10 months

Claire is growing way too fast...feel like we are living in fast forward!

Standing on her own...as you can see from the pictures

She will stand straight up in the middle of the room without holding on to anything

Has very strong legs and amazing balance

Crawling faster than ever

Taken 1 step, but fell immediately

Pushes her push toy all over the house

Cutting four more teeth..two more on bottom and one more on top

Babbling, but no clear words other than 'hi'

Eating everything she can get her hands on!

Is fearful of strangers

Attached to momma

Loves to rock and cuddle before bed

Graduated to sitting in the bathtub like a big girl

Hates the fact that she is still rear facing in the car

Cruising around furniture, fast!

Loves to sleep in her sleep sack

Still sucks her left thumb when she is sleepy

Sweet Claire, we love you more than ever!

...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)!