Testing out the crib

Claire tested out the crib this morning under mom's watchful eye as mom attempted to re-organize Claire's room.
With her blanket made by mom

With her blanket made by Aunt Karey

Claire had a pretty exciting weekend, starting with a visit to the ER on Saturday morning. Thank goodness Grandma Joanne was up visiting as Dad and Jordan were canoeing. Mom would have been an even bigger basket case. Turns out it was nothing serious, she has a case of diarrhea and when mom took her temperature (yes, rectally - never thought it would happen) she was below the 'recommended' temperature. Due to her age (-2 weeks), the triage nurse on the care line recommended we take her into the ER. What we learned in the ER: Claire weighed in at 6 lbs 1 ounce (whoo-hoo) and our thermometer at home is about 1.5' cooler than the hospital thermometer (hmph). Had we known that Claire wouldn't have gone into the ER. Ahh well, live and learn. Claire was a trooper in the ER, taking a bottle while we waited for the doctor to hear from the neonatal docs upstairs. Nothing prescribed, just to watch and see how she is doing if it passes through her system. She is not dehydrated and is still eating like a champ. Could be something mom ate...

After her visit to the ER, Claire and mom headed to a shower hosted by Jackie S (hence the reorganization of Claire's room). What fun Claire had with all the girls. Heather made a surprise visit from LA - what a treat for both mom and Claire. Mom and Claire had a great time seeing everyone. Claire even kept her eyes open for a spell so all could see her baby blues. Mom didn't have her camera with her so hopefully one of the girls took pics and we can post them later.

Claire officially moved out of the preemie diapers on Friday of last week. They just couldn't hold up to her size any longer. She has even grown out of one or two pieces of clothing! Mom and dad certainly notice how much heavier she is these days. We realize that to everyone else she is still a peanut but to us she is getting just huge! We can't wait to see what she looks like when she hits her 'expected' due date of August 5. Our guess is she will be around 7.5 lbs. Who knows if she would have weighed that much if she had gone full term. We're just glad she is here and healthy.