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!!!

Downtown

Saturday, we went downtown for lunch and museum fun. It is called the Children's Museum but it should be called "The Big Playhouse." There are all kinds of rooms for the kids to play in with different themes. The pictures are from the water room and the grocery shopping room. We go here a lot but I never can take pictures because I always have Jacob in my arms :) He slept in the stroller the whole time and Nate was with me to help! So much fun. We also went to this famous cupcake place! It was YUMMY :) Claire only ate the frosting. Beautiful day. We can't wait for the summer. We will probably go downtown a lot and to the Beach even more!!!

Row Row

Thank you

Thank you for being devoted blog followers. I guess you figured out how to access our blog now. Sorry we went this way but this world is a crazy place and our children are precious gifts not to be shared with the world :) Anyways hope you still think it is worth it to check in on us. Sorry for the lack of posts lately! These little ones are keeping me so busy...Claire isn't napping anymore and when Jacob naps I like to spend time with Claire :) Here are some recent pictures of the kids.
Claire put her animals on pillows, covered them with baby wipes, turned the lights out and told me to be quiet because they were sleeping.

Jacob in his big boy car seat! He is 7 months now and will be crawling any day. He scoots on his stomach and can spin in circles. I am happy to report he is sleeping through the night again after a 2 month hiatus.

Claire at the table playing with play-doh. One of her favorite activities.

He is eating all kinds of baby foods and cereals now and still nursing too. He likes his time in the highchair and insists on sitting straight up even when I recline the seat.

Jacob after a bath. He is starting to enjoy bath time now. He is so easy to get to smile. I love making him smile and laugh. A very ticklish little guy so it is so much fun!!!

I won't do this again

I thought it would be fun to put both kids in Claire's new swing. Well, not long after this picture was taken Jacob got stuck and I had to yell for Nate to come and help me get him out. He was screaming and Claire was saying, "Mommy, get him out!" Poor kids.

Merry Christmas

We are still recovering from Christmas! We have had a great week. My Dad and Brothers came for X-mas and Nate didn't have to go anywhere :)

More Cute Pics...

Our Kids are Cute!

Just some fun, random pictures of the kids lately. Haven't had much time to blog but this will hold you over :) Thanks for all the comments. I think the first of the year we will go private. You will have to have a goggle sign in name and be invited to this blog by an email from me. Hope it doesn't scare too many people away. But I think the people who really want to check in on us will put out the extra effort :)

Special Treat

This is what happens every morning at our house. Usually C comes and gets me from bed saying that she has some boo-boos, a cold, her throat hurts... Then she says that a special treat will make it feel better! In this video she woke up and went straight to the pantry looking for chocolate cars (leftover Halloween Candy) I asked her what she was doing and she told me. Sometimes her animals have something wrong and they need a special treat too. But in the end, C eats theirs too.

Two words...Wiggle Worm

He doesn't ever stop moving. It cracks me up. Claire was so content to be still, he just wants to wiggle, kick, and squirm. He is rolling all over the place! It is great :) He rolls onto his tummy at night and likes to sleep that way.

What is up with this girl?

Yesterday we had the camera out a lot and were just goofing around. When I uploaded all the pictures...there seemed to be a trend. We were doing a lot of the long armed/hold the camera out in front of you pictures. So we couldn't see what she was doing. Anyways. Christmas card pictures may be interesting this year :)

Hey there! Give us a Shout out!

Hi everybody! We're so glad you dropped by our blog today! We love to hear that people are enjoying seeing our pictures and catching up on what's new with us. Would you mind clicking on "comments" right under this cute picture of Jacob and let us know that you dropped by! I have been thinking about making our blog private and want to make sure everyone stays included. It only takes a minute, and we'd really appreciate it!!!! Thanks! P.S. Please do it even if you think we already know you see the blog!

The Whole Gang

I wanted to take a picture of C and J but C insisted that Abby and Lacey be in the picture as well :)

New Jacob Pics

Daddy and Jacob watching the Cowboys last Sunday and then some of J just playing on the floor.

Skating Princesses

A few weeks ago we went to see Disney Princesses on Ice! The girls just loved all the characters! Claire's favorite was Ariel from The Little Mermaid. They did a really good job. Jacob even seemed to like it :)