Back to school

We are so excited to be back to school!!! Claire is starting the 3/4's class this year!! We are all pumped about her moving up to the "big" class and learning so much more this year. She is excited and loves her teacher already. YAH for the new school year. Hard to believe it's here already. So proud of Claire and how happy she was to be in her new room today!! =) And as my friend Kelly said so perfectly...I couldn't help but high five a few moms that school was back in session Monday morning.

You can't say we didn't try...

Family pics are seriously impossible. A) Paige won't look at the camera and smile at the same time B) Claire seems to always want to try a "new smile" right at picture time OR C) the conditions (ie: the wind, sun, eyes closed, etc...) mess it up! Eric's hair looks like Dumb and Dumber! All he needs is his chipped tooth.

TX Trip~The highlights

Grandma and the girls at the VFW

Me and K with the kiddos
Paige meeting her first baby, Findley

Paige playing in Grandma's backyard

Cousins

Uncle Jason and the girls

the neighbors crazy swimming thing!

The girls and I had a summer trip to Grandma's house in Texas!! Here are some highlights of the trip!!! We jammed a lot in to 10 days! There are lots more pics on Shutterfly. We had a great time with the fam and it was awesome to see the cousins play together. My niece and nephew, Abby and Cy, were so adorable. The first pic is my bff since I was 5yrs old, Kaylan. She just had her first baby a few weeks after Paige was born and we simply had to see him! Baby Findley is so darn cute. I miss him so much! It was a hot and sweaty Texas summer but fun. Thanks Grandma for having us and keeping the girls so happy!

The flight ~ To Grandma's Part I

This was my flight. The "dream team". Paige being a baby made this the perfect age to fly with 2. I was of course worried about the flights and having my hands full. This is what I got.........2 perfect angels. The guy who was sitting next to us on our flight to Houston moved to another open seat. He said he "wanted to give us our space". Haha! We were very appreciative! I actually ordered a snack pack and flipped through the sky mall magazine at one point because I was bored. Thanked my lucky stars!!! Lots of strategic planning paid off big time!

KA-CIAO!!

Claire at her first movie ever!! CARS 2! Ka-Ciao baby!! She is a big Cars fan so this was the perfect first movie for ou girl. (lovin the filmore t-shirt!!)Claire rode a pony!!! MY GIRL...who does NOT like to ride on things that move threw me a curve ball and got on the horse. So brave. So proud!!

Posing for mama! Cutie pie!

Claire and Dad at the movies.

Sometimes...

They remind me of each other.

claire 7 weeks

paige 9weeks

Paige 1month

Claire 3mos

4 months

4 months old already!!!
12lbs 14oz
25 1/4 inches

Boy, time just flies!! Our big girl is growing....not much but growing. Big sis was 16lbs at her 4month checkup so this is quite the difference. Her reflux still sucks the big one and she even has a little ear infection from fluids getting into her ears from the reflux. :( Big boo on that. She's okay though and we had no idea anything was really wrong with her. I say "really" because about a week ago we did notice she was upset after pulling on her ear but didn't think a whole lot of it. Being the awesome parents we are we did nothing and all this time she's had an ear infection in her outer ear. PARENTS OF THE YEAR!!! Never mind the chunk of ear wax that came out of her ear when the doc stuck the little ear dojobbie thing in her ear to check it out. I figure we can use the wax to make our awards with and have them engraved with best parents ever. Ah, second baby syndrome. Well, this explains the unexplained crying last week. Growth spurt, ear infection? I dunno. She is overall so happy and so easy you would never know!

We did try some cereal and fruit this past weekend and she loved it! We are going to hold off on solids though because the doc thinks it could make her reflux worse by producing more acid to break down the foods. I was ready to start feeding her solids but I guess we'll hold off at least another month. Cereal is a go though! She loves cereal already!!

Claire is good too. Summer camping still 2x's a week! She loves it! She LOVES her baby sister....maybe too much. My eye twitches when she plays with her because it stresses me out how rough she is with her. She won't touch someone else's baby but her sister is up for grabs...literally!