The Best Thing Ever

I love being a mom.

Our beautiful little "February" baby came early in the morning on January 30, 2018 after a mere two hours of being in the hospital. She was 8.5 lbs and 21.25 inches. We named her Claire.

AHHH! I just love this face!

Between this perfect little baby and my fantastic husband, I literally don't think life can possibly get any better.

Dad and Claire

Now she is 2.5 months old, and I don't know where the time has gone. It seems like yesterday we were figuring out how to put her in a car seat and tentatively trying to give her a bath...

There honestly aren't words. I've been trying to write this post since she was born, but I am speechless. I just stare at her for hours at a time. I never get tired of holding her or talking about her or thinking of her... and just when I think my heart is absolutely full, that there is no possible way I can love her more, a new day comes and she grows just a bit and so does that love.

She's practicing her dramatic, far-off look.

Seriously, Mom. You take too many pictures. 

I love the way her enormous cheeks are so irresistibly kissable.
I love the way she licks her hand like it's an ice cream cone.
I love the way she fits, just right, in my arms and snuggles up to me.
I love how she looks exactly like her dad and how much they both love each other.
I love her furrowed brow of concentration.
I love that she likes to sit up and quietly look at all the world.

*YAWN*
Me too, girlfriend. 

Perfect little fingers!

1 month

Time is already slipping away too quickly. Meanwhile, I will snuggle her and kiss these gorgeous cheeks and smell her lovely baby smell and enjoy every second.

Gotta be doing those crunches to work those abs. 

I love being a mom. We have been blessed with such a sweet, perfect little girl. I just pray I don't mess it up... (the words from the Oompa Loompa song have been on mental repeat, unfortunately.)

Who do you blame when your kid is a brat?  Pampered and spoiled like a Siamese cat 

Blaming the kids is a lie and a shame  You know exactly who`s to blame:

Ah well. We shall simply do our best!

Licking that ice cream cone!

Waiting for 2 month immunizations! BECAUSE #VACCINESAREIMPORTANT
She did totally great. 

Keenan's pictures.

"Dad, you always believed in me."
- Claire, in 20 years, at some Nerd Convention her mother refused to take her to.