She Gets It!

Ever since Claire turned the beautiful age of 1, things have really "clicked" with her. It's amazing to watch her play, sit and look at books all by herself and our new favorite thing, "communicate" with us. For example, she loves to take baths. So, in the evening, she'll be playing in her room and I'll pop my head in and say, "Claire, it's time for a bubble bath." She looks at me and then as fast as her little legs will take her, she crawls out of her room, down the hall and into the bathroom. She also enjoys opening drawers in her dresser and pulling out a new outfit to wear that day. Here are a couple new pics to show how our little lady is growing up...and out...take a look at that tummy in the second picture!

First Birthday

Claire blowing kisses to thank everyone for coming!

Believe it or not, our baby Claire is 1 year old! It really feels like just yesterday we were sending out her birth announcements, and now we are sending out her first birthday party invitations and 1 year old pictures...sniff sniff. But it has been a wonderful year! One we will never forget and pray for many many more! Since Claire's grandparents live in two different states of course we had to have two different parties. Claire bear didn't complain. With more parties comes more cake!! Her first party took place in OH with Grammie and Pops. Pops grilled out and then Princess, I mean Queen Claire dove into her sprinkle cake followed by presents. Then her second celebration took place in KY. Friends and family from all over gathered for pizza, cupcakes, Claire's first year of life movie and more presents,that all the kids got to help open. Wouldn't that be funny if we still did that as "adults". Anyways, thank you everyone who helped celebrate our precious Claire's first year of life. One last update...Claire had her one year check up on Monday and did not quite meet the requirements for a big girl car seat. So our sweet 17 pounder has to continue facing backwards in the car, but we're hoping by the time she's in kindergarten, she'll be able to face foward. hehe just kidding. ok, enough of the chit chat...here are a few pics. Enjoy!