The Barneys: Happy 6-Week Birthday Claire!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Happy 6-Week Birthday Claire!

I can't believe it has been six weeks! Already Claire is growing so much and getting so big. Usually after a nice meal, she is quite content and gives us some beautiful smiles. We love it. She is also awake and alert more now than she has been before. She has started cooing, and we just love hearing her little voice. And just yesterday, as I walked across the room, I saw her eyes follow me as I went. She's just growing up so fast!

I finally got the pictures loaded, so here are some of her . . .

Saying hello . . .

Just chillin' (with killer red-eye) . . .

And cautiously awaiting those dreaded footsteps from big sister . . .

It seems that when Summer is sleeping and Claire's awake, Claire smiles and relaxes. But the moment she hears Summer's voice or her running footsteps, her brow furrows and she gets this worried look on her face (like in the first picture). Summer just loves her. Here she is reading a book to Claire . . .

And clipping her nails with her fake nail clippers (a binder clip) . . .

And just talking . . .

We love our girls!

6 comments:

Katelyn Wray said...: I love it! The older she gets the more she doesn't look like Summer to me! So cute! I bet Summer is a great helper; January 24, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Blatter said...: I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER! 6 days! I LOVE Summers hair. I hope it stays a little curly. Claire is changing so much. She already looks different than I remember! See you all soon!; January 25, 2010 at 6:19 AM
Lance and Darcie and Auzzy said...: Wow! how Claire has grown. You two have beautiful girls. Just wait until Summer teaches Claire how to talk or on the bad habits. Miss you guys!; January 25, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Mark said...: I know how you feel..... we love our girls too. How precious.
Love
Dad; January 25, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Josh and Rach said...: That last picture of them together is so cute. I just love snuggling that sweet Claire, I can't believe I will have my own little one in less than a month!! Claire and baby green will get to be bff's since they will be only 2 months apart, so cute.; January 25, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Cherine said...: She is adorable!; January 26, 2010 at 12:54 AM

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Favorite Quotes

Posted 2013

Summer, seeing my arm peeling from a sunburn: "Why is it doing that?" Me: "Well, when you sunburn, you just tan. But when I get sunburned, it kills my skin, and then peels off." Summer, worried: "Are you getting very, very old now?" (now in tears) "I don't want you to die!"

Looking in the dishwasher: "I thought there was a black leaf in there, but it's just a craisin!"

Posted approx. 2011-2012

"Heavenly Father, Thanks for I stay in my bed."

Summer, typing away on the computer: "I'm trying to check my oatmeal." (email)

Me to Rhett: "Killer french toast, hun." Summer in shock: "Daddy! You killed her french toast?!?"

During the kissing scene in "Gnomeo and Juliet": "Look--they're kissing. Why are their eyes closed? . . . Maybe there's a lot of sun in their eyes."

After I gave her a piece of cheese: "You're a big girl for sharing, Mom."

Looking out the window: "Mom, please tell the grown ups outside I'll be right back."

Booking it to the toilet: "Mom, it's slidey with socks on."

Jumping on her bed: "Mom, you want to jump with me? It could be fun."

Talking to dad in the morning: "What you doin'?" --- "Getting ready for work." --- "But if you weave, I'll be sad."

"I'm not big. I'm just Summer!"

After waking up in the morning and realizing Dad was gone: "Mom, where's dad?" --- "He's at work." --- "Why?" --- "Because he has to get money for us." --- (Pointing to our change drawer) "But we have money right there!"

"Summer, why do you keep unplugging the TV?" Summer: "Because it's tempted to turn it back on. It's tempted, mom. So I unplug it."

Favorite Quotes

Posted 2013:

"I wish my head was in my mouth so I could see what my tongue was doing."

Rhett, after putting the girls to bed, then having to go down to their room again to tell them to stop talking: "I don't want to hear one more word out of here." Claire, innocently, and just asking to clarify, "How many words, dad?"

Claire told me she had "something" in her underwear. I asked her if she had an accident. She said, "No. I had a tooter and poop came out. Shooted right in there."

Me: "Stick your finger in your ear and see if you can get some of that ear wax out." Claire: "Nooooo. Because we have to lick it and that's how we wash it."

Posted 2012:

Claire: "No fry, baby. No fry." (Don't cry)

Claire, looking at her reflection in the oven glass: "Ook! Ook!" --- "Who is it, Claire?" --- "Nummer! Nummer!"

Things You Get to Say When You're a Parent that You Wouldn't Say Otherwise

"Just sit there until you find your shirt."
"Don't eat my hair."
"Because that's just the way he is. Some people only have one eye." (regarding a minion from "Despicable Me.")
After Claire pooped in the bathtub: "I keep thinking to myself--"Is that broccoli? Or poop? . . . This is like a horror movie."
"She stuck the key in What?!?"
"There's a buggy!" (aka bug)
"Stop eating things out of the garbage!"
"Please don't eat the chapstick."
"Hey! Don't sit on the cheese!"
"You're shirt's on upside down." (Not backwards or inside out, but, yes, upside down)