August, Part 2

We went to a favorite beach, Corona del Mar:

 



Claire's bedroom:

 

The boys continue to play blocks daily:

The Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity are on separate couches
to show that they landed on different parts of Mars

Part of their space museum: on the little table in the back are the Mars
Rovers, complete with block sign posts with info about them; at the end
of the table are space capsules and a space shuttle; not pictured are the rockets.
I was informed that many of them are models not the actual space crafts.

Both boys are such sweet big brothers! Elijah loves holding Claire and talking to her as does Josiah. Josiah told me, "All babies are so cute." He also thinks that Claire is (almost) always smiling--her awake, alert face is quite pleasant. They are both saddened when Claire isn't able to give them a hug and kiss at bedtime.

 

Girl diapers come with ruffles :)

 

And pictures of Claire! She's a really easy baby 21+ hours of the day. She's my first baby to have a consistent fussy period in the late afternoon/early evening--no screaming or even much crying, but does want to be held just right. Makes cooking dinner, feeding the boys, and washing dishes a bit tricky. She's a good nurser, sleeps for 5-6 hours straight at the start of the night, and when awake, looks quietly and alertly around. We think she's pretty fabulous!

 



 

 

Staring at her beloved black-and-white pictures taped to the
bottom of the shelf

How Claire likes to spend most of her time

Photo credit: Elijah

And we ended the month with an overnight visit with John:

Josiah's big accomplishment of the month (unpictured) was potty training. 85% done!  The firstborn got stories read while he sat, and the secondborn got the kindle (my standards are low when potty training with a newborn). He is not an easily incentivized child--he was turning down my bribes of marshmallows and chocolate chips. But he finally decided to do it!