THE INSIDE STORY

ashamed.

2007-12-08T17:18:00.000-08:00

I know I've not posted in a lOnG time! Since I'm pregnant, it's pretty hard to keep up with everything around here. I try to clean, do laundry, and cook (haha! well, um, actually, I have a wonderful hubby that cooks supper for us-unless I'm feeling well enough). This past week I was doing well with cleaning and cooking supper, but then all of a sudden on Friday morning I woke up feeling awful and that whole day was hard for me. I woke up on Saturday (today, actually) feeling better. Good day. :) So, the reason-partly-why I've not posted in a while is b/c I'm trying to keep up with everything. It was the same before I got preg., but I guess I don't feel 100% so when I do feel ok, I'm cleaning or something along those lines. :)

There's not any photos this time. I'm sorry. :( I was thinking about posting a video of Claire sweeping the floor, but it's gone. I have no clue where it went! Weird. It was soo cute. It was in black and white but somehow the broom (yellow) still had its colour. Neat, huh? I'm sad it's gone. Ah well, try to imagine. ;)

Well, I've got a baby that is crying nonstop. Love to yall. :)
PS. I've not read over this, so expect some mistakes or whatever!!

Wednesday-Galveston

2007-11-30T11:14:00.000-08:00

Around 1 o'clock we left for Galveston. Visited Bishop's Palace. Then went to the "ocean". As always Claire loved it. I didn't get wet this time. I think Alasdair had a good time there. :) He left Wednesday evening.

Hope yall enjoy the photos!

PS. Sorry I don't type much. I guess I often feel like people would rather look at photos than hear what I have to say. :) Also, I don't have much time to type. I think it takes up a lot of my time just posting the photos. Smile.

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Kemah Boardwalk.

2007-11-27T14:38:00.000-08:00

On Monday night Alasdair took us out to eat at the Aquarium. Mark, John and Sam went as well. Claire totally enjoyed the fish in the tanks. Hmm, I think I enjoyed it too. Once you have a kido, you become one yourself (that's me anyway!) We all had dessert as you can see. We rarely each have one to ourselves!! I guess John and Sam shared and Carl and I shared. Still, there was a lot of desserts on the table I thought. After we ate, we walked outside a little. Oh wait, Carl pushed me and Claire in her stroller. I was tired and stuffed. We had a good ol time.

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I tried to keep the hat over her ears, so that's why it looks like this.

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Alasdair,Mark,Carl and Claire.

2007-11-27T14:15:00.000-08:00

The "M" stands for Mark (j/k). No, it was something like "millennium capachino". (I'm frustrated--duno how to spell that-I'm sure one of the boys will be telling me). I think the one with the pink sorbet is a cheese cake. The other one was Alasdair's--duno what kind of dessert he had. Mine is the one with the green "grass". It's a key lime pie.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-26T11:59:00.000-08:00

Yes, it was great. Carl made his famous chocolate pudding pie. I'm always impressed with his cooking. The pie was just too delicious. Anyway, I better stop talking about my husband and go on to how the party went (briefly).....

It started at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
After we ate, the guys played crocket outside. I wanted to go out there, but it was a bit cold for Claire. The grass was wet, too. Though, I was out there for a wee bit. The guys decided to go to Jack Brooke's Park. Some said it was boring. I think others had fun. Hayley and I stayed at Mom's . I took a nap with Claire (ooh did that feel good!).

After the guys (Care and Leah went too) came back, we had another thanksgiving meal for supper. :)

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Home again.

2007-11-16T11:30:00.000-08:00

I'm still trying to tell myself that it's OK to travel for long periods of time (this one was "only" 4 hours). I know if Joe and Care see this, they're gonna think I'm crazy. Ah well. I've had this problem of traveling--I get claustrophobic. Anyway, on to our trip...

We arrived Pedernales Falls round 9pm . There were so many things we had to get before we left. I wasn't even thinking about all the stuff we needed at Walmart. Carl went shopping for me-my wonderful man. I never ever would have thought about oil for cooking, foil, tin pans to put things in over the camp stove or fire, the list goes on. He got just about everything we needed. We got there, set up our tent that fits 4 and you can stand in it (that's something I wanted esp having a baby-I can imagine it getting alil frustrating in a too tiny tent). Went to bed.

