3 Months gone by

Wow! I cannot believe it has been just over 3 months since Claire was born. I cannot remember life without her, but it is hard to believe she is already 3 months old! Time goes by so fast and she is getting so big. This week she has started to grab her toys and hold them. She really likes her rattle from Renee (thanks Renee!) and her string of rings from Amanda (thanks Amanda!). It is fun to watch her hold them and shake them. It seems like each day she is starting to do new things...my baby is growing up!

We did not have a very good experience with our first nanny. The first thing she told us when she came that morning was that she was so tired from being out late the night before. Both times we came home from work she was sleeping! The first time Claire was also sleeping so I wasn't too bothered by that, but when I got home 15 minutes earlier than planned, my baby was wide awake and the nanny was sleeping! I didn't do anything immediately since I didn't have any back up childcare, but since this time we have found another nanny who will be starting Oct 3rd. She is a bit older and married so I am hopeful that she will work out just fine. I am not sure what happened with the first nanny...she had great references and interviewed fine. Hope my gut instinct isn't wrong about this next sitter, Emily. During her interview, she held Claire and Claire fell asleep on her so I figure this is a good sign that Claire was comfortable. Time will tell.

Still no news on the house. As of right now we have moved our closing date to Oct 16. We are still waiting on the appraisal to come back to see if we are able to do a pool built into our home loan. It seems to be taking a long time and no one can give us any answers on how much longer so we just wait. Hope we can close before the end of Oct since our 60 day notice ends then! We will keep you posted.