Flowertown Festival

We went to the Flowertown Festival here last weekend. It is basically an enormous crafty type thing. They have a carnival for the kids and Claire had fun with the rides and stuff.

It all started with the train. We were only going to ride the train. It was sooo about to rain and we were parked pretty far. Parents couldn't ride so she had to sit all by herself. She was fine the first time around, second time around the pout face started, third time around the bottom lip started quivering and she very nicely said, "But, Mommy, I wanted to be the driver." Then the tears began and turned into sobs and wails about how she wanted to be the driver. At that point I promptly gave in and went and bought more tickets so when the ride was over she could ride again and be the driver. She was so pitiful, I couldn't handle it. But Daddy (who gives in 99 % of the time) wouldn't let her ride again. So he took her on some spinning strawberries (which she LOVED) and the swings. I was trying to keep up while holding Jacob...

She also went on these super scary swings that I didn't even know they were on until the thing started! Then to make the story even better when they got off Nate noticed that she didn't even met the height requirement!!!! She absolutely LOVED them though and giggled and smiled the whole time.

When we got back in the car she cried all the way home because she wanted to be the driver, and the boys were the driver and no girls were allowed to be the driver, but she REALLY wanted to be the driver...It was pretty sad. Maybe next yr she can be the driver :)

Fun at the mall

Claire & the dentist

She did soooooo good!!!!! Last yr when we went, I had to practically
hold her down and this time she was such a brave girl.

Dinnertime

9 months old

We had our checkup today. The little guy is so tiny!!! He weighs 19
Lbs (25%) and is about 30 inches long (50%) doc says everything looks
great not concerned at all. Btw I just created this blog while waiting
in line at chickfila. Are you impressed?

Like I said into everything ...

J Buddy

What has Jacob been up to these days? Well, that little one is everywhere and into everything!!! The way our house is set up, there isn't any place a baby gate can go to enclose him anywhere. Which means I am chasing him around most of the day. He has a very small attention span. So he will play with a toy for a second and get bored and want to move on to something else. Claire would sit with a toy forever. He is sleeping great at night again. And is still taking 2 naps a day. He nurses 4 times a day and eats solids 3 times a day. As you can see his "needs" take up most of the day! He has learned to pull up on things and I had a dream last night he was walking...uh oh. I am sooo not ready for that, but will welcome it with open arms :) He has 2 teeth on the bottom and 3 that just popped through on the top. Claire didn't get until she was a year old so this teething thing is new for me too! Enjoy some of the latest pics...

More Easter Pics

Here are a few family pics and a few of Claire in her Easter dress...

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter on Sunday! We decorated eggs on Saturday and left them for the Easter Bunny at night, along with some carrots. Then the Easter Bunny came and hid the eggs and replaced them with prizes! Then we went to church and came home to discover 12/16 eggs eatten by two brown and white dogs...Shells and all. Atleast we were done with them! We had our neighbors, Matt and Joy over for dinner. Joy who is a vet assured us they would be fine.

Happy Birthday Claire

I can't believe our little baby is 3! We had a wonderful day complete with a trip to Toys r us to pick out a new tricycle, lunch at on the border (she loves it when they sing), opening presents at home, a birthday party with all her friends, cupcakes, and getting wet while helping daddy wash the car! She crashed when it was bedtime. We really had a fun day...

It counts in my book

Jacob is crawling...I think. He is very uncoordinated (a lot like his mom) but I think it counts. He has been doing this for a month now. I wouldn't say I am in trouble yet because he is still content to just move around and play with his toys. But when his eye catches something cool he has the determination to get to it. You can see it in his eyes when he has found the "motivation."

Meet La Leena, today is her Birthday

Claire has been super silly today! This morning she woke up with La Leena. Her cat formally known as Meeeee and Blue Kitty. She has lots of favorite animals and takes turns sleeping with them but this cat seems to be the one she always comes back to. Well today, she decided it was La Leena's birthday. All her animal friends came to her party and they each had to have a chair. She even made a cake for her with a bowl and a bunch of barrettes. See it in front of the kitty! We had a picnic and then sang happy birthday to her. She also came to Walmart with us and rode in Claire's car seat strapped to her body! No clue where she got this name from. But it has been an entertaining day.

valentine's day

We sent some cards out to family for v-day and these are some pictures from our "photo shoot" Have a great day!

Crazy Sleeper

Jacob is all over the place during the day and all over the place at night too! He usually scoots and scoots until he ends up in a corner and can't scoot anymore. Here he is "hanging out" in his crib!

Bowling

A few weeks ago we took Claire bowling. She lasted about 3 frames then sat and wouldn't bowl. We went on base, so thankfully it was quick and cheap! Jacob chilled in the stroller while Nate and I played and took turns wasting Claire's turn. Guess our dreams of having her 3rd birthday party at the bowling alley won't happen this year. Just kidding...

fingernails

claire saw that my toes were painted and thought they were very pretty! she asked if i would paint her toes. sure, so after i painted her toes she asked me if we could paint her fingernails. i told her no, little girls only get to have painted toes. while i was making dinner, she disappeared for a while. i called for her and asked her what she was doing and if she wanted to help me cook (which she never turns down). she answered nothing and no i knew she was up to no good. this is what i found. she got 8 out of 10 done but i thought she did pretty good!!!