couple of 1st

Claire had a couple of 1st this week....

she started cereal

played in her exersaucerand enjoyed it
took a bath like a big girl in her tub!And used her new Cutesy towel!!
And the reason we don't have pics of these boys...

We took a quick trip to AR and this was the only pic I took! I'm a loser!! Blake got to sit in the back with Andrew and thought he was a big boy. They had fun back there!!

boring...

This will be a boring post. But here are some pics of the kiddos!

Claire's getting big!! She is one happy and content little girl! We are having so much fun with her!! And I'm having fun shopping for her!

The weather here has been AWESOME! I hate to brag, but it's just been so nice! The boys have had so much fun playing outside. Andrew was so excited to have a picnic.

I must say the boys got to pick out their outfits this day since we were staying home. :)

I'm trying to teach Andrew to feed Claire. :) Okay, not really, but it would be nice!

Miss Claire turned 3 months this week. :(

These days she loves to chew on her hands and drool all over the place...

Blake and Andrew are in a Power Ranger phase. I'm sure they'll move on to something else next month.Andrew actually posing for the camera...
And this picture is for my dad. He gave me a hard time for putting Claire in a blue dress with brown stripes. (The pic at the top of the page.)

How's this pic for you? Big ol' bow and a PINK dress! :P I just couldn't catch her smile...dumb camera!

zoo, guns and fun!

Last week we met some friends at the zoo. It was a fun trip.

My favorite part was when we got back to the car and realized Claire's diaper had leaked pooh and it went ALL up her back. Thankfully it only got on her clothes and not all over the Bjorn. It was a huge mess tho!!

The boys did have fun. Here they are being gophers...

Claire's milestone last week...grabbing at her toys.

Andrew and Blake's milestones?....

being silly.

And tonight while Claire was taking a bath....
Her brothers were fighting with Daddy...
and, no, I didn't buy them these guns! Their daddy did!

update on claire

I figure I'll give a little update on Claire because whenever I decide to start her scrapbook I'll be able to look on here and see what she was doing this month!

Even though I can't catch it on camera...she smiles quite a bit. For some reason the flash turns a smile into a confused look. Guess it's the bright red light!?

I think she's kinda taking to the bunny. Guess she has Blake to thank for that.

She has become a wild little sleeper. She is all over her bed at night. Now I start her at one end because I know when she wakes up she'll be at the other!

This morning I found her like this...

sideways! And while it looks like her feet are in the right spot in her jammies...they are not. She is actually curled up in a ball.

She has become quite the little sleeper. She's been going 12-13 hours at night. And last night was the first night we didn't do a dream feed. I woke her this morning at 8 AM. Tonight she took her bottle at 6:30 PM and went down after that. We'll see how she does.

She's rolled 3 times now from her belly to her back. The first two times I wondered if I had put her down weird or something because I no more than put her down and she rolled. The 3rd time she had been on her belly for a while and when I went back to get her she was on her back.

Her reflux is doing much better. And I'm trying hard to remember to give it to her 3 times a day. Some days I struggle!

She's cooing some these days too. Not a whole lot, but when she does Andrew wants to know what she's saying.

Well, I guess that's it!

SNOW DAY!!

Today has been a very busy day. We had parent/teacher conferences, played in snow, played at the park and got Claire's pictures made! I'm exhausted!

One Friday a month our church has a preschool day. It's usually stuff like meeting at a pool, a park or activities at the church. Well, today was snow day!!

Andrew and Blake weren't too sure of it at first...

But they learned quickly how to make a snowball and throw it at Daddy. :) Claire wasn't too amused!

But the boys had fun and are worn out!!

for JEAL

Jill, this post is for you.

I'm sure you know why. :) She's sporting the cute outfit you got her. It was hard to get a decent picture because she kept looking at her feet! And this one was too cute not to put on her. She's already looking up to her big brother!! They get the biggest kick out of it when she smiles at them.

mobile time and crazy boys

We haven't moved Claire to her room yet. This is the longest I've kept a child in my room. Usually they grunt and moan and get kicked out about 5 weeks. We had family coming in until Claire was 6 weeks...so I kept her in our room a little longer. Then she got a cold for nearly 2 weeks. I'm hoping her ears will look good at her doctor visit on Monday and I'll be moving her to her room then. Yesterday I figured I'd get her used to her bed and let her enjoy her mobile. She loved it and stayed in there long enough for me to make dinner!

Either she's trying to reach for the mobile or she's raising her hand to ask when she is getting out.

Andrew came in and wanted me to take a picture of him with his sword...Then, Blakers came in and the craziness started!! They thought they were so funny touching the mobile with their swords.

Afterwards, Blake found his cape and Andrew wanted me to take a pic of them running in their capes.

They really wanted a pic of their capes flying behind them, but they weren't running fast enough because they kept looking at me!
Crazy boys!!
Guess it was a day of picture taking!

blue jean babe and troublemakers

Claire got to wear her jeans to the doctors the other day. She definitely thought she was stylin'! Poor thing...she had a cold for a week and a half and come to find out she had fluid behind both ears. :( She wasn't fussy, but had been waking in the middle of her naps. So, I wondered if something was up. She's doing much better today.

For some reason this picture won't turn the right way, but Claire wanted to show off her Mary Jane socks...

Look what these troublemakers did...

They wanted to take a bath with their colors Santa brought. I specifically told them "DO NOT COLOR ON THE TILE!!!" Gotta love how they listen! And their water is dirty looking from the colors...my children aren't THAT dirty!! :)