Carl made breakfast every morning. I know, I felt like I should have, but I had to watch Claire. And we know that Carl would rather do the cooking anyway. ;) We had such wonderful DELCIOUS meals!! However, we were ready for some of our "home food" that includes GREEEEENS!! On Wednesday night we had hamburgers. Those were a hit with me. Hehe :D Afterwards we had s'mores without graham crackers. :) Still good.

We fished, did alitttle hiking, I waded through the water and Carl swam. On Wednesday afternoon, it was pretty hot and I knew Claire needed to have her nap. We couldn't stay in the tent coz it was way too hot. So we got in the truck and drove to the swimming area. By that time, she was asleep...just what we were hoping for!

We had sooo much fun! Glad we're home, though. There's a time for everything. I have this thing where I get emotional when departing somewhere or when people are departing me. I got that thingy when we left the camp site.

On our way home, we visited another camping place called Buescher Park. I think that's where I want to go next time!! Carl fished there and caught one! A wide mouth bass. Is that what it's called? I'm excited about getting into camping!!

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Look at that proud lil look of hers. That knief isn't really sharp. Of course, I took it away pretty quick, so don't worry. :)

Taken on our way to Pedernales Falls. Yes, you see White Cloud disposables. Yuck. I couldn't stand using them. At one point when she was in the water, they filled up soo much, they ripped and I could never retrieve all those "gelly things".

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Carl cooking breakfast. We had sausage,eggs, & peanut butter and jelly sanwiches. Yummy!
Heading to the fishing area. Claire reminds me of a frog.
She *is* smiling--I'm sure you can tell.
She LOVED walking around!!!
Yes, this was taken in the morning. You can see "wake up eyes" (as I call it lol).

2007-11-16T10:31:00.000-08:00

"Bye bye!"

Waiting for Carl........

2007-11-13T10:41:00.000-08:00

Yes, I posted that we're going camping a few hours ago. :) Hehe. Well, Carl is trying to get some work done before we go. Well, it just might be work he has to do anyway (after all, today is a work day!) I've basically got everything ready to go. I'm getting really excited about it!

Anyway, while I am waiting I've decided to post a few things. I got a kick out of Claire today--blowing her nose!! I'm so glad I got 2 photos of that. Lately, I've been blowing my nose coz I've had a cold. I guess that's where she learned it.

The loaf of "bread"....that's my moms recipe. It's totally healthy! No oil and no flour. Yep, that's right. The "oil" is the pulp from my juicer. The "flour" is stuff Mom made: brown rice, millet, felt, and something else I can't remember. Good stuff. :)

Claire is very tired right now. She didn't take a very long nap this morning (30 mins?) Usually it's for about 2 hours. She takes another one at 4pm for about 45 mins.

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Bye!

2007-11-13T08:23:00.000-08:00

We're going camping today!! Woohoo!
We won't be back till Thursday, dv. I hope to post photos and things on Saturday. Love to yall!

Jamba Juice

2007-11-08T12:28:00.000-08:00

My mom recently sent a us a juicer. It's a really neat piece of equipment. I have been making juices for a few weeks now. I feel like they're soo healthy!! I usually use carrots and apples. When Mom came over just last week, she introduced me to putting beets in there. Woohoo! Some fantastic stuff! It'll make your juice taste lovely! It looks lovely too! You know, that purplish colour (that's one of my favorite colours, btw).

Claire can't STAND me on the computer. She gets so upset it makes me upset! Hmm.... maybe I should just ignore her or something. Well, she went poop, so looks like I can't ignore her much longer!! I wonder if she did that on purpose. I have a stinker.

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My lil concoction of pears, beets, grapes & carrots. Sound gross? It's actually very lovely stuff!!
She likes it too! :D

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This was my baby when I was little. Meme brought it when she came. Anyway, Claire really loves her. This one is "Baby Manda". I duno why, but she feels like I need to hold this one. I picks h1er up and tries to hand her to me.

alittle about claire (isn't that always the case anyway? dear me!)

2007-11-07T08:13:00.001-08:00

Claire has been signing a little now. When she sees milk on the table, she starts signing "more". I think she thinks that's what it's actually called. She can sign "happy" too. Now I'm trying to teach her how to sign "pee", so that way hopefully she'll be able to tell me or when I put her on the potty she'll know what I'm talking about. We *hope* one of these days soon she'll get it. :) So far today she's been doing good on the potty. When I try put her on there, you can see she's "trying" (she sorta "pushes" like). I hope I keep on doing this!! I know it takes patience and perseverance. Can anyone encourage me? (lol) Or maybe yall just think I'm crazy.

