Happy Birthday, Claire Bear!

Mom, Dad and Claire a few minutes after birth.

Will meets Claire for the first time.

First "family of four" photo

Claire in the hospital with an IV, two days old.

Sweet brother; Claire is about one week old.

A special dress and shoes; about one month old.

Miss Priss; about 2 mos. old.

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One year ago today, we were blessed by the birth of our precious daughter. Claire Elise Prather was born at 10:14 am, July 8, 2007, weighing 6 lbs. and 10 oz. Her hair was light brown and she had dark blue eyes. She now weighs about 18.5 lbs. and has very blonde hair (she's been called a tow-head and a cotton-top) and striking blue eyes. Here are a few of my favorite things about Miss Claire Bear:

1. She loves to hug and kiss.

2. When I put her to sleep, she pats me.

3. She loves to sing and dance. Her favorite song right now is "The Backyardigans" theme song. She'll just start bobbing along to it with a big smile on her face when it comes on.

4. She adores her brother with all her heart. He just looks at her and she breaks into a huge grin and most times just cracks up laughing.

5. She has the best belly laugh.

6. She makes the funniest sounds...I can't even begin to describe how she does them. My favorite sound she makes is something that sounds like "deedledeedledeedle..."

7. She has no fear. She likes to hang upside down, climb, etc.

8. She said "mama" for the first time on Mother's Day.

9. Her favorite word right now is "cat." My parents have a cat and Claire is obsessed with her. However the cat is not so impressed with Claire :)

10. She is a very easy baby (when she's not sick or teething!). She is not afraid of most people and is pretty easy-going about being handed off to others.

11. She's a good eater. She'll eat just about anything and loves table food. She's going to be so much easier to transition from baby food to regular food than Will was!



Claire in Florida at 10 mos.

Happy Birthday, Little Claire Bear!

*Of course, on a special occassion such as this one, my camera card is not working. So, I can't show you any of the pictures we have taken in the past week, including Claire's birthday party on the 4th! As soon as I get it working, I'll share those...stay tuned :)