It's About that Time

Well, Claire has now entered the world of baby food. We started with rice cereal a few weeks ago and now we've moved to green beans.

Thanks to my mother-in-law, her sister (Jenene), and her mom (Marie- Nanny) I made C's first "real" baby food tonight in this cool machine called a Babycook. It was super easy and great. I am really excited about using it!

Here are some photos of Claire trying cereal and green beans. I bet you can't tell which feeding is what! Ha! (once I figure out how to get a video to load on here, I'll post video:)

Homebuilders Retreat

I'm a little late posting these photos, but I guess it's better late, than never, right?

A few weeks ago, Mark, Claire, and I went to our church Homebuilders Class Retreat at Lake Texhoma. It was such a beautiful weekend, and we had a great time with our friends from church. Claire slept great both nights, and we all really enjoyed the weather. This was C's first experience with sand, so we decided to capture the moment. Let's just say she ended up with an "ear" full, and much more. So precious!

Here are some photos of our time at Texhoma. We feel so blessed by our church and our wonderful friends. Happy Weekend!

Too cool in her shades...

Our happy family.

She LOVED the water!

We played random games and had a great time!

First time in the sand.

Tummy time in the sand...

Face plant in the sand...

Mommy. Sand does NOT taste good. :(

Precious feet in the sand. Love them.

We had a WONDERFUL time!

McSpadden Family Favorites Friday- April 23

There aren't any "photos of our favorites" this week, but we wanted to include pics, so here's a pic from retreat a few weeks ago. C was distracted, so we didn't have many where she was looking!

Now for the Favorites...

Mark's Friday Favorite this week...

Chocolate- Yes, chocolate. I am just as surprised as you are. Mark typically chooses anything but chocolate to eat, but for some reason this week, chocolate is the winner. In his words, "maybe it's my time of the month or something." Nice, very nice.

Claire's Friday Favorite this week...

Children's Zyrtec- Sadly, this is her favorite thing this week. She's had terrible allergies all week, and the very tiny, baby dosage of Zyrtec has helped her sneeze left and laugh more.

Shevawn's Friday Favorite this week...

Michael Kors Perfume- I knew this was my favorite this week, because I forgot to wear it one day, I felt like something was missing. It bugged me all day. When I got home, I put a "dabble" on my wrist, and it was lovely.

McSpadden Family "UnFavorite" this week...

Pollen, continued. You see, Pollen. Twice in a row you were listed as the unfavorite, and you even caused a sweet baby to need medication. Boo on you.

This weekend, we will be showering Sister Kim and the coming arrival of Baby Brooke. Can't wait to see her and celebrate her. Have a great weekend full of favorites!

Here's another pic of C to start the weekend off right!

Wednesday Laugh

I had to share this pic. Words cannot describe how funny this baby girl is in person. I love the mess out of her!

McSpadden Family Favorites Friday

These are a few of our favorite (and "unfavorite") things....

I am borrowing this idea from a blog I saw last week where someone wrote down things that were their "favorites" on Friday, so I've decided that I would do this every Friday, too. I think I will also include something that is our "unfavorite" from the week. At least, I will include one this week- ha ha!
Here goes:


Claire's Friday Favorite this week:
Her Baby Einstein Exersaucer- Since she LOVES to stand up with support, the Bumbo seat only lasts so long these days. She's big enough now to touch the ground with her little toesies. She likes to jump and look at the window. It's precious! This may be her favorite thing next week, too...

Shevawn's Friday Favorite this week:
Light Pom Wildberry White Tea- I am always looking for a good drink to grab (other than a soda and water), so I grabbed this on a whim at Market Street, and I LOVED it! So yummy, and seemingly good for you. Yes, please...

Mark's Friday Favorite this week:
Facial Hair- Yep. Facial hair. Mark was mistaken for an intern at work last week, thus prompting him to get a facial hair trimmer, and "keep it real" at work with the facial hair.





McSpadden Family Friday "Unfavorite" thing this week:
Pollen- Sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose... we've all had it this week. C even had to start taking Zyrtec for babies. Did you know they had that? Well, I searched far and wide for it. She stayed home with me Thursday because of the pollen smollen, and our sinus headaches have not been very friendly, either. Therefore, this week our "unfavorite" thing is pollen.






Happy Favorite Friday!!!

Hospital, Easter, and Photos Galore

What a crazy month it's been...

Well, we've been a little behind on posting pics from the past month, but we have been a little busy. With C in the hospital, Easter, house projects, work, and keeping up with a now 5 month old, we are just getting around to it!

Here are some photos from the hospital:

Before the hospital; C in her hospital bed; Claire with her favorite nurse, Kristie. :)

We took Claire downtown to get a PICC line in her arm. The line ran through her arm almost to her heart. Sweet girl.

This pic just about sums up how we felt all week. I looked a mess, but it was no measure of what I felt inside. I would gladly go through 20 natural child labors than all of this.

Bath time in the hospital!

Here is C with all of her monitors.

Claire learned how to hold a bottle while we were in the hospital!

Daddy and Claire watched the Aggies during March Madness. Claire was starting to feel much better...

For being so sick, she had quite the happy face.

Our last treatment! She had an IV drip of an antibiotic for 7 days. We were so happy to go home!

Here's a picture of Mark, loading our stuff up in the wagon. I couldn't believe we were there a week!

Here's a pic of C, the day after we got home from the hospital. Look at that sweet face!

Here are some photos from Easter:

Mommy and Claire on Easter

Daddy and Claire on Easter

Jesus is LORD! (Sorry about the quality of this photo- it was taken on my phone!)

Now for the "real" stuff... After church, we headed to see Mark's family in Kaufman. Thanks to Google Maps, we took a lovely back road and ended up here:

Let's just say it took 2 trucks and about an hour and a 1/2 to pull us out. Boo.

Can you believe that C is now 5 months old?? I mean, wasn't she just inside my womb? Apparently not! Here are some things she's doing now:

1. babbling, spitting, talking

2. bouncing up and down in her exercsaucer

3. holding her bottle (yeah, I know... crazy!)

4. rolling over (well, I haven't seen it, but the sitter has seen it twice :()

5. weighs 13.4 lbs.

6. puts everything in her mouth

7. teething- none poking through, yet

8. getting really close to sitting on her own.

9. sleeping 9-10+ hours a night (yes! Praise the LORD!)

10. Giggling- our favorite! we LOVE every time she does it. Melts our hearts.

Love this face!

Myko wants to give kisses.

We call this the "Claire kiss." Actually, she just sees any object in front of her and chomps down.

Claire: "Um. I'm a big girl."

Mommy: "Yes, dear. You are. :)"

Look at those chunky legs. Love them...

She's really getting into this!

Pebbles... ready to bounce!

Next month- Rice cereal and the beginnings of baby food. Yikes!! I'll try to be better about posting, but I hope you all enjoyed the update!

Easter Preview

Claire's First Easter was very eventful! More details to come... here's a quick preview pic!