Treinen Family

Dancing with Duck

2008-04-28T21:35:00.000-07:00

Clara LOVES to dance. She sings and dances all day long. Just watch.

My new rocking chair

2008-04-28T21:21:00.000-07:00

Clara learned how to rock quickly, but she still needs help getting in and out of the chair. She often wants out of the chair only to holler when her feet hit the floor because she wants to rock longer. Sometimes we spend half an hour going in and out before I get tired of it.

Clara's 1st Birthday party

2008-04-28T20:58:00.001-07:00

Clara had a Rabbit cake that was decorated by Grandma Nancy for her 1st birthday party. Clara wasn't feeling well so she was actually at the doctor's office when the party started. Maria, who's 3, was very concerned that Clara wasn't at her own party. Once Clara was back from the doctor's office with a diagnosis of getting another tooth, Maria asked her if the doctors made her tooth feel better. I told Maria that they didn't make it feel better, so Maria told me, "You should fire your doctor and find one that will make it better!"

It took Clara a good 10 minutes to take her first bite of cake, and didn't make the incredible mess that we thought she would because she wasn't feeling well.

"Do I have to eat more?"

We found out on Clara's actual birthday that she had Hand-Foot-n-Mouth disease so she had blisters in the back of her throat that we didn't see for 3 days. OUCH!

Clara wouldn't share her Hamily bear that Jim brought her from London.

"No! Beary is mine!"

Grandpa Keith's Farm Sale

2008-04-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

Clara loved picking up rocks, playing in the dirt, and running between the equipment at Grandpa's farm sale.

Catch up pictures

2008-01-03T18:17:00.001-08:00

Super Star Clara got to borrow cousin Maria's sunglasses while Erin and Chad babysat so we could go out with friends. We came back to find pictures of the two little ones playing in the tub, tackling Chad, and Clara was fast asleep in the crib.

Great Grandma Andrews is sharing her newspaper with Clara on our visit in early October. The first night we were there Clara was screaming when we sat down to eat supper. She wouldn't take a bottle and didn't want to play, she just kept screaming. Finally, great grandma said, "Well she's mad. She wants real food". We got some oatmeal out and fed Clara while we ate and when she was done eating she let out a sigh of relief. The 2nd morning Great Grandma read the paper to Clara. The 2nd afternoon Great Grandma taught Clara how to crawl by putting a plastic bag on the floor. Thank goodness my parents took me to visit someone who knows how to teach a baby to grow up!

Clara loves to take her toys with her wherever she goes.

1st Halloween. Clara was a little ladybug that visited all our neighbors on our street.

Clara's 1st time swimming with Jim and I. She loves the water! I suppose it helps that it is 90 degrees. She is sooo fast that even with us holding her she keeps trying to dunk her head underwater and comes up sputtering and laughing. Then she dunks her head under again.

I love my new toy.

2007-10-02T19:23:00.000-07:00

Mom showed me how to hit the middle of the toy to get the music to play, but I'm more interested in trying to catch the remote. It's slippery. I spend hours pushing and playing with the remote for my new toy. And if I'm wanting to go across the floor to play with a different toy I make sure to take it with me.

My remote

2007-10-02T19:14:00.000-07:00

Picture Update

2007-10-02T19:10:00.000-07:00

Thank you Aunt Valerie

2007-09-19T20:41:00.000-07:00

Thank you for my new toy to play with in the car. I have already figured out how to hit it to make it play the music. Mom has been reading me the Rainbow fish book and I love it. I try to pick the shiny scales off the page and when I can't do that I try to eat the fish. It's a good thing the book is waterproof because I sure drool a lot.

Daddy's girl

2007-09-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

I love my daddy soooo much!
Do you see the red sock on my hand? Let me tell you a funny story. I cut my finger and it was bleeding everywhere. It didn't hurt at all so I wanted to keep playing. It was funny to watch mommy run around the house trying to figure out how to get a bandaid to stay on my finger. The first one didn't stay on at all so she put a bandaid on and then taped it to my tiny finger. My finger was huge with all that tape on it. It felt funny so I thought that I could make it feel better by putting it in my mouth. But mommy wouldn't let me so I got MAD. Then I got a sock to suck on. I guess this was my first ouchie. Thank goodness that daddy came home to make it all better.

Watch me grow

2007-09-19T19:44:00.000-07:00

Playful and talkative Clara. She's tons of fun to watch.

So Big, So Tall

2007-09-19T19:25:00.000-07:00

Clara's getting cuter every day, and we're getting to see more and more of her personality. She loves to stand up and survey her "Claratory" just to make sure that her parents are still watching her. Although she looks around for us, she often forgets that we are holding her and gets startled when we talk to her.

