Claire has a Christmas outfit that won't fit her by the time the holidays come around so we figured we'd take a photo now for our Christmas cards.  She's growing quite a bit as expected.  She's 17 weeks now and weighs 12lbs 4oz.  She investigates and looks at everything and loves her talking stuffed animal "Violet" and her Disney mobile.  Jen and I are only allowed to turn the mobile on for one nap each so Claire doesn't associate the mobile with sleep and have issues sleeping without it.


The deck is done and passed inspection.  We got some furniture for Dave & Laura's side of the deck to match ours.


We'll be spending a lot of time out here.  The next step is putting in the sliding doors and then staining the deck.


I finished the stairs and stair railings.