...a quick picture update seems to be all I have time for these days...

Lucy LOVES to draw on her face with my eyeliner!

...Claire's is anyone watching me face...

...the next two pictures were happening at the exact same time...

Claire's first spaghetti experience..she loved it, obviously.

Claire after her first Thanksgiving feast...the girl loves to eat!

Decorating the tree...Lucy thought her big, purple hippo would be a nice addition to the tree.

Sumo Claire!

9 months...

Sweet Claire is 9 months old!

Claire is EXTREMELY curious and nosy!
We call her our wild woman...she is constantly on the move.
A bear to dress or diaper
Always happy!
Loves to eat...avocados, any fruit, macaroni and cheese, bread, cheese...pretty much anything
2 teeth on top and two on bottom...and she uses them to bite...
Her crawl is very fast!
She stands briefly on her own
Rather than holding on to something and letting go, she comes up from a squat to standing...we call it sumo wrestler Claire
Hates, hates, hates her car seat and the fact that she is rear facing
Pulling up on everything
Loves her bottle
Eats 4 bottles a day
Takes 1-2 naps
Still sucks her left thumb



Sweet girl, we love you more than you will ever know!

Mary had a little Lamb

...this is how our Halloween pictures went...

Mary was obviously having issues controlling her lamb. My two favorite pictures: the one where everything but the lamb's foot has disappeared and the last picture...May looks tuckered out from wrangling that wild lamb.

Happy Halloween!

Pictures/updates

Rainy day fun...it left us with a leak in the roof and water in the basement, but we desperately needed the rain, so we didn't care.

Lady...the best vacuum cleaner around. She patiently sits under their chairs, just waiting for food to drop. On the rare occasion she isn't in the room when I remove them from their chairs, I call her in for cleanup. Some may think it gross, I call it efficient. 

Lucy got a hold of a marker without me knowing it...thankfully it was on her and not furniture and/or the walls!

Notice Claire's path...destroyed a shelf of books, pulled tennis shoes off the fireplace and now on to the next thing...

I write this blog as much for myself as I do for family and friends. I want to be able to look back and remember what was going on with the girls at each stage of their life. With that being said, here are a few things about Lucy since she started school...

Counts to 23

Counts to 10 in Spanish

Easily navigates the Ipad and iPhone

LOVES to take pictures with my phone

Recognizes her shapes

Knows her colors

Attempts to say the ABC's, but they are VERY jumbled

Her vocabulary expands SO much each day

We currently love how she says...her name, guitar, right here, oh sorry 

Knows how to stop, drop and roll

Knows we are in the month of October and the season is fall

Lucy, we love you smart girl!

Stay tuned for Little Bo Peep (Lucy) and her sheep (Claire)!

Happy 8 months!

I refuse to believe Claire is four months shy of a year, but it is true. And she is one busy 8 month old!

As you can tell from the pictures, this girl is on the move

Crawling everywhere and she is FAST!

Attempting to pull up on everything

SO happy!

Just cut one tooth on top

Loves all things dangerous...i.e. electrical cords

Has a funny yell/scream that indicates she wants something 

Is less interested in her bottle of milk these days and more interested in table food

Is very efficient at feeding herself with her fingers

Continues to sleep like a champ, 12 hours a night and 1-2 naps a day

Is a WILD child in the bathtub...have to keep one hand on her at all times

Hates her car seat

Huge blue eyes with long eyelashes

Hair appears to be light blonde

Still has very dry skin

Loves to be rocked to sleep

Sucks her left thumb when tired

Bonds with Lucy more and more each day...makes my heart happy

Is discovering all kinds of things around the house...books on shelves, trashcans, etc.

Keeping with the theme of unique crawling style...Claire alternates between what we call the crab crawl (exactly how Lucy crawled) and a crawl on both hands and both feet...kind of like a bear but her legs and arms are bent. Very funny!

Sweet Claire, we love you SO much! xoxo