Giggles

Oh little Claire Bear, you are so silly. There is one thing we are never short of each day and that's giggles. Claire has this laugh that she does like she's thinking of an inside joke. It's totally fake but hilarious. I'll take any laugh...real or fake. It's all funny to me!

Easter warm up

Our neighborhood park had an Easter egg hunt Saturday morning. So crazy and chaotic but good times. A few elbow jabs and a good right hook and any kid could get some eggs! Luckily Dad braved the egg "hunters" and helped square off an area to gather goodies. Seriously, the parents were more competitive than the kids. Insane. We went with our next door neighbors and we were standing together until we heard "READY, GET SET, GOOO!!!" and bam...we lost them in a flash. Luckily we found each other back at our strollers.

After our Friday night happy hour, I was hoping this church sponsored event would have a free bloody mary stand next to the free coffee and donuts but no such luck. Sunglasses please!

Spring Break

We had a fun spring break week free of toddler activities!! Grandma came to visit. Aunt Carolyn was also in town. The weather was nice and it was overall a wonderful week. The only problem was that it went by too fast!

We celebrated mom's 62nd birthday while she was here and as soon as Claire realized there would be cake it was all she could think about. She gave me her best cheesy smile while digging into her molten chocolate cake with ice cream! She was such a good girl staying up late partying with us. We also went to the zoo....big mistake on spring break but at least she saw the goats which she loves. We enjoyed lots of eating outdoors(complete with eye roll when I wanted to take a pic....ugh, and so it begins!).

Boy does she like to sing

Claire LOVES to sing these days. She walks around singing, she sings in the car, she sings on the countertops (it's true, we let her stand on our counters sometimes!! we rock!). She makes up songs, she sings parts of songs she knows, she mixes it up.

Here she is singing about the tall mountains on the calendar!

TX pics

It wasn't the trip we planned but at least we were able to spend some time together even if it was brief. The girls got to play at Grandmom's (that's what Claire calls her) and have some time together. We met up with Jason, Tana, and Cy on Saturday before we left town. We went to our ranch in La Grange, TX (yes, everyone is TX has a ranch! haha!). Claire LOVED the cows and riding the four wheeler. Saturday would have been my dad's 66th birthday so it was nice to be at the ranch where we spent so many weekends as a family. Happy Birthday Dad! Life sure has changed a lot but we know you are celebrating with us!

We made it....sord of

Hot mess. That's about it in a nutshell. Claire and I got on our flight with no problems. We decided to hop on an earlier flight to ensure our arrival and it was a success. Claire was a dream child! However, when we arrived to Austin I found out some not so good news. My brother's house had been flooded. A pipe busted in their powder room after they left for work and water ran for about 4 hours before Jason came home to find his whole house filled with water. He stopped to grab the carseat on the way to pick us up at the airport. Can you imagine if we had come in on the later flight? He wouldn't have known about the water for 5 more hours. So long story short....my mom came to Bastrop (where they live, right outside of austin) to get Claire and I then took us to Houston to her house...after we waited for my lost luggage (it's true, it just gets better!) to arrive at 7:30pm. We made it to Houston after a very long day (can you say hot mess. 2 yr old with no nap) around midnight. My niece is with us too so it's nice to see her at least. Jason, Tana, and Cy stayed at hotel near home to deal with the mess. We will be flying back earlier than expected but that's okay. I got to meet Cy and give him kisses. Feed him. And love on him for a little bit. I am happy. Everyone's ok so that's all that really matters!

I will post some pics when I return.

Wish us luck

Claire and I are flying standby....so we need 2 seats to get on...tomorrow to Austin. I am dying to see my nephew and can wait no longer!! I have a good feeling I'll be holding him tomorrow evening and giving big squeezes to my niece as well. Let's just pray we don't end up on the news for getting kicked off said plane after scoring ourselves some seats! lol!

Okay, so this is a pretty lousy picture of the 3 of us. No offense to Uncle Gordon who took it. His subjects aren't wearing makeup and have colds with bags under their bags. But hey, we have a pic.

Is the pope mobile in town or is that just Claire with a Victoria Secret bag on her head???

Rain in AZ!! Those boots and umbrella finally got some use!