Here is Todd and Jack ice fishing with Ava, Rusty and Orion supervising.
Here is the snowman Jack, Ava, and Alicia made. Rusty is supervising on this one too!
And here's Claire hanging out inside. She had her 2 month Dr. appointment today. She was 10lbs, 2 oz and 22 inches long. All 50 percentile. We have ourselves an average baby!
Tomorrow I go back to work. It's been a great 2 months off, but it will be nice to get back to a schedule.
This photo is from Christmas Day. My crazy husband went out in a t-shirt, shorts, and sorel boots to check the depth of the snow. It was 8 inches. Yes, the rule is still sitting on the table measuring the snow. We're down to 7 inches now on the table.
Clarissa also met her Great Uncle Gary.
She was happy they had come all the way from Ohio to meet her!
Even the dogs get in on the lazy Sunday afternoon!!
Just a cozy spot on the couch!
And a close up - 
That was cute, but I didn't like that it covered her head. This one was okay, but not quite right.
I tried one with the dogs, but she just ended up leaning one way,
And then the other way. 
I think even the dogs didn't like that one! So, what did I use? You'll just have to check your mailbox in a week or so. Or whenever those cards come!
Here's one of just the grandchildren.
My grandma Alpha also came over to meet her 14th great grandchild.
This is our niece Ava holding Claire. Her mom said she used this as a bribe all week - if she wasn't good, she couldn't hold the baby. Ava also said that Claire was smaller than some of her Odies (that's what she calls all of her dolls). 
Here's my mom with her 3rd grand child. She's here this week helping me out and said she'd be lucky to get great grand children, let alone 14 like her mother! 
Here's my brother with Claire. He couldn't believe how small she was! 
It was great to see all of them and have everyone meet Clarissa.
Getting a little fussy...
Now Baron has to see what's going on...
And then Dad had to take a picture of his little girl today in the most lady-like position. I guess she wasn't that happy with him!
It'll be so nice to have two bathrooms. I'm excited to have it done!
Claire in her swing with her eyes open.
Claire taking some lip from Mom.
Baron finally getting close to the baby.
An adorable hat I got from this Etsy shop.
Oh, and for those of you wondering, she goes by Clarissa or Claire.
Baron, well, he's Baron. He's still getting used to her. He used to run away every time she cried. But now he's a little more tolerable. He is sniffing her now and has even given a couple of kisses. I think he's still pissed that he's not the baby any more. This picture is him outside of her room. 
It's funny to watch both of them with her. Everyone is still in the getting to know you faze, but I'm sure they'll both be okay with her soon.
Clarissa Rose Crum was born on Tuesday, November 24th at 4:40pm. She was 6lbs 10oz and 19 inches long. She's got blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. It looked curly at first, but now it's pretty straight.
She was definitely a surprise! I wasn't feeling good on Tuesday and couldn't feel her move. I went into labor and delivery to see if there was anything wrong. My blood pressure was high (first time during the pregnancy!) and her heart beat wasn't fluctuating as much as they like to see. I was put on oxygen and an IV to see if they could get things back to normal. When that didn't work, they talked about inducing me in a couple of hours and having her the next morning. Things still weren't progressing like they wanted it to, so they talked about inducing me right away. One of the nurses looked at my numbers again, talked to the Dr, and they decided she needed to come out NOW. Todd was thrown a pair of scrubs and I was whisked away to the OR. About 40 minutes later, she was born. It took them another 40 minutes to close me up. I guess I had preeclampsia and she had a meconium in utero. She wasn't doing too well after she was born. Her lugs were filled with meconium. They really had to work on her to get her breathing. I did get to see her after she was cleaned up and they were bringing her up to the nursery. But because of her infections, I wasn't able to see her again until the next day, which was really hard. Todd was pretty much the only one who could see her until the next day. Plus, they had to keep her in the nursery at all times, instead of keeping her in my room. We both were on antibiotics and IV's. I am happy to say that both of us are doing great now and she has no complications or anything from her rough start on life.
Here's the little baby in the big crib! 
