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 :)

Christmas Day!

Claire rushed downstairs to see if the reindeer left tracks on the lawn. AND THEY DID!!!!!!

Then we checked to see if Santa ate our cookies and the reindeer ate our carrots. AND THEY DID!!!

It's kind of blurry but this is Claire's face when she saw her presents from Santa for the first time.

Claire loved opening her presents! But the poor thing was sooo tired from the night before that she opened one gift and then wanted peanut butter and jelly. So we took a little break and then came back to the gifts!

Daddy loved opening his gift! He got a mini notebook computer from Santa! He must have been a good boy. It could have had something to do with him taking care of his pregnant wife for the last four months!


After Claire's PB&J she just wanted to play with her new art desk. So again, the other presents were on hold for a few minutes. Here she is making a thank you letter to Santa.


After that the robe came off and it was time to get those presents OPEN! She had a blast ripping off the wrapping paper and throwing it EVERYWHERE!


NOW THAT'S THE FACE OF CHRISTMAS MORNING!


After a well needed three hour nap we headed to Nana and Papa's for dinner. Then to Grandma and Grandpa's for more presents. Poor Claire was sooo tired that she almost didn't make it through her gifts. She just kept sucking her thumb and laying down!


Here is Claire "resting her eyes for a minute".



Baby Owen loved opening his gifts too!


The Komosinski/Kreibel/Young bunch.

'Twas The Night Before Christmas......


On Christmas Eve we continued our usual tradition of going to my Nonny's house. My Nonny's house IS Christmas. Ever since I was born we have gone there on Christmas Eve after church and had dinner and opened present. It was so heartwarming this year to see Claire and my cousin's daughter Ashlyn doing all the things we used to do.

Claire loved Ashlyn (who might I add is the HAPPIEST baby I have ever met in my life). Claire wanted to be right there to help with everything. Here she is helping to feed Ashlyn her dinner.


The two hot Mamas by the tree.

When I was a kid Santa always maybe a special stop at my Nonny's house. It has been a few years since he has stopped, but this year he made a special stop to see the girls.


This Claire's face when Santa walked into the living room.


Claire was thrilled to have Santa to herself for a little while. There was no line of kids waiting so she got to chat away.


Claire and Ashlyn had no problem posing for just a few pictures with Santa:)
It is so sweet to see these two sitting on Santa's lap. I can remember like it was yesterday when Christy (Ashlyn' mom and my cousin) and I used to sit on Santa's lap for pictures.


Claire very quietly and politely asked Santa if she could play with his bells. She was so excited when he said yes that she had to run right over to Ashlyn to show her. Ashlyn was so excited that she ate them :)


Santa even had time to listen to a few of the older kids :)


Everyone enjoyed opening their presents.


After all of our stops on Christmas Eve my immediate family always meets back up at my house to exchange our gifts and watch old family movies. Claire loved opening her presents. Nana got her a dress up box with all kinds of dress clothes. Here she is showing Peter her dress up shoes.


Here is Claire with Papa after she opened her PINK ROBE!!!! She was so excited to get her pink robe she wore it all night. When we put her to bed she was all sweaty.


Greg and Sue loved family time.


And before we went to bed we left a plate of cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.

Breakfast With Santa


Today Nana and Papa took us to Breakfast with Santa at their club. We had a delicious breakfast and a wonderful visit with Santa.

Claire loved seeing her friend again today!

Claire reminded Santa about the Quack Quack Duck and kissed him this time and
said thank you. It was precious.


We actually had to tell her "Ok Claire its time to give the other kids a
chance to see Santa now."


Even Mommy and Daddy let Santa know what we wanted for Christmas!


Thank you Nana and Papa we had a GREAT time today :)

On A Perfect Winter Day.......

two buddies suited up and went outside to play in the snow.


They sledded on snowpiles......


and loved it!

They slid down snow piles and loved it!


One of them posed for some pictures.


They started to build a snowman....


and ate some snow.


They continued with their snowman......


and then ate some more snow.


Then took to a break to eat some more snow.


Finally, the two buddies admired their work. It was a perfect winter day :)

On Sunday we went to our local park to see Santa. Claire just loved him! She climbed right on his lap and told him her name and that she wanted a "Quack quack duck". Then she thanked him. It was adorable!

Claire loves Santa. She thinks they are friends now.