Quoting Claire

Here are a few funnies...

Obama (again)
Last night I was watching Obama's conference while feeding Eden and Claire came in to kiss me good night. She saw the TV and said " Obama... President Obama!" then gave me a hug and kiss. As she was about to leave she yelled "hug and kiss" like she often does when she or someone else is leaving so I thought she wasn't satisfied with our good nights. Well, she quickly ran to the TV to give Obama a big hug and kiss! What a ham!

Definition:Sweet
After Claire was done going potty today, she told me she was done so I could come in to help wipe. I've taught her to touch her toes (sounds funny and weird but hey, it works!) so I'm sure to get everything clean so when I walked in she was already in position. It was so funny that I had to laugh out loud and she said

C: "What mama?"
M: "Nothing honey - you're just sweet" (she doens't like it when you're laughing at her so I was trying to cover it up)
C: "Don't eat me..."
M: "What?!"
C: "I'm sweet - don't try to eat me"
M: now laughing out loud again - "Oh I won't!

Meeting Great-Aunt Nelda

The girls got to meet their great-aunt Nelda last weekend and believe it or not, I kind of did too!! I know I've met her before but we couldn't even remember when and as an adult, I actually got to get to know her. She's such a sweet woman and we really enjoyed having her visit from Buffalo, NY for a few days. She really loved the girls even though Claire was a bit fussy from a long day at the zoo! Love you Aunt Nelda and looking forward to seeing you again!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Claire's friend Ethan turned three last week! Time has really flown by...

We had a great time at his party and we're so glad we got to celebrate with you, Ethan! Happy Belated Birthday!

The birthday boy sportin' his static hair-do

What a cute couple of kiddos!
Claire and Carly lovin' the slide

Silly girl Ayden!

Kamryn digging in her pinata loot!

Claire was OVER JOYED to have so many sweet treats - she picked up all the lollipops she could!

Jacy, Lauren and Claire

Eden and Adam hanging out in their matching car seats! They are only about 1 week apart and already spending time together!

Lezlee's shower

I'm so behind in posting this but wanted to do it anyway! January 24th I had a shower at my house for my sweet friend, Lezlee. She is expecting a little girl, Lily Kate in late Feb./early March. Our families have gotten really close the past couple years co-organizing our wonderful life group at church. She has such a big heart for others and I was so glad to do something special for her! Thank you to Lauren, Jennifer T., Jen G., Katie, Stefany and Danielle for helping with everything! Y'all are awesome and I'm so blessed by all of your friendships!

Here are a few pics from the celebration:

Lezlee and me

We had yummy brunch food and cupcakes!

Kristin, Jenny and Isaiah - I have a pic from my shower just like this one!

Amy and Me enjoying some girl time without kiddos!

Hostesses! Jen, Lauren, Stef, Danielle, Me and Jennifer - Thank you so much!

Zoo and Cinderella

My wonderful friend Heather came into town this weekend! She got a big group together to visit the zoo on Friday and we had a great time - 5 adults, 4 toddlers and 2 babies! Thank goodness the zoo wasn't crowded! It was a beautiful day and it was so good for Claire to get out of the house. She's really into turtles lately hence the pic of the lone turtle. They are HUGE!

On Saturday, Heather took Claire to a Cinderella play while I judged a competition. She LOVED it and has talked about it everyday since. She went with Priscilla (Salazar for those of you from high school) and her 2 kiddos - Mady and Jaxsyn. I plan on taking Claire back sometime this month before it's over. Here are the pics that I couldn't decide on what to cut! Heather took some amazing pics too so thanks for sending them to me!

Mady and Claire - they're almost exactly 1 year apart!
My monkey
I LOVE this picture - such joy!

Feeding the goats! This is more dangerous then it looks!
How cool is that? The hippos are one of my favorites

Heather got Claire to go into the bird atrium! About a year ago Claire went in and a bird landed on her head. She told me all about it when she saw the atrium and kept her hand on her head the whole time. It amazes me how much she can remember!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one!
Turtle

Heather and Eden
Mady and Claire with the Prince and Cinderella! They both dressed up

Our valentine girls

Thank you Heather for taking these sweet pictures of Eden and Claire!

She smiled!

Eden smiled socially today for the first time and not just once but countless times! (11 weeks tomorrow) I was lucky enough to get some pictures of it but she saved the best ones for off camera. Talk about a huge sigh of relief for my heart - thank you God! Eden really gave my mom a thrill because she interacted with her more than she has with anyone and she even started "talking" to her. I told my mom to tell Eden to do it with me too! So glad my mom has that special memory with her.

Isn't she precious? That smile could melt anyone's heart!