First Christmas!

Lotus celebrated her first Christmas today! Mommy was supposed to work on Christmas Eve, but got canceled, so instead we got to wake up as a family for Christmas morning. We woke up to 6 inches of snow! We tried to get to Grammy and Pop Pop's house but were unable to get out of our block, because we got stuck. So, we waited a couple of hours and were able to make it there in one piece in the afternoon. Lotus opened a few presents, but was mostly interested in the wrapping paper, which Grammy wouldn't let her eat! We missed Aunt Becky, Uncle Wes & Ollie sooooo much that we set up Grammy & Pop Pop with a Skype account so we could video chat with them all the way in Oklahoma! We can't wait till they come back and we get to open more presents! We also skyped with Grandma Bo & Addy Christmas Eve!

P.S. Lotus has TWO teeth!

Dear Grammy & PopPop,

Feel better soon, so you can play with me! I made u a card:

Love,

Lotus (& mommy)

Wichita Pictures

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Lotus & Brody get "scared"

The Blizzard McClure's went to Wichita this weekend to visit Jeff's side of the family. Wichita is the halfway point for his family who live in Dodge City, Garden City, and various Oklahoma towns. Lotus got to meet her Great Grandpa Milton, Great Aunt Millie, and cousin Jennifer for the first time. She also got to see all of her other cousins/aunts/uncles and Grandma Bo! Below is a video from Grandma Bo's Blackberry (kinda fuzzy) of her cousin Brody and her getting "scared" by her Aunt Brenna. We hope that someday the babies learn that scary things are not supposed to be funny, for survival reasons! We had a great time, and pictures to come!

FIRST SNOW!

Kansas City got our first snow of the season last night, so Daddy came home on his lunch break, and we got Lotus in her snowsuit and introduced her to snow! She strongly disliked it. Here she is before she realized that snow is COLD!
Here she is beginning to realize this isn't all it's cracked up to be:

And here she is trying to make a snow angel:

And here is her baby snow angel:

Our 6 month old!

Lotus is SIX months old already! She is changing and learning new things every day. It is so fun to watch her play. She is now an expert roller- both ways. She is also very good at sitting up! She can sit up all by herself but still needs the boppy because she occasionally leans a bit. She LOVES food. She likes cereal, green beans, peas, carrots, pears, banannas, applesauce, but her favorite is Sweet potatoes. We thought she was getting just one tooth on the top, but when we went to the doctor for her well baby visit, we were told that she is getting teeth on the top AND bottom, and will likely be getting a whole lot of teeth at once. Yuck! Our new pediatrician, Dr. Hartman, who we absolutely loved (!), said that Lotus is perfectly awesome (we already knew that)! She weighed in at 18 lbs, 8 ounces (90th) and was 27.5 inches tall (97th). I was a little concerned because she has not doubled her birthweight, but Dr. Hartman said that because Lotus was a week overdue and weighed 10lbs at birth, she is right on target! She also said that Lotus if a very social baby (we already knew that too). Since mommy went part-time at work, Lotus has been spending a lot of time (1-2 days a week) at Grammy and Pop Pop's house, while mommy is sleeping for work. She loves spending time with her grandparents, but especially loves her cousin Ollie. He is very patient and kind with her, bringing her toys and not even crying when she pulls his hair! She is so lucky to have retired grandparents! We are so in love with Lotus!

6 Month Pictures!

We went and got Lotus' 6 month/Christmas pictures taken today. Somebody must have sent a memo to all KC area moms that today was the day to get your Christmas pics taken, because the place was packed! Lotus is (probably) getting a tooth, so was a bit fussy, but we still managed to get some good ones! Check out her 3 month pics to see how much she's grown!