Cole was his wet nose!

He would rub it on my feet and

my hands and make me giggle.

I'm gonna miss him and so is my Mom.

Here are some pictures of him

from when I was a little girl:

Kitty Cole

Back To The Grind

Today was my first movers and shakers
class since last August.
My Mom missed the sign up for the fall and
then all of the classes were full.....
I was excited to be back!!
After Baby Clare gets here, my Dad will be
the one to take me to my Thursday class.
I will be even more excited to spend
special time with my Daddy.

Can't wait to get in!


Samuel is in my class and so we
decided to go to the park before toddler time,
we had fun for a bit but then he fell and
got a big bump on his eye and head, so he went home.

Sliding before the fall.


Today was my first time going to the
morning toddle time on Thursday's instead
of the baby time in the afternoon.
It was okay..... not too many people were
there and nobody really stayed to
play and that is my favorite part.
I think I will grow to like it,
I just don't know any of the songs yet.
I'll learn.

Playing by myself.

Big Girl Cup

I really like to drink out of a big girl cup,

but I only get to do it in the tub because

I usually forget to close my mouth around the cup.

Today I drank all afternoon and

at dinner and I didn't spill once!!

Painting

Today I got to paint a pretty picture for my sister.
Autumn came over to paint, too.
We had fun painting and then playing with my kitchen,
coloring and playing on my big girl bed together!


Just getting started.


Way into it, although I didn't like the paint on my hands!!


Good job, Autumn!!


Dirty girl!!