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Visit to Colorado

Claire and I went to Colorado this week to visit Andrea, Luke and Baby Ben. Ben was born about 7 weeks ago. We had lots of fun spending time with Andrea and Ben. Babies and so much fun. Claire loved climbing up and down their stairs. She wanted to do it over and over. She also mastered how to climb in and climb out of Ben's chair.

SPRING IS HERE!!!

It was 84 today and we are so excited!!!! We took two walks, went to the park and played in the grass. Claire wasn't to thrilled about the grass. She will get used to it. It was the first time she got to wear her spring clothes so I was pretty pumped!

Wonder where she learned this???

Science Center

Up, Up and Away


This is Claire with her Luggage right before we boarded

Claire and Daddy with the space shuttle

We went to the Science Center this weekend. They were having a neat Titanic exhibit and thought it would be fun. We waited in line for 1.5 hours. Every time we thought we were getting closer we would enter another line! It was ridiculous. But, it was a neat exhibit and the science center was pretty cool.

"Dude, I didn't hit your car!"

As Nate was leaving for work on Monday he noticed that his car had been hit. No note or anything so he went to work and was going to worry about it later. Then he saw the trash truck and decided to stop and see if he did it. As soon as Nate got out of the car the trashman said, "Dude, I didn't hit your car!" Nate wasn't so sure at this point so he asked if he could look around the truck and noticed some red paint (same as nate's car) on his back tire and everything else added up. Needless to say, he did hit Nate's car. Then the trash company said they would just give us a check for $500. But I don't know if you can tell by the picture but it is dented, scratched and even cut. I doubt that will cover it. I am waiting to see if the insurance company calls me. How crazy!! What if Nate hadn't stopped!!!

This is why I hate snow

We wake up to find beautiful white snow covering the trees and the ground. It looks like a scene from a movie. But then reality hits and the dogs need to go pee. As the day progresses and the snow melts. The beauty becomes mush. It isn't pretty anymore and quite frankly pretty nasty. But the dogs still need to go pee. So I let them out but then Claire needs to pee so I go change her diaper and come back and this is what I find. Then they get baths and it all starts over...

My new babysitter

Claire looked lonely and wanted a friend...So Lacey to the rescue. She was really quite content. If you look real close you can see Claire's transformation from Claire-Bear to Claire-Dog. Check out that toungue!

The Cakes

Okay...I am done I promise. But these are the cakes from the party. Nate and I made Claire's cake and the flower cake was a joint effort by me and the g-mas. We had tons of fun and they turned out pretty cute :)

More Birthday Pics

Claire playing with her new house that she got for her birthday. It has entertained her for 6 days and counting. I love it!!!


Megan's family and Nate's family get together for a picture after Brunch on Sunday


Mommy and daddy with the birthday girl


Claire's other present was this red wagon. She really likes to ride in it. She doesn't try and move at all. I thought she would try and climb out or crawl around but she just chills.

Happy Birthday

I can't believe a whole year has already passed! Where did the time go. We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Claire's 1st birthday. Both sets of grandparents made the trip for Claire's party. We had a few close friends and family over for lunch and cupcakes. She had a really wonderful day. Complete with Lasagna for lunch and flower cakes for dessert. Here are a few pictures from her party and the weekend.