Birthday Boy!

Yesterday was Bryan's 31st birthday. So I am copying my sister's family and writing 31 things Claire and I love about him.
1- He is a great dad
2- He is a wonderful husband
3- I admire is art talent
4- He is hard working
5- I love the way he looks at Claire when she is asleep
6- I love how he plays with Claire
7- I love his testimony
8- I love that he honors his priesthood
9- He is dedicated
10- He loves his little girl
11- He tries his best at everything he does
12- He can build great things (i.e. entertainment center, Claire's toy box)
13- He's great at helping around the house
14- He's supportive
15- He is strong in the church
16- Claire loves to have him read to her
17- Claire loves to have him sing her a song
18- I love how quickly he can memorize songs and movie quotes
19- He is willing to make a fool of himself for Claire
20- He accepts me even during my silly moments
21- He is always willing to lend a hand
22- Dedicated to his church calling
23- Great at computers
24- Tries his best to help me see my family often
25- Willing to let me explore things I love to do
26- He's handsome
27- He helped build us a beautiful home
28- Claire loves to bowl with him
29- Claire loves going outside to play with him (it's too cold right now)
30- He is sensitive to my feelings
31- We love him because he loves us!!

Bowling Party

Every morning the last couple of days Claire has asked to go bowling. I guess she really liked it. We tried teaching her to play it on the wii. All she wanted to do was grab the ball...since it was on the TV she couldn't really do that. So we made a bowling lane for her in our basement. As you can see we just used empty pop bottles and a basket ball. She used a ramp when we were bowling in Utah so we improvised and used her slide as one. Here are two videos of Claire bowling.

It's happened to us!

Well the dreaded pink eye has hit our family. Claire got it a couple of weeks ago...we did the drops (which if you have never done them with a little kid...it is not a pleasant experience)...a few days went by and she got it again...(this happened while we were in Utah). Then we got different drops...those seem to work and have cleared up her pink eyes. I was so excited to get that whole problem over...

.......it wasn't over!!! I woke up this morning with my eye all gooey and pink....When will this end? I have done all that I could do to disinfect this bug from our house. I just hope that this will end soon.

Trip to Utah

It was so much fun to go to Utah and spend some time with my family. Claire loved spending time with her grandparents and her cousins. We just wish we lived closer. It was so much fun and we are glad we got to spend time with everyone.
We took Claire bowling while down in Utah. She absolutely loved it. She was so excited to wear her "special shoes".The smile she had when she went to bowl was so cute. She absolutely loved having her turn to bowl. It was so cute to see her grab her pink ball...push it...and see it roll down the lane and knock down the pins.


Claire woke up and found Grandpa doing some exercises. So she decided to sit down and do what he was doing. It was so cute I couldn't help but take a picture.

Another Claire and grandpa moment....Claire walked in and saw grandpa shaving. She wasn't quite sure of what he was doing. He put some shaving cream on her cheeks. She thought she was pretty special.

It's my birthday!!

Claire loved her birthday cake. At first she wasn't so sure what to do with it. She just would touch the frosting with her fingers and then lick her fingers. She needed to be shown how to just take a bite out of it. Here she is enjoying her cake.

Look Who's TWO!!!!

Well another year has come and gone. Bryan and I can't believe we are parents to a two year old. That is just crazy. We are so excited each day to see what Claire will learn and say. Here is an example of something we taught her....and something we just told her to say. (She is staring up at a couple of Dora balloons she got for her birthday). We just love having Claire in our family. She is such a joy to have around.

Too Big Too Fast

Well another one of Claire's Christmas presents was a "big girl" bed. She loves it. She was so excited to get on the bed and try it out. She was grinning from ear to ear when she realized the little stool helped her get on her bed. I even decorated her room with some cross-stitches. I think they turned out good.

We are crossing our fingers that she will continue to stay in her bed as good as she currently is. She has only been sleeping in her bed for about four days now, but so far she is doing great. Here is our proof that Claire is sleeping in a "big girl" bed!