13 Months

A little late but better than never...Miss Claire is 13 Months old and boy is each day a new day around our house. Our walker runs everywhere...one second she is playing in her house, then the next second she is in her room, then the kitchen and then Claire! Claire! where are you??? there you are! She is getting taller...not exactly sure how tall but this can be determined because she used to be able to walk under the kitchen table and now she hits her head on it. New words are spoken every day...tractor, ry ry (ryan), bubba (not sure where this has come from)...and she shakes her head "no" when she means "no". Claire does not have a blanket or stuffed animal that she sleeps with but she loves her pacifiers and carries around 3 or 4 at a time...she has started a new thing where she likes to hold her cup or bottle while she is trying to go to sleep...just hold it and love on it (pat it), as if it were a doll. And I promise she has plenty of dolls and stuffed animals to choose from! Her blond hair is growing longer everyday and she still has eight teeth...which is perfectly fine, I hate when she is teething! My child is obsessed with books, which I love...I love her bringing me books, crawling in my lap, and reading about 2 pages before she is ready to go get another one. Claire got her seasonal flu shot and ran a good fever for the next 24 hours....(the clinic did not have the H1N1, which I was kinda glad because I am not sure about giving it to her, so I was glad I did not have a decision to make.) I know there are so many other things that make each day wonderful.

Claire, you make me smile when I need it the most and make me laugh at times I want to cry....my love for you grows with each minute that passes! XOXO~ Momma

Weekend Update

More pictures from our trip to Cajun Country.... Look at those curls...thank you humidity!
Downtown New Orleans

Claire and Daddy in "Gatorville"

Being silly with Nana in New Orleans

Ridin' the Gator..she thought this was too funny!

Streets of New Orleans

Family picture at the little shops in Donaldsonville

Look at the doll house on the porch...so neat:)

Cheesin' in the hotel room...love that smile

Weekend Update

We are 100% "go-bots" and never sit still....we spent Halloween weekend in Donaldsonville, LA, the following weekend we headed up to "the hill" for family time, razorback game, take care of our NWA house, and visit one of my bestie's newborn baby, Kellan James. Both trips were very long and Claire did great in the car both times. We went from nearly walking in the ocean to being a stone throw away from Missouri.

Since this past weekend was officially "Hunting Widows" weekend, I spent some time with my girls on Friday night...sushi, good wine, and girl time....LOVE IT!!! and then headed to Little Rock for Holiday House and lunch with my college roomies. Claire spent Friday night with Gramie and had such a good time playing with all her aunts and mommas old toys...yes! my mom saved them ALL...the attic looks like a playroom from 1985!!! It's great and so much fun seeing Claire play with my favorites childhood toys!

Wonder where we will land this coming weekend???