Thursday, January 10, 2008

Baby Claire Howard Has Arrived !!!!

Fantastic News! Claire Sophia Howard has arrived!



  • Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
  • Time: 3:11 pm
  • Weight: 8 lbs, 8 oz.
  • Length: 20 inches
  • Hair: Sandy Blonde
  • Eyes: Sky Blue
  • Natural Additives: Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

She's absolutely beautiful with lots of hair and some great lungs (see picture below). After arriving at 3:11 pm, Claire and mommy bonded and fed in the recovery room for awhile and then it was off to the nursery, where Claire hung out with her baby buddies, got a bath and sang "Hello" to everyone (for about 3 hours) while Grandma, PaPa and Daddy watched with pride. Grandma got to watch her get her first bath and says Claire loved it when the nurses ran water on her head and everyone loved watching her.


She and mommy finally met up again in their hospital room and everything is going great! Claire fed and cried for a bit and then fell fast asleep and has been sleeping for 6 hours. Everyone is doing fine, and we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful baby girl!



The Howard Family












Claire napping with Mommy


Claire's first clean up and weigh-in

(Man it's cold out here!)


Grandma and Claire -- Love at first sight!









Granny and Claire discuss life as women in the Howard clan


















5 comments:

Sara and Eric said...

Claire is adorable!!! So happy everything went well and you have your little baby girl in your arms. Enjoy and can't wait to meet her some day! Congrats to Mom & Dad.

The Carlsons said...

We're so thrilled for you three! Welcome to the joys of parenthood!

Amanda said...

That's great! It sounds like things went so well! I'm so happy for you guys!!! Congrats!

Confessions of a Mother, Lawyer & Crazy Woman said...

AWWWWWWWWWWW!

Christi - Nice job on the birthin'! You go, girl.

Jon - She looks just like daddy!

Hugs and stuff,

Jenny

John & Judi Stout said...

Claire is sooo beautiful!!! Dad would be so proud. Can hardly wait to see her in person! Christi you look gorgeous too! Congrats to the proud parents. She does seem to favor Jon.

Love you all!