thumb sucker...

Claire has become a part time thumb sucker...I know I shouldn't want my kid to suck her thumb, but I really can't help it! It is one of the cutest things I've ever seen...




This morning she let out a daddy sized burp...I had to look around the room to make sure that it was really her! I told her it was a 'monster' sized burp! She laughed at that...mostly because 'monster' is also her name...

Isn't she the cutest thing you ever did saw?? (like my grammar? don't worry, it was intentional)
Her "Rosi" cheeks are my favorite things to kiss! I get 'rosi' cheeks when I wake up, too...I wonder if I look that cute!

cow tied!

Amazing to me how much dads like to play with their kids! This better not change...
Nick likes to have Claire do amazing feats---you know, like hanging by her own grip from his fingers...Or standing all by herself since she was a week old or so!





Last night, she had a hard time staying asleep...even before we went to bed...so I was letting her cry to see if she would go back to sleep by herself...after a while of that, it was decided that she wouldn't---Nick gets up and says, 'can I go get her and help her?' Do I have the cutest hubby ever?? I think so...15 minutes later, he's out on the couch with her screaming in his ear for food---something he has a hard time producing, having no mamory glands, you know...But he was just content to try...I love that boy...one of my most favorite things in the world...

Nick's bday...

Well, I'm a little late in getting this out, but this is what we did for Nick's bday:

1. Made him breakfast...(Usually, because I have to get up with Claire, Nick lets me sleep until Claire gets up...This usually means that he has to get up and ready alone...In four years of marriage, this has never been the case and it makes me a little sad, but necissary for my sanity and therefore, his...ha ha) A Dave (farmstore guy, for those of you that know and care) Tradition: Egg sandwich.

2. Lunch was from Cafe' Sabor with a dozen donoughts to pass out to those he wanted to...

3. A hair cut from our fav girl at the local beauty college and a scalp massage...ahhhhhhhhhhh....

4. Family pics to go on our Christmas cards...I've had the BEST luck with Kiddie Kandids...if anyone has a better suggestion, let me know...We've tried a few others with little success...

5. Presents and dinner

A few weekends ago I kidnapped him for a weekend watching musicals in Utah County while my parents babysat...It was a blast...

Happy Thanksgiving!

We went to Phoenix for Thanksgiving this year...We were able to stay in my sister's friends home (everyone had their own bedroom and bed, there was a pool table, swimming pool/hot tub, theater room, and two huge dogs that Nick adored! K, not really)...Claire sat on the floor in her bumbo while we ate dinner...She's figured out how to grab hold of things and she was swinging her spit up clothe like no body's business! Love that kid...

The car ride was not something I ever want to experience again, and I'm sure it could have been a whole lot worse...Claire was an angel even having to sit in that stupid seat for over 26 hours in six days!
This picture is us in the grocery store shopping for Thanksgiving dinner...Claire is sitting on a scale in the produce section...isn't she cute!?