I am taking this idea from a friend of mine-- thank you, Jamie (I have a link to her blog in my blog list). Although Jamie was a little more adventurous and has 25 random things on her blog.
I was also inspired to do this after a conversation with another friend of mine, Emily (I also have a link to her blog) after she was saying that she tries to "burn into her memory" the cute or endearing things that her daughter, Lucy, does so when Lucy is a teenager Emily can try very hard to remember those things during "tiresome teenage moments."
Claudia:
1)We chose Claudia's first name from a book, "The Perfect Baby Name," which says that if you repeat sounds in a first and last name it is easier for people to remember. The "aw" in Claudia is similar to the "w" in Walker.
2)Claudia's middle name is Mac Laren. It is the Scottish clan name for my maiden name, Lawson.
3)She was born on June 30, the same birthday as her uncle, Eric.
4)She was very nice to her momma, as she only made me push for 10 minutes.
5)Her whole labor and delivery was only 6 hours, 40 minutes.
6)She was also a peanut, weighing only 6 lbs., 1 oz.
7)She has no birthmarks and very few freckles.
8)She was born with steely blue eyes and her eye color changed up until she was about 7 months old (her passport, which she got at 6 months says she has blue eyes). Her eyes are hazel now (just like her paternal grandma).
9) She did not eat any fruit until about 4 months ago, when she started to occasionally eat apple slices, but she will drink any kind of fruit juice.
10)One of her favorite things is when you make up a song about people she knows, really all it is is just singing everyone's name to a different beat.
11)She loves to sing as well, I will often hear her singing, "Tinkle, Tinkle is a star."
12)She LOVES to go to home depot and recognizes home depot commericals on t.v.
13)She likes to pretend to drive a car and is always going to Target to get food or Home Depot.
14)Instead of saying the she peed, she says that she "peeped."
15)She is a very good mommy to her Two-Seven. I often hear her singing songs to her dolly and she will nurse her as well.
Wilson:
1) Wilson's first name was first paternal great-grandfather's name.
2)His middle name, Coulter, is his maternal grandfather's and great-grandfather's middle names. It was the maiden name of one of his great, great-grandmother's.
4)He has stork-bite birthmarks on the back of his neck.
5)He decided that it was time to start to make his entrance into the world while I was shopping at Target (thankfully, he waited to really arrive until I was at the hospital).
6)He as a very average sized baby-- 7 lbs. and 4 oz. and was in the 50 percentile for his weight, length and head circumference.
7) He still his a very average sized infant--measuring 50% at all his subsequent visits.
8) He was also very nice to his mommy and only made me push for about 5 minutes.
9)His whole labor and delivery was 10 hours.
10)He was born on the same day as his paternal grandmother- October 25 (just 3 hours shy of my birthday).
11) He laughed for the first time on Sunday, February 1. (It was one of the best sounds that I have ever heard!)
12)His favorite person to look at is his sister.
13)When he smiles, he often wrinkles up his face and sticks his tongue out a little.
14)As a newborn, he had a very little cry and sounded like a kitten meowing.
15)He clasps his hands (like he is praying) when he nurses.
Playing in a tent must be something that only dads can enjoy with their kids. It must bring back the long last boy scout days or something. I don't know, but to me, sitting on the floor and crouching down in a small space leaves a lot to be desired. What a good dad and husband to spare me this!
