Monkey

I decided to try on Clara's Halloween costume. She is going as a monkey!! Please note the banana sewn on the sleeve and the tail--haha!! So appropriate since her nickname is "Monkey." Also, she is officially 6 months old yesterday~Happy Birthday, Monkey!!

These pictures crack me up--she looks so serious and confused!



Oh, and I decided to change my blog layout a bit. I was bored with the old one.

Schlafen durch die Nacht!!!

Today Clara is 5 months old! I can't believe that she is already so big and it was only 5 months ago at exactly this time of day I was checking into the hospital to deliver her. How appropriate that she just slept through the night for the first time for the PAST TWO NIGHTS!! After she did it the first time, I was excited but thought it might be just a fluke and wondered if it would ever happen again. But last night she slept even longer. We put her to bed around 9-ish last night and I awoke at 7:45 am this morning without having heard a peep all night. I went into her room to check on her and there she was, wide awake, laying on her back with arms outstreched staring up at her mobile. When I smiled at her and told her good morning, she just smiled with a big open-mouthed grin, then immediately after made her "I'm hungry" whimper. Mommy is well-rested and happy today!



These are just some goofy pictures I made on yearbookyourself.com. The ones of Chris and Clara made me laugh...I am still laughing!! You don't get to pick the body that you fit the picture of your face into, so the outcome is a complete surprise. hee hee

Okay, so I gave in...

I found myself feeling bad (a.k.a. annoying) for posting SOOO many pictures of our baby on Facebook...so I decided to created a blog. Now if people want to see her--they can come here, instead of me shoving her in their face (book). I also want to be able to share little stories of the new things that Clara is doing every day!

On Friday, August 29, 2008 Clara had her first photo shoot. Clara's Grandma Marie (on the Munce side) offered her photographing services. We decided to take the pictures of Clara in the nude (Clara was nude, not us...wait...maybe I worded that wrong...whatever...I am sure my mom ,the editor, will email me with the correct wording). So despite a few "accidents" since she was sans diaper, Clara was amazingly well-behaved during the shoot. She was, however, a little hungry for a snack so she kept sticking her tongue out and making the most ridiculously cute faces. Marie considers herself to be an amateur, but I think the pictures turned out to look quite professional.