Christmas Day

Ahhh...there's nothing like Christmas morning.  The kids had a great time opening presents (and helping Claire open hers).  This is the first year we've ever had a tiny baby at Christmas.  Claire was good to Mommy, though, and only got up once the night before.  I guess that was her Christmas gift to me.  :-)  We spent the rest of the day at Mark and Amy's house.  We had a huge brunch and the kids had fun playing with their cousins.  Scott helped Mark put together their basketball hoop and the rest of us just lounged around.  It was great.  Thanks, Mark and Amy, for letting us crash at your place all day!

Christmas Sunday

Today was Claire's first day of church.  She made sure she got her beauty sleep (she gave Megan around 6 1/2 straight hours after not going more than 3 for a long time) so she and mom would be at their best.  Her brothers were excited to have her there as well.

We love our little sister

The boys think it's so fun when we put Claire in their beds.  They love to hold her and give her hugs and kisses.  She's one lucky little girl.

The new bouncy seat

We decided that the old bouncy seat had run its course.  All of the plastic that was once white is now yellow, so we thought it would be a good idea to get Claire a new one.  I loved this one when I saw it at Target.  So far, Claire seems to like it too.  Our old bouncy seat took up permanent residence in our bathroom for several months with the other kids.  It's the only way I could get a shower in the mornings.

Baby Claire

Well, Claire will be two weeks old tomorrow, and I finally got out the camera.  You can tell she's a 4th child and not a 1st.  Grandma has been so good to help us out.  She's been coming over in the mornings and getting Mason and Logan on the bus, making me lunch, holding the baby, changing Brady's diapers, etc., etc., etc.   What would I do without my mom???  Grandma gave Claire a bath this morning and then we had a little photo shoot.  We think she's pretty cute, but we're a little biased.  :-)