Jealous.

Is it wrong to be jealous of your children?


Well, I hope not because I was jealous of Claire today. Today Claire got to take a jacuzzi bubble bath. This is one of my most favorite things in the world. I used to love taking a jacuzzi tub and reading for like an hour. But, unfortunately, its another one of those things that cannot be done while creating. Hmmm...make a baby or take a bath? Think I'll make a baby and live through Claire for now :)


Also, this weekend Claire started swim lessons again. Well, she actually started last week. But last week Mark and I decided she was ready to try Bubble Belt (the next step up). This week Claire decided she was not ready to try Bubble Belt :) While she is ready to do all the activities in Bubble Belt (which she did all of them LAST summer) she is not ready to swim without Daddy :) (which I am pretty sure makes Mark pretty happy). So we decided to keep her in her class for now and try again later.


Here is Claire gettin her noodle with her new class. Yes, she is much smaller than the rest of the kids (but they are a FEW months older than her, in her defense).


Here she is waiting ever so patiently to go into the pool with her new class.


And here she is making her Daddy put his feet in with her because she needed him with her :)
I will say I was very proud of her for even getting in the pool alone and trying it by herself. We will keep you posted on her Bubble Belt progress.

Joke Of The Day!

What kind of cheese is not your cheese?
NACHO cheese!

Wake Up Slow.....

This is usually what we see when we go to get Claire after she wakes up from either her nap or in the morning.

We start out seeing this as we walk down the hall.
Please ignore the wallpaper.


As we get to the gate and look over, this is usually what we find.
Claire still half asleep with all of her guys.


Once she realizes that we are there she yells "I wanna go eat and watch Tom and Jerry!!" and the gate comes down and the guys are left behind.

Also, Happy Birthday Uncle Johnny!

On Friday we went to Uncle Johnny's house to celebrate his birthday. Claire had a blast! Probably because she is allowed to do whatever she wants at Uncle Johnny's house.

Here is Claire having one of Uncle Johnny's uniform shirts cut to size.

Best buddies.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

INTRODUCING......

BABY BOY KOMO!!!
I am happy to report things are moving along smoothly! I feel great, the baby is getting big, and so am I :)
Seriously, is that not the cutest little boy you have EVER seen?!?!

A Sleddin' We Will Go!

The other day we looked out the window, saw the sunshine and decided it was time to ditch the jammies and get outside! After a looonnnnngggg trip to the local sporting good store for a sled and gloves (which they didn't have any that fit Claire's tiny little hands so I am now the proud owner of a pair of North Face mittens :) it was off to our local park for some sledding fun. Upon our arrival at the park we realized that the sun really does not make ANY difference when it is TWELVE degrees outside. Well, there was no turning back at that point. Claire was ready to sled.

Claire and Daddy ready for their first run.


Although the wind was frigid Claire was a trooper and hiked up the hill. She couldn't wait to go again.


Claire was ready to rock and roll! She wanted me to push them down the hill.



This time she decided that Daddy should pull her back up the hill (notice her enormous new mittens). It was after this trip that she asked me (with frozen boogies on her bright pink face) "Can we go warm up by the fire Mama?" So we headed inside to warm up and then Claire was ready to go down a few more times.


This is Claire on her last trip up the hill. She was so tired (and COLD) that she just laid in the sled while Daddy pulled her up the hill. After this trip she asked me "We go home and watch Tom and Jerry Mama?". So we did :)

Baby Komo Update: for those of you who I haven't made look at the sonogram pictures :) WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!!! We are really excited! Although we are having a little trouble with a name, we are looking forward to a little boy joining our madness :)