They're gone now

2007-11-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

Dad, Meme, Jennifer, Vavo & Grandpa were here 31-3rd. I took them to the airport this morning. I'm already sick--missing them. :(

Well, we had a good time while there were here! Vavo made Claire a dress to match Baby Jamie, bought her a frog and a bear. I'll be taking a photo shortly of Claire in her dress w/ her frog and Baby Jamie. :)

We all went to Toys R US the second day they were here. We had lots of fun there. :P It's hard,though when people are buying things for your daughter. From Toys R US (from Dad and meme) she got a toy car/push walker thingy, another toy I don't know how to exlain, and a toilet. Vavo and Grandpa bought her a frog and a bear. She made Claire a pink poncho, a hat to go with it and a dress. Oh, and Meme bought Claire a bunch of different dresses. They're all soo cute! We have much to be thankful for.

Well, Carl is needing me. It's Saturday. He's making our bed right now (amazing). I'll post more later. Hope you enjoy the photos!! Make sure you click on "older posts"--there might be more.

2007-11-03T10:24:00.000-07:00

Grandpa & Claire.
Aww--glad I got that!

Another lil gift from Meme & Dad. Yes, it's Claire's toilet. Isn't it cute? And yes, I'm trying to potty *train* her. I can tell she gets the *idea* of sitting on there, though she's not actually gone pee in there yet. I'm soo hoping she's potty trained by 18 mos. I put her "Baby Jamie" on the toilet to go and then Claire.

2007-11-03T10:17:00.000-07:00

At Toys R US. No, we didn't actually buy that. :) She was just having fun (so were we!)
What kina look is that, Claire?
If she had her way, she'd take each book and throw it behind her. Throwing is her hobby these days. I must say, I have alot of fun at books stores. Here, we're at Barns and Nobles in Bay Area.
From Meme & Dad.
She says "hada?!"

2007-11-03T10:08:00.000-07:00

Meme & Dad bought some books for Claire--so nice to have some new ones!
Grandpa playing the harmonica for Claire. :) Sorry she's not in there. I don't know where she is--but really, she's around. Probably dancing.
Claire is 'into' pointing these days. Sometimes it's another way of saying hello.
My pretty Meme :) We were just sitting down for tea, crackers and cheese waiting for Claire to wake up so we can go shopping.

"Title"

2007-10-30T13:13:00.000-07:00

Here I am! I wrote last on the 23rd. It's now the 30th.

We had communion season. It went well. I wish I could have heard more, but Claire was quite wild during the services. Carl and I think she's going through a funny stage where she's loud (she never really cries, she's just loud!) and likes to move all the time. Especially now that she walks well, she doesn't understand why she has to sit down. I'm amazed how well Jenna does. She just sits down and it so quiet! She falls asleep just sitting in church. Wow. Claire has to be rocked, nursed, ect. She also loves to see the people coming in and points up in the air. I wonder how she's going to be when she gets older. It'll be too amazing if she's a shy type.

Papa & Nana were down. We had a good time. I'm so glad they came! I had my camra to take pics when we went to Galveston with them, but my memory card wasn't in there (which memory card? deary me!)

My parents, sister, and grandparents are coming tomorrow evening round 4:15. I can't wait! Once again, I might not be updating my blog as much. However, I'm sure I'll get around to it better than last week. I just don't think it's really appropriate to be blogging and stuff while a communion is taking place. So yah, this time, it'll be different.

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Taken about an hour ago. :)

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Eating lunch-yesterday.

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I don't mind her getting into stuff (at least, not as much as Carl :p;)) I guess I feel like she doesn't have enough toys; poor thing. :) I think she'll be fine.

She's looking up at Daddy saying "no". See that look she has? She doesn't cry a lot, she just keeps her feelings inside. For example, she has a cut on her finger. Papa (grandpa) pressed his finger on it to see how it felt--you know, to make sure it wasn't infected or anything. She never cried, her lips just shivered--she kept it all inside.

2007-10-30T12:55:00.000-07:00

Nana bought me this book. It's soo good! Basically it has pureed veggies in everything. If it's hard to get your kids to eat their veggies, you have it hidden in their desserts, cocoa, suppers and so on. So cool! You spend an hour a week pureeing veggies. Then whenever you made a recipe from the book, all you do is put in the stuff you've prepared already. For example, if you make mac n cheese (homemade, of course), you can put pureed spaghetti squash in there.

