More pictures

We picked out a total of 5 different pictures from our photo session last weekend. Only one family photo made the cut (who wants to see Leia and I more than once anyway), but there were more shots of Claire that we had to keep. I finally got around to scanning them this morning.

This first one is similar to the one we posted last week, but it is a wider shot that shows how big Claire has gotten and that she is sitting up by herself like a big girl.


I love this one of her lying on the floor on the quilt that her Great Aunt Mary Jane made. They took several of these, but in most of them she is eating her hands. In this shot it looks like she is resting her chin on her fist, but believe me, half a second after this picture was taken that hand was crammed in her mouth. Her favorite food right now is by far the knuckle sandwich.


And this is just a great closeup of her wonderful smile. I usually get one of these when I come home from work and it makes the whole day worth it.


A couple of days ago we got a birth announcement in the mail for Claire's cousin in California, Amelie Paige Burke. She is about 2 and 1/2 months old now. Leia and I were both struck by how much she and Claire resemble each other. Lots of people have said that Claire looks like me, but I also thought she looked very much like a Burke (Leia's mom's family). I think this picture of Amelie proves that to be true.



Speaking of family resemblance, check out these two pictures. The first is of Leia and her father, the second is of me and my dad. How many similarities can you spot between them?



Photo comparison checklist:
-- Awesome moustache ... Check
-- Blue jeans ... Check
-- T-shirt ... Check
-- Hands on baby's sides with elbows splayed out ... Check
-- Hideous furniture ... Check
-- Wood paneling ... Check
-- Skinny Dad who could benefit from a sandwich ... Check

It's almost scary...