One Month

On her original due date of May 1st we celebrated Clara's first month with us. She is spending more time awake and her little personality is emerging. Clara is always moving and making all sorts of funny noises, asleep or awake. There is a constant chorus of giggles, grunts, sighs and coos. Maybe she will be a chatterbox...no idea where that trait could have come from (!).

Ben is getting used to the idea that Clara is here to stay. He is starting to "help" take care of her and checks on his little sis throughout the day. The highlight of the past week occurred when Clara made Ben laugh for the first time, it was a glimmer of all the fun to come.

Ben is discovering so many new things and talking up a storm. He has mastered opening and closing the doors in our house. This is a tricky task for those of you who have stayed at Casa Watson, we have the original glass doorknobs and everyone has to be twisted a little differently to open. His current favorite is to go around the house and gather all sorts of items and stash them in mom's closet, thankfully he can't lift Clara yet.

Spring has arrived in full bloom and it is gorgeous, we wake up in the morning to a chorus of birdsong. Mark and Leah are excited to have their first date night since Clara arrived later this week. A wonderful advantage of small town life is, just like our first outing after Ben was born, the babysitter will be our pediatrician and his wife-can't beat that!