Happy MaMa

Claire sang me Happy Birthday this morning....

Tea Party

Claire is such a girl. She loves playing with dolls, dressing up in shoes, playing hair dresser. She also likes outdoor activities, mud, bugs, coloring etc. Her favorite activity is playing tea party. Here is a small set my Mom gave her and some salt and pepper shakers from my Grandma in Florida. She loved the salt and pepper shakers for some reason, she pointed to them from the buffet and wanted to play with them. Thanks Great Grandma!

Elmo and peas

Claire really loves Elmo!

and her babies....they are all named BeBe.

P.S. I forgot to mention that on Valentine's Day Claire shoved 7 peas up her nose. Yes she is ok I made her blow them out and the last one came out with a sneeze. I think it was the funniest things I have ever encountered. She said "Mama Nose" when I came down the stairs. Lesson: Do not leave your kid unattended while they are eating peas.

Happy Valentine's Day

Claire made you some cupcakes for Valentine's Day, enjoy!

18 Month Photos...

My mom and I took Claire to Portrait Innovations to get some 18 month photos taken, I was going to wait till she was 2 but she is changing so much. Enjoy the photos and here is a list of her new words/phrases!

"No Way!" she uses this when she doesn't want to go to bed or get her diaper changed or anything else she refuses.

"Bamma, where are you?" Grandma where are you?

"Mama, Mama, where are you?"

"Dada, bye-bye, choo-choo"

"Where go?"

"Oh My!"

"Oh Boy!" (opening a present)

She can count: two, eight, nine. The other numbers are not important right?

Here is a list of words she uses a lot:

Alx (Alex)
apple
ball
bamma (grandma)
bampa (grandpa)
bear
bebe (baby doll)
banket

blue
boat
book
bunny
cake
candy
car

cat
cheese
chip
coat

cold
color
cookie
cracker
dance
duck
Elmo
George (curious)
go

hat

hot
ice
juice
Kay (Katie)
light
milk
nana (banana)
naughty

ni-night
no-no/yes
on/off
orange

please
prize
puppy
purple
red
rice
row-row
shoe
snack

sock
tea (tea party)

thank you
water

yellow

yes

Happy Birthday Alex and Katie

Claire loves her two older cousins, Alex and Katie. She talks about them all the time. Alex had his birthday on January 3rd and Katie's was on February 1st. Happy Birthday Alex and Katie! We love you both soooo much!

Flashback

Here are some recent photos compared at 3 Months and 6 Months...

Christmas #2

Here are some photos from our Christmas with Matt's family. Becky flew home from Memphis and it finally snowed in Nebraska.

Claire's Montage

This is about 28 minutes long...

Blizzard of 2006

Here are some pictures of the blizzard that laid 26 inches of snow on the ground while we were in Colorado last week. It was the most snow I have ever seen, the kids had a blast and although we didn't have their snow boots, grocery sacks worked quite well.

Build-A-Bear Workshop

Heather (Claire's best friend) gave her a gift card to Build-A-Bear so we got to use it in Colorado with my niece and nephew. They had such a good time creating there animals (Katie a hockey cow, Alex a rabbit with leather, and Claire a bear), this was such a fun day. I highly recommend it! Claire's new bear is named Heather Lynn of course!

Merry Christmas 2006!!

Here are some photos from our Christmas in Colorado.

Goodbye My Best Friend

Dear Heather,
We are going to miss you so much. You are a sweet little girl with such a beautiful smile and the best laugh. You giggle all the time and it is such a wonderful sound. Claire wasn't the best at sharing her toys when you came over but she got excited whenever we mentioned your name. As soon as Claire was let out the door she would run to your house wondering what you were doing or to play in the sandbox. Claire and Heather will be best friends forever.

Jennifer you are an amazing neighbor and friend, I cherish every day we spent together running after our children. We had so much fun going to music classes, mall walks, days at the park, bread swaps, walking in the morning with the girls, going to playgroups, the state fair, Nebraska marching band, Lincoln Children's Museum and so much more to list. Your family is very dear to my heart!

Love,
Kellie and Claire

Reindeer

We have an elementary school behind our house and out the window we could see some reindeer. I had Heather and Claire so I bundled them up and ran outside to see them. The girls were very impressed and both got a candy cane (Claire tried to eat through the wrapper). It is not everyday you have reindeer out your back door. We were invited by the owners of the reindeer to get a photo at the Cornhusker Hotel.

Well this year Claire HATED Santa and wanted nothing to do the with Santa/Reindeer photo, she screamed, cried and shook...so I am in it as well. After the Santa tragedy I got some photos near the Christmas tree inside the hotel.

Better luck next year Santa!