Clara loves playing the piano on Jim's knee. She looks up at the music and follows his fingers as he's playing. She's finally strong enough to push the keys down. She gets so excited when she makes music that she giggles and squeals. She learned how to make high pitch squeals last week at church when the choir was singing the high notes... of course when everyone was quietly praying.

Night night sleepy head. Beary gets wrestled with and then becomes Clara's pillow.

Piano time

2007-09-09T19:07:00.000-07:00

Clara has been busy this past week. She really enjoys music whether it's listening to mom sing nursery rhymes, watching "Mr. Shine" perform at the mall, or trying to help dad play the guitar or piano. Clara is already marching to her own beat and starting to play her own tune.

Look at what I did before mom started this blog

2007-08-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

Hiking up to Mitchell Lake

2007-08-29T19:54:00.000-07:00

Mountain Day!!! That means a happier mom, happier baby, and happier dad. It was raining when we got to Brainard lake so Jim and I had a car picnic.

Then the rain let up so mom wrapped up my head so we could hike up a mile to Mitchell lake.

Once we got to the lake mom let me stand for awhile and dad got a chance to kiss my forehead.

Tonight was my first night in my highchair. There were towels on both sides of me because I just don't quite fit in it yet.

Clara 's typing

2007-08-28T17:25:00.000-07:00

Clara is sitting tall on my lap while I am typing... and wanting to type you a message...
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"The keyboard sure makes fun sounds when I type".

Clara enjoyed celebrating Tish's birthday last Saturday, getting to meet Aunt Pat, and seeing daddy all week. Jim surprised me with flowers and surf-n-turf meal Monday night. We got to have a 5 hour meal with Clara's bath and bedtime between courses. Jim's been busy on his week off between cleaning the garage and giving me a Clara break.

Miss Munchie thinks she's hungry again even though she just spit up so we may try bath time instead.

Video of Clara talking

2007-08-24T19:01:00.000-07:00

Sarah & Chris Bielinski wedding

2007-08-23T21:18:00.001-07:00

Tonight we went to a great wedding at Boecher
Mansion up at the top of Lookout Mountain. Clara got to where her party dress that was a gift from Mark and Paula. She's developing quite the playful personality and loves to eat her toes!

Clara was great during the chilly outdoor ceremony. She talked and played with everyone around
her and only got overwhelmed by the music a few times. She even fell asleep with blaring music when she was wrapped up in the sling while we ate dinner. She only slept for about 15 minutes, but it was too cute to see her be a noodle.

Such a big girl

2007-08-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

Tonight Clara decided to help
hold her own bottle.
Too cute!
Today was a pretty quite day with playing, rolling, and mom writing thank you's.

Clara loves playing with her toes, eating rice cereal, and rolling over. She is just starting to "swim" which I guess means that crawling will be coming soon so we'll have to start child proofing the house. Yipes, mobile child! I like being able to take her in the car seat or sling whenever we want to go so that will be a change.

Clara's now 4 months old

2007-08-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

t's hard to believe that Clara's already 4 months old. We just had her doctor visit where we found out that she weighs 12 pounds 3 ounces which puts her at 25% for weight. She's already 24 inches long.

Clara had her 4 month shots on April 15th. She got really
sleepy an hour after the doctor appointment. Jim took this picture when I was at work on the 16th, fever day. The fever only got up to 100.2, but Clara got a few doses of Tylenol and a few baths to cool her down

She loves playing with her toes, eating rice cereal, and rolling over. She is just starting to "swim" which I guess means that crawling will be coming soon so we'll have to start child proofing the house. Yipes, mobile child! I like being able to take her in the car seat or sling whenever we want to go so that will be a change.

Clara's already developed quite the personality. She's got a pout that will melt your heart, screams when she's not done playing yet, and belly laughs at funny faces. She's still our "Content Clara", except during the "I'm hungry" evening hours. We hope that evenings will be a little easier now that she will take formula.

Well since this is my first blog I guess I also wanted to share the major events of 2007....
+ Clara was born April 14th, 2007 at 4:15 in the afternoon. She weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces.
+ Jim and I both turned the big 30 this year. I arranged for Jim's college friend Kurt to fly in for his birthday and then threw him a surprise Indian BBQ party with about 45 people on the big day.
+My sister Val came out to visit for a week in June so she's had a little time to play with Clara, but I know that she would love to be closer.

Well hopefully this works because I'd like to keep all of you updated with our new little family more often.
Toodles, Tricia