It's official...we bought a VAN!!! We love it! We definitely needed it, especially with me babysitting three days a week. It's a Volkswagon Routan and it has everything we could possible ever need or want, which is great since I'll be driving it until it dies...which hopefully won't be for at least 10 years....so get used to seeing it :) ha! We drove it up to Wisconsin for Chases baptism and it was soooo wonderful to have all that extra room. Now we just need to keep filling it up with kids :)ha!
CLAIRE:
Wow! What can I say......"Trouble! Oh, We got Trouble, right here in Rivercity! With a capital 'T'..." Maybe that's just all I think of because I'm married to Justin :) Anyway, this girl is a mover and a shaker. She is constantly into EVERYTHING...well, except her toys. She can't sit still, has to be moving (that makes sacrament meeting interesting), and she LOVES to climb, which I hear makes her just like baby Justin. She is keeping us on our toes to say the least. It's funny how she is the complete opposite of Ethan as a baby. Anyway, she got her first tooth finally (front right, bottom), she is pulling herself up to stand, and that hair is still growing. In fact, I french braided it one morning for sacrament, ha! She loves to make noise, smile, and laugh, and will definitely let you know her opinion on things. She is still completely in love wiht her Big Brother Ethan and laughs and smiles at him constantly, no matter what he does. We've been supplementing with formula which has stopped her crying all day long, and given mommy her sanity back...apparently she was just really hungry for 8 months :( Now that she's 9 months (today), we've completely made the switch to formula...donations accepted (JK!) ha! We love our little Claire Bear or Clairiboo (Ethan loves Polar Express and they yell "caribou" so that has turned Claire into Clairibou) and can't wait to see what the future holds.
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| Her french braided hair. |
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| playing in the rice she dumped on my floor |
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| playing in the potato flakes she dumped on my floor |
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| bathtime...figured this would be a could blackmail pic when they're teenagers :) |
ETHAN:
Oh my goodness, at the end of the month, he'll be 3 years old!!!! He is such an amazing and funny kid. He loves to learn and participate. Still loves his puzzles, loves to sing and dance, loves to play with his friends and LOVES books. His favorite book right now is "Grumpy Bird", which I'm pretty sure we're going to have to buy for him. We definitely recommend it if you have toddlers. He's also into "If you give a cat a cupcake" and that entire series. He loves us to read to him, but now he "reads" back to us...it's hilariously heart-melting. My goal is to get it on video (but they never "perform" when they know the camera is on) We're still teaching him Spanish and learning as we go. He loves to talk and says the funniest things. He loves our new van, which he calls our van-car :) He still enjoys the children's museum, but his new favorite thing to do is go to story-time at our local library where they read 3 books and interact with kids with little songs and dances. He's really into Thomas the Train and we've finally started getting him wooden trains to fit his wooden tracks. It's hilarious to listen to him play since now he makes up story-lines as he plays. He seems to take after his momma, especially his need to organize and pick up...wow what a blessing!
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| We let him color his pumpkin before carving it |
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| finished product |
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| Put Ethan on the potty. He asked me to leave so he could poo. I come back to check on him , and this is what I find :) |
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| Playing in the backyard, he comes into the house with daddy's glove on and says "Hi Mom" |
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| Story time at the library |
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