Today (beware-girly talk) :D

2007-10-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

After Claire's nap we went shopping. Yesterday was very cold and I realised that she had nothing to wear! That's right, she has no winter clothes. The only long sleeve I had was a onesie. So today I went to all kinds of places--two consignment shops (first!), Baby Gap, Gymboree, Dillards and The Children's Place. I only got a purple church hat (you'll see it laters, I kept trying to post the photo, but things are going wrong, try again later :)), and a long sleeve corduroy dress, a jean jumper,long sleeve shirt and sleeping pants. Can you believe that's all I found?! Was sorta disappointed. I'm wanting a sweater from Old Navy. I think I'm an Old Navy lady. :) Of course, there's not a whole lot in the stores but online...woohoo!

Sorry there's only one photo--of Betta! lol :) I'm needing to go. Gotta cook supper, get sleeping Claire off my back, and get a little ready for Rev. Bruce Jardine (sp?) He's just staying here one night coz Joe and Care won't be home until late tonight.

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"Betta the Fish". We still have to buy a lil tree/plant to go in there. Whenever we say "BtheF", Claire always gets so excited and starts looking for him. Then she says "Dee! Dee!"

2007-10-22T08:24:00.000-07:00

On Friday we had a tea party for Claire's 1st birthday. Only the girls were there of course. Rachel, Leah, Mom, & me (along w/ R's kids Abby and Ben and Mark's son, Matthew). Claire had so much fun playing w/ the kids. It's soo cute to see Matt and Claire walking. For some reason it makes me want to cry (silly me, I know!) It's neat to see lil ones growing.

I'm not going to be on my blog very much this week. You'll probably see me on Wednesday (hopefully!) We have communion season going, so that's why I'll be absent. Starts on Thursday and ends on Monday. Some of my relatives-Nana & Papa- will be here from Wednesday to Monday. Then on Wednesday the 31st (Claire's real bday) Dad,Mom, Jennifer, Grandpa & Vavo are coming down-they'll be here for a few days. So yah, I'm busy! Today I've gotta work on some more meals for communion.

Hope yall enjoy the photos. I'm going to be on here through out today and *probably* tomorrow and Wednesday. Love yall!

Magazines *EVERYWHERE*---yah, that's my Claire! I've gotta keep her busy somehow!

2007-10-22T08:22:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st Birthday, Claire! She got *so* excited to see all the other kids.

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Claire looking at a few of her gifts :)

Matthew and Claire-they were probably playing the piano

Lil Mat

mischievous claire

2007-10-18T09:44:00.000-07:00

Yah well, this morning was wierd. I couldn't get Claire to take her nap. Finally, I let her down and she took off. I decided to check my emails and things. Every so often I would check on her (she was in the guest room). She was acting weird though. Every time I would go in to check on her, she would run away (her version of running). I just went back to my computer stuff. I went to the family room to find her. I caught her and smelled her....yes! That's what it was! She didn't want me to smell her! That lil stinker! I couldn't believe it. She had a poop diaper so she didn't want me to change her.

2007-10-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

This has gotta be the funniest photo I've seen in a long time! I love it! I'm pretty sure she was screaming. Of course, she ended up falling. Btw, we were playing together and that's why she has pony tails all over her. She really likes them on her-duno why. :D

2007-10-18T09:35:00.000-07:00

We're heading towards the mail box. We like to get out together after dinner to get our mail.

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Here's pony tail lady again! :p

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Baby Jamie and Claire. Yes, that's BJ's purse on Claire :).

out with carl/daddy

2007-10-16T14:32:00.001-07:00

While Claire was taking her morning nap, I did a lot of ironing (we're talking A LOT-like loads!) I love ironing, who doesn't? Ha, just kidding. It makes me thirsty. Duno why. Oh, maybe it's the heat that comes from the iron. Ah well.

Carl came home around lunch time. He told me that we're getting out. So I got ready. Oooh, I love getting out with my Carlos! We went to Masa Sushi (Japanese). Yep, it was good. After our lunch we went to Petco for a few minutes. Claire walked around and looked at the fish and birds. She was so excited! It was funny. She would scream and scream. When we got near the bird cages, it said something like "We are scarred of loud noises"--hehe! Claire comes up screaming! I think the birdies are used to it, coz they didn't seem to stir. I can't wait to go back. (I'm a kid too, you know!) We're going to buy Claire a Betta for her first birthday. What will her fish's name be? I think "Alpha". ;)

good bye people.
PS. sorry no photos just now. they'll be up soon.

