We're here! or, rather, there....? (Kentucky)

We now live in Kentucky! We found a great house with a play thing already on it - its a little run down, just a swing, slide and a climbing rope, but we'll order some accessories and get it rolling soon. Plus the neighbors have a massive one just a few feet away that is open to the neighborhood kids, so there are definitely options. Claire already pines for "my paygound" when we're more than 20 yards from the house.

Harris Caldwell is doing great. He caught Claire's puke bug the week before we moved, but recovered nicely and is now chugging bigger bottles on a regular basis. He is so close to sleeping through the night we can just taste it, so to speak. He's got the last bit of a stuffy nose and I think that's all that's standing between us and 9 hours. Cross your fingers this happens soon.

We have 29473 boxes to deal with, and they will be dealt with...eventually. I hope to finish the kitchen and the kids' rooms tomorrow and then start prioritizing everything else. Maybe by September. Its already really pretty here and I don't want to spend too much time inside. Its way too much fun to get outside and play with Claire. I definitely like unemployment in the spring/summer.

The 2009 Bubble Season has Begun!

This weekend was beautiful, so we managed to get to the park both mornings. Sunday afternoon Claire declared that it was warm enough for bubbles. At one point Rosa wandered off the stoop to walk herself, and Claire was trying to call her back by telling her what she was missing, "Bubbles, Roa, BIG bubbles!"

We noticed how much her vocabulary has grown from the last time we did bubbles in the winter ("bubbles!" was about it when we did bubbles) to full sentences telling us how big they were, where they hit her ("it hit my face!") and other important tidbits ("i sit with mommy.")

Sunday lunch was a classic PB&J, two-fisting it, per usual.

Harris Caldwell enjoyed some of the show from inside the door. Claire was very happy to introduce him to bubbles as well. He's starting to smile a little here and there, and is definitely at the cooing stage to let us know what's up.

Our 10-pounder!

Harris hit 10.4 lbs today! Not sure why I'm so excited - just happy he's gaining. Definitely hitting "chunk" range these days!

Snow Day!

We got about 5-6 inches of snow this morning so Claire stayed home to hang out with Mommy and Harris. We were pretty busy, checking email, painting, playing with the legos and mega-blocks. Fun day overall.

Note that the little girl is in 3T pj's. They are a little big, but the 2T pj's with feet don't let her raise her arms up. And yes, she did just turn 2. yikes.

Claire and Harris

Claire was pretty impressed with having a baby in the house for the first few days, and now seems mostly over it. She is helpful, however, in removing his blanket and paci...and sometimes giving them back. Little interest in holding him. Total interest in sitting in his carseat with him or in the swing - with or without him. This would be really cute if he was more than 1/4 of her size.

For his part, Harris sleeps pretty well, especially in the car seat. I'd forgotten how important having a good swing was to a new baby...and to me.

3 NICU's Later....

Harris Caldwell is home today! No comment from Claire yet, she is on her way home from school and will meet him tonight!

Claire's 2nd birthday weekend

We had Claire's 2nd birthday party on Jan. 31 - a lovely time was (hopefully) had by all! She had 4 little friends over for a Backyardigans-themed afternoon! The next day she had a balloon-fest with Daddy and we took Aunt Caldwell to the National Zoo to look at the frozen frog pond (and also saw the Panda Bears, Lowland Gorilla and the orangatuns.)