4 months!

We have a roller!!

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3 months old!

3 months!




2 months!



1 month!



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The first of many...

1st day of preschool


My baby girl is growing up...sniff, sniff


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Heeeeeerrrrreeeeee's Audrey!

Sorry, I couldn't resist...girl loves her some side eye!

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Some Audrey love...

This just has "summer" written all over it



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Location:Some Audrey love...

2 months!

Month 1



Month 2



That's what gaining 2 lbs in a month looks like!



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Photo dump

I'm going to take this opportunity of the blogpress app actually working to post some of my favorite pics from the last month! Here we go!

Too cute!

Whatchoo talkin 'bout!

Red head??

Swimming w daddy!

What most of our mornings look like...

Claire has beautiful blue eyes!

The end!!

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In better late than never news...

Now that Claire will be two months on Tuesday, here is her 1 month pic. Not a happy camper! Can't wait to see the comparison between the two, BC believe me the girl is doing some serious growing!



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Want to see a really cute baby...

I should really be writing these things down in claire's baby book, but I find myself checking here to see what Audrey was doing at this age. Anyway, claire is 7 weeks old today! She weighs just a smidge under 9 pounds I would say she's about 21 inches long. She is a wonderful sleeper!!! She did an 8 hour stint at exactly 3 weeks old, then it was back to about 6 hrs for a couple weeks. As soon as she hit 6 weeks, she has been consistently sleeping 9 hour stretches...usually 9ish to 6! I know we hit the sleeping jackpot with both of the girls, and for that I am so grateful! They must know momma likes her sleep!

And seriously, could this child be any cuter?!?!


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Miss Smiley!

Hi there, baby Claire!!

First smiles caught on camera at 3 weeks!

Welcome to the world baby Claire!

Claire is here!!! Here is the short and sweet version of her birth because that is exactly what it was...short & sweet!

Claire's birth story:

Checked into the hospital at 7am for scheduled induction on June 2, 2011
Went through paper work, got iv in around 8am with fluid & pitocin. I was 3cm 60% effaced.
I started to feel contractions as they gradually got stronger, went to the bathroom at about 9am and felt a small pop - my water had broken! Afterwards, contractions started pick up, coming every 2-3 minutes and felt mostly in my back. I asked for the epidural and was prepped and given the dose by 10... This was by far the hardest part of the day - waiting for anesthesiology to show up! (just like Audrey). After, I felt pretty drugged up and foggy so I just closed my eyes while Ben watched the French open and we listened to Michael buble radio on pandora... At about 11:30, our nurse checked me and I was 10cm but had no urge to push. Dr. Jhaveri was called in and got to our room at 12:15. The room was prepped and I was told I could start to push even though I didn't feel the need to. I pushed 2 times for 2 minutes and Claire McKim Cooke was born at 12:35pm. 6lbs, 12oz & 19.75 inches

We are now home and loving our life as a family of 4!!!




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It worked the last time...

If I recall, I wrote a post on 10/10/08 asking when the heck baby Audrey was going to show up... Well, less than 24 hours later she was here!

So...baby Cooke #2, this is your formal invitation to join world!!


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Here we go...

I'm due 1 month from today!! I'll try to get some posts in featuring bc2's nursery and audrey's big girl room set up... But for now it's the final countdown!!! (I know you're singing it along with me!)


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Baby Sis...

Here are a few more glamour shots of BC2 from my ultrasound yesterday...







what a cutie!

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Bed head

Well, hello there Phil Spector...

As Audrey would say "come on!!!"

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The many faces of Audrey

Haven't I used that title before??

Anyway...We are snowed in (again) so this morning we decided to have a Salon Cooke "spa day" complete with mani/pedis and little "makeup" application! Of course, Audrey always puts on a show when the camera is in her face!

Edited pic (courtesy of photoshop express app- highly recommend!) :

Ok, we're getting a little antsy now

Sad face :(

It's the girl of a thousand faces!

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'Cold in Cleveland'

Well, there's not much to do when it's January in Cleveland so here's what we've been up to lately!

First, we're taking a stab at potty training:

Could these be any more embarrassing??

Next, we play in the snow for about 5 minutes

And, finally we eat chocolate chip cookies to warm up our rosy cheeks!

And here's BC 2 in the belly at 19 weeks (I think?)

Stay warm!!!

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1st haircut!

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you...2 posts in one day!

We took Audrey to get her haircut this past Sunday. It was really getting long in the front and needed a little cleaning up in the back. Gotta keep those curls bouncy!
Before:

Lollipops make everything more enjoyable!

All done!

Looking good kid!

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