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.)

Harris Update! (2w, 1d old)

Harris Caldwell is doing very well - as of today he is off all oxygen and not sedated since the surgery on Wednesday. He is in an open crib now, though still in the NICU. His nurse gave him a little spa treatment yesterday, his hair was so soft and fluffy today! We're still on Poop Watch, but the doc(s) aren't worried as of yet, they expect him to get that rolling this weekend, ideally.

Here are some pics from today -