Friday, April 30, 2010

9 Years and 5 Months

Saturday, April 24th was Baron's birthday. He turned 9. Can't believe this big baby has been around for so long. He's getting to be an old man, but still acts like a small puppy lap dog.Nine things about Baron at 9 years old.
1. He's always had a blue collar.
2. His favorite toy is the man, but we can't find it right now.
3. He loves cheese.
4. He'll sit on your lap if you'll let him. It's not too comfortable since he weighs 85lbs.
5. He loves getting a belly rub.
6. He's scared of just about everything.
7. He doesn't bark that often.
8. He gets jealous easily.
9. He's much softer than Orion.

He's not good at sharing, but he had to on Saturday. Clarissa turned 5 months.
Five things about Clarissa at 5 months:
1. She loves to suck on the two fingers on her left hand that she is holding out a little in the picture below.
2. She has eaten rice cereal, green beans, peas, squash, carrots and bananas. She likes everything but the bananas.
3. She can roll over, but doesn't do it too often.
4. She laughs, but usually only when both dogs are barking.
5. She has a "talk show" every morning with her stuffed animals. It can sometimes last an hour.

Thursday, April 08, 2010

Easter and Swings

For Easter this year, I bought Clarissa a set of bunny ears. I then decided to take a picture of her with them on and send them out as our Easter card. I didn't actually use this picture because it would have been too hard to get the writing on it so you could read it, but I do think this one was my favorite. So here's my little bunny!We also discovered in the past week that we need to start using the seat belt in Claire's swing. Her Dad and I got some photographic evidence of this. Don't worry, no babies were hurt in any way during this shoot. Yes, this last one she did manage on her own. I don't know how, but she did!
I think that the score would be Baby: 4, Parents: 0. We'll get it eventually!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Solids!

Clarissa had her first solids today - if you can call them that! The cereal was so watered down with formula that it couldn't really be classified as a solid. She still doesn't quite have the hang of it, but she's getting there!

Sitting in her bumbo seat waiting for the first spoonful.
It gets a little messy!!We'll just keep trying - hopefully she'll get it soon!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

4 months

Today Clarissa is 4 months old. She went to the Dr for her 4 month check up. She was 13 lbs, 23 3/4 inches. Both 50%. A perfectly average baby! A perfectly serious baby! This is her today after we got back from the Dr's. On March 14, Claire went to her first birthday party. It was for her cousin Ava. She turned 4. I can't believe she's already 4!! She was having so much fun playing dress up before the cake that her hair got a little messy. Sammy is Claire's other cousin that is on the left in this picture.
This is the outfit Claire wore to the party. It even had little boots! It's from Vallie, her great cousin! Hehehe! The boots didn't fit very well with her baby cankles, but she was still cute in them!
And poor girl, I even had to take a picture of her butt, because the design on the tights was so cute! You can see the boots a little better too.
At Clarissa's baptism, Ava gave her one of her Odies (what Ava used to call all of her dolls) as a present. We kept it at our house until Ava's birthday. Her is Claire and Odie in her swing.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Jumparoo!

We finally put together Clarissa's Jumparoo. She's holding up her head really well, so we thought it was time. The only problem is that she's still not tall enough, even at the lowest setting. We had to use a Dictionary and a Bible to make it tall enough!
You can see she seems to like it!

But after too much play time - it's time to rest. My friend Heidi made her the shirt - No sugar added, 100% me! And I love the leggings that I got at Target for $.50. Can't beat that!

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Clarissa's 3 Month Pictures

I went to get Clarissa's 3 month pictures done on Saturday, February 27. It went pretty well. She only had one melt down. I got them done at Clix in Maple Grove.







Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Baptism Weekend

Clarissa was finally baptized on Sunday at the same church we got married in. It was a nice ceremony. She only cried when the water was poured on her head! Here is Clarissa and her Godparents - my brother, sister-in-law, and Todd's sisterAnd, of course she cries when her parents have her! She's finally looking at people and being more alert - it's really cool to see!We even took her swimming in a pool for the first time! Don't you love her swimsuit?!? She liked it for the most part. I had to hold her against my chest, otherwise she wasn't happy, but seemed to like it. Hopefully she'll be a water baby by summer!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Babies

In case you didn't know, we have two babies at our house. One is just bigger than the other. And has more hair.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Christmas Bear

Great Grandma Marilyn gave Clarissa a Christmas Bear for her first Christmas. Aren't they cute together?
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Cabin Weekend

This past weekend, we headed up to the cabin to spend time with my family. It was a great time - even if the weather wasn't that great. I got out on Sunday to take a couple of pictures. Here's one of the cabin from the lake.Here is Todd and Jack ice fishing with Ava, Rusty and Orion supervising.Here is the snowman Jack, Ava, and Alicia made. Rusty is supervising on this one too!
And here's Claire hanging out inside. She had her 2 month Dr. appointment today. She was 10lbs, 2 oz and 22 inches long. All 50 percentile. We have ourselves an average baby!
Tomorrow I go back to work. It's been a great 2 months off, but it will be nice to get back to a schedule.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Bath Time

On Sunday, Todd and I gave Clarissa her first real bath. Usually, I just fill up a cup, pour in some baby shampoo, and bathe her out of that with a wash cloth. I really thought she'd like a regular bath. I've always liked the water and love to swim. Maybe I didn't at two months old. As you can tell from the pictures, I don't think Clarissa was liking it too much. She had this face on her the whole time. We'll have to try it again in the future, but I think her next bath will be out of the cup!

Monday, January 11, 2010

4 Generations

Four Generations - Great Grandma Marilyn Rose, Grandma Sue, Daddy Todd, and Baby Claire. From Christmas Day.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

My Crazy Husband

This photo is from Christmas Day. My crazy husband went out in a t-shirt, shorts, and sorel boots to check the depth of the snow. It was 8 inches. Yes, the rule is still sitting on the table measuring the snow. We're down to 7 inches now on the table.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Happy New Year!


Happy birthday today to my wonderful husband. Can't imagine doing this without you! Here's our little family at Christmas. Some of us are happier than others! At least we got to celebrate Christmas with everyone this year - I was very happy about that! We even got to celebrate with some of Todd's family from Ohio. Too bad we don't live closer to make that an every year thing.

I hope that everyone's Christmas and New Years was good. Here's to a great 2010!