4 months & Mother's Day

This past weekend the Howards had lots to celebrate. On Friday the 9th Claire turned 4 months old. Check out her monthly photo! She's so smiley and expressive now. She's really on the move in her crib now too... never where we left her at night. She's also starting to get more coordinated with her hands as you can see from her holding her bottle. That makes for free mommy hands during the feedings! She's doing better with her rice cereal, but still doesn't like it very much.

On Saturday we had a hectic day that included another professional photo shoot. Christi was of course late getting dressed, Jon was shaving in the car on the way, and we were more than 20 minutes late for our appointment. Once we got there Claire did a great job hamming it up for the camera and we got some great pics. DJ Jazzy Jon will be mixin up some photos for another slideshow, so stay tuned to the blog! We also visited Granny for a Mother's Day preview. Claire and Granny had lots of fun bonding. She was mesmerized by Granny's floral print chairs!

On Sunday we had a wonderful Mother's Day. Jon gave Christi the best gift ever..sleep! He took the 6:30am feeding and later made a blueberry pancake breakfast (with mimosas!) We also celebrated with Grandma and Papa for dinner at a yummy French restaurant in McLean. Christi also got some beautiful pink roses. It really was a special first Mother's Day!