Monday, June 30, 2008

Claire's photo shoot @ the Edney Resort

Hey everyone....this is my photo shoot.

:-P

Hey guys.

Wait....does my hair look ok?

Miles thinks my hair looks (tastes) good.

I love my Aunt Emily!


What did you say?



Ok this is tiring...

Yea, no more pictures please...

I said....!!

Ok maybe a few more...



Ok this is kinda fun...



What is missy doing anyways?

Ok everyone...I'm outtie!

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Baby Shower?

There have been a few baby showers in the past 24 hours that Daddy has been very thankful for. The first one was last night with the "Cooper side" of Ashley's family. We got tons of useful stuff, got to see family that we don't see very often and got to spend some fun time on Lake Jackson. The other two were today when Ashley cleaned Claire up after she had minor explosions in her diaper. I'm pretty sure they registered somewhere between a 1.0 and 1.5 on the Richter scale. Ah, the fun of diaper changes. On the bright side, Claire has been in a wonderful mood all day today.

"Pre-quake"

"Quake Time"

Our niece Ansley, swinging over Lake Jackson, off into the sunset.


I'm more alert every day!


Thursday, June 26, 2008

Yayaya...more pics. Imagine that!

How amazing, that it's been over a month that this little one was given to us by God. What an unbelievable experience so far. Despite the pain of healing. I remember sitting here on the couch going...*Oh my gosh, I have another month to go?? How am I going to make it??* And now look, we are a month past already. Claire is upstairs sleeping right now. She got a bath and a bottle and she is sacked out. She is such a good sleeper (knock on wood). She acts like each meal is a Thanksgiving dinner. She scarfs down the bottle and her little tummy looks like she swallowed a softball, but after a burp she is oh so happy. She lays there wide eyed looking around and doesn't make a peep, although her tummy looks like it is going to pop! She will eventually fall asleep and at night she will wake up 4-5 hours later.

I can't thank everyone enough for all the gifts, phone calls and visits. We love you all very much.
I will quit blabbing and post some more pictures. :o) Thank you for reading!

Thank you for the moccasins Aunt Angie! I promise to fit into them soon.



We are on our way to Uncle Leo and Aunt Solange's summer party. How am I going to stay awake for all this attention I am going to get?

Oh I know! If someone holds me I will be just fine....

I knew Aunt Lisa would hold me!


After a late night at the party, daddy's chair is nice.

This was a great party! I hope we have more parties like this. Thank you for inviting us!

Monday, June 23, 2008

1 month old

Well. Not quite. But she's pretty close and that's unbelievable. It really doesn't seem like this little angel has been with us that long, but the calendar says so. At this point I really can't imagine life without her. She's so fun to play with and snuggle with. We're doing our best to do all the right things, but she's still sleeping in the pack-and-play in our room. I know we should try and have her in her crib, but it's a lot easier for Ashley to get up and feed her in the middle of the night, or reinsert her 'binky' when she spits it out. It's pretty common for me to wake up when my alarm goes off for work in the morning to see her lying in the bed between us. I'm loving every minute of it.
I talked to my friend Chad today (who just had a little boy a few days after we had Claire) and asked him a question. I said, "Do you find yourself so amazed at him today, that you can't possibly imagine how you'll feel a year from now?" He agreed completely. I'm sure that most of you reading this that already have kids (that includes you Mom, yes I know, I love you too) are saying "This is what you're supposed to feel, Bryan." I know, but it's so new and it gets better every day.
OK, dad's going to get off his sentimental soap box and post a couple of new pics and a video. Thank you so much for reading!! It's so awesome to share this with old friends (I love you Claudia!) and new ones (I h8uirl Nerdia! j/k <3).>
(Click on the pictures to see a larger version)



Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Claire is 3 1/2 weeks old!

Claire and Granddad

Claire and her cousin, Leah.

Missy and Claire, chillin' on the couch.

Daddy's favorite picture



Peek-a-boo!



Daddy's birthday pie!

I just can't take it anymore!









Miles and Claire hanging out.







Bouncy seat!



Max and Claire.

Missy was helping keep Claire warm.