Thursday, December 20, 2012

6 months

We had a little photoshoot today and I was going to wait until Saturday to post them (her actual 6 month birthday) but I just couldn't wait.  She is so much fun!
I just wanted to write down some things about her right now that make her the irresistible baby she is
-She still loves to be sung to
-She can roll in big big circles
-She likes to scratch our couch like a little kitty, she likes the sound it makes
-She still likes to be swaddled for nap/bedtime
-She unfortunately does not like to be cuddled or rocked for nap/bedtime, rather just laid down in her crib.
-She's a big talker (big surprise considering her brothers)
-She is very happy all the time
-She LOVES her brothers and laughs at them all the time
-She is very ticklish all over
-She does what I call "an old man smile" where she presses her lips together in a thin line all the time
-After 6 tries, she will finally swallow rice cereal
-Whenever she can see her toes, she will grab them.
-She is mesmerized by Daddy and will smile the minute she hears/sees him (and vice versa)
-She loves to hold Coop's hand in the car.
-She is a social butterfly.  As long as she can see someone, she is happy.
-If I walk from her while she is watching she gets upset.  I usually have to sneak out of the room.
-She sticks out her tongue and plays with it (which may be my most favorite thing that she does)

"Old man smile in the next 2 pictures"




And now for the princess 



We had to take a small break here :-)

Old man smile again



Tongue!



I promise I didn't put any lipstick on her :-)

I can't even put into words how much I love this little girl.  
We are all enamored!

Santa

 Our ward Christmas Party has the best Santa and Mrs. Claus.  The boys were super excited. 
In this picture Carter is busy telling Santa that he wants a remote control angry bird ballon, Cooper is thinking about his remote control monster truck hes going to ask for, and Claire is just fascinated by his beard!



Oh Christmas Tree



Friday, December 14, 2012

pj time

Sometimes

it takes 

a lot 

of pictures 

to 

get 

one

really

good 

one! 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Rice Cereal

She was super thrilled to try rice cereal.  After 5 re-tries, its still the same reaction.  
We'll just keep trying I guess. :-)




Thursday, December 06, 2012

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Dec 1st

Our traditional opening of the December 1st gifts went a little differently than usual this year.  Since my mom and dad are in Russia we did a family video conference with all the grandkids so my parents could see them open their gifts.  It was beyond crazy trying to conference with 23 kids but we did it.  All the kids LOVED their new Christmas PJs, Christmas Books, and Christmas night lights.  And Daduska & Babuska had quite the show watching all the crazy grandkids.




Uncle Josh using the computer to show Daduska & Babuska the presents. 

We had 6 different videos up on one tv screen.

The guys were really excited about the adults Dec 1st gift which is always a Christmas Decoration.

Some of the matching jammies. 

And of course the cute babies. 

Man, Grant looks like a giant next to Claire!



Monday, December 03, 2012

Thanksgiving

You might think there would be pictures of food or turkeys or something but no, we have pictures of us in swimsuits.  We went up to Wyoming to spend Thanksgiving with Caleb's parents and stayed in a hotel with an attached indoor waterpark.  Best thing ever!  We swam for hours everyday.  Oh, and we ate lots of food on Thanksgiving.


Claire had the time of her life...if you couldn't tell by her big smiles.