Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone. Our family had a great Christmas. It was very special sharing so much time with Claire and all of our family members. Below are some pictures from Christmas and New Years. This year will be full of fun since we are counting down the days until Claire turns two. Be sure to keep following along with us.

Claire getting ready to see Santa

Nice and toasty warm

Santa Claus! And NO tears!

Claire and Grandma Deb and ChristmasClaire at Grandma Debs for New Years day

My little munchkin

Claire going to see Grandma on Sunday

Claire's First Birthday Pics

Well it has taken me a while to get these birthday pictures up because of the Christmas holiday. Having her birthday so close to Christmas will take some getting used to. Hard to believe our little Claire is one. She had a really good birthday. She did not like to get to messy with the cake and she did not like the sweetness of the frosting to much. She got quite a few gifts! We thank all of our family and friends for celebrating Claire's birthday with us. Deb and Dad a special thanks goes to both of you. We could not have done it with out you. Love you!

Claire Updates and Our Thanksgiving Trip

Wow! Where does the time go? Almost a year ago we were preparing for Claire to be born. Now she is just an absolute joy to be with! What a great little girl. Every week we see more and more of her personality come out. Claire will be one on the 9th. She is walking around everywhere! If she falls down she does not crawl, she finds herself something to put her hand on in order to stand up and walk. She follows us and chases us everywhere. She loves when you hold her hand and walk with her. It is so awesome. While we were on vacation she played peek-a-boo all the time. She absolute loves it. If you play with her she gets the biggest smile on her face. She also has become very shy while on vacation. Every time someone would say hello she would put her head down on you and just stare at them. It is so cute. She now has 6 teeth on top and 2 bottom teeth. She loves her little finger foods. Gerber makes these puff and pinwheel things that are like little cereal pieces. She eats them and LOVES them.

For Thanksgiving we traveled to Massachusetts for vacation. We stayed with Auntie Amy and Uncle Jeff. We had so much fun. Claire was awesome on the flights. We even endured a three hour delay with no problems. She had so much fun that I think she was sad to come home. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Claire traveling and reading her map

She was laughing because Sara was playing peek-a-boo

Isn't she cute?

Claire and her Great Meme having fun.

Look at us!

Running and playing at Aunt Amy's and Uncle Jeff's

Aunt Amy cooking! YUM!

Great Meme playing peek-a-boo

I love to chew my fingers!

Look at little miss serious!

Happy Halloween!

Claire had a very fun Halloween. She looked really cute as a little pumpkin. She really did enjoy her outfit. I hope everyone else also had a great Halloween. We are 3 weeks away from out trip to Massachusetts. We are getting very excited!

Lulu's Birthday and Pumpkin Picking

It was a very busy September. Claire's cousin Lulu turned one in late August and we celebrated her birthday in September. Also, Sara and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary.

Claire has been doing very well. Her 9 month appointment was in early September. She weighed 19lbs. 6 ozs. and was 27 inches long. She is crawling around everywhere and is pulling herself up to stand on everything. She shimmies sideways along the furniture very well. Sara has been working with her to get her to stand. She will stand on her own for about 30 seconds and then fall on her butt. You can see when she is standing she has a ton of determination to take a step on her own. She has not yet but we both think that she will soon. This past week she also started to put food in her mouth. We got her some baby biscuits and she loves them. Tuesday night she just picked it up and put it in her mouth.

Today we took a trip up to Bert's Pumpkin Farm to get a pumpkin. We had a lot of fun picking out our pumpkin for Halloween. Claire LOVED being around all those big pumpkins. She really did have a good time.

Here are pics from Lulu's birthday and the pumpkin farm:

Happy First Birthday Lulu

Lulu's first bite

She is wearing it and eating it

She had a blast

This is the table that Sara painted for LuluClaire playing at Lulu's
My girls
Claire and I at the pumpkin farm
Claire loved all the pumpkins
She had so much fun

Claire and Mommy

Hi Everyone!
Claire, Mommy, and Nanny
My new favorite pic
Mommy picking out our pumpkin
Claire approves!