2007-10-11T14:41:00.000-07:00

Claire & Abligail looking out the window. It was such a nice morning so that's why I have the window open a lil. :)

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Just a random photo of Claire & Abligail.

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"These are my new shoes!" Pediped. :) We got them in League City, actually. She got to try them on and walk around. She's never really tried to take them off even though she's never worn shoes (except when she was a new born...for looks :P). I'm relieved that she walks well w/ them. I was alil worried that we'd have to train her to like shoes. Anyway, these are her everyday purple ones. At some stage I'd like to get her some brown pedipeds for church.

mothers poll

2007-10-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

Haha! Who are all these people voting on babe shampoos?! I didn't know people actually visited our blog like this. Hmm.... Well, here is where yall can comment. Let me know what yall are thinking. I'd like to know who likes what! :D

walkin, kissin, growin......

2007-10-08T10:06:00.000-07:00

Yay! Some photos are up! Sorry it's been awhile. I just had to find the time to go to Walgreens. Anyway...

Friday Carl, Claire, John, Sam & I went to Galveston. They went fishing and had a great time. I had a great time w/ our lil Claire. She was walking around. Loved the water even more than last time we went. She would scream when she saw the waves coming. I think it's amazing how a few weeks make such a different w/ a little one.

To see the photos of Claire w/ her doll click on "older posts". The dolls name is "Baby Jamie". Vavo sent it in the mail for Claires 1st birthday. I've learned alot about what Claire knows. Like, she kisses Baby Jamie, pats her on the head, ect. I never knew she knew about these things.

Claire is eating paper. Bye for now.

2007-10-08T10:04:00.000-07:00

Last time we went to the beach (a few weeks ago), yall will notice that Claire was crawling; now she's walking :).

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For some reason in all the photos I took of my hubby, he was never looking at the camera, just his lil fish.

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There's something very cute about this photo-hehe. I don't know about yall, but don't you imagine catching something pretty big, being at the Gulf of Mexico? I duno, I just thot it was cute, here we're at the ocean and John catches a teeny tiny fish. (Laughing out loud)

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Kissing her hand

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She just loves "Baby Jamie" hehe :)

Claire trying out her legs

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I hope this lil video turns out!

We're still 'round!

2007-10-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Partly why I've not posted in awhile is because it's time for me to take my cam. to Walgreens and print them out. My cam. is full of pictures!! I don't want to start deleting them! Another reason: I'm busy! :)

Today I made cheddar squash soup. I plan on freezing it. Hopefully I'll have made all my meals for communion when it comes around. I've actually never made meals ahead of time. But I always find that when communion comes, I wish I had!

This morning Claire has been walking more than ever! . She can stand up for much longer. Yesterday she would grab something off the floor and stand up again. I sure hope she's walking well by her first birthday (Oct.31)! I really want to get her a pair of shoes (hehe!) I like www.pediped.com.

I hope to get some pictures up reeely soon!! I'm probably going to Walgreens this afternoon (after Claire wakes up). So keep visiting our blog!

Incase some of yall forgot or whatever, my *new* email address is: stephaniesmith1008@gmail.com

Quite busy!

2007-09-25T14:30:00.000-07:00

In the morning hours, I was busy cleaning and ironing (while Claire was taking her nap). Carl came home, we had lunch. After that me and Claire went to the library, went to the post office. While I was there this lady talked to me about breast feeding. It was very nice to hear what she had to say, actually! She nursed for 2 years (twins) and donated breast milk. Anyway, I just thought she had lovely things to say about nursing. :) After the post office, we took some of our clothes to the cleaners. Then we went to Jareds to have our wedding rings checked, cleaned, ect. Hmm...I'm embarrassed to say what I did next. :D Hehe. Well, I was very thristy. Yep, I got something to drink.....Jamba Juice. :) Brighteyed Blackberry drink. Yummy! Claire really enjoyed it too. :) Believe me, I *NEVER* do that sort of thing. Now I'm home and I've gotta start supper. I like to start at 4pm usually, but um, its 4:42 right now. Ah well. I've been busy all day. Being on the internet is my way of taking a break sometimes. ;)

A day at the beach

2007-09-24T07:25:00.000-07:00

On Saturday around 12:30 we left for Galveston. We drove and drove, looking for a place where it would be just us. After about 30 mins of driving and looking, we finally found a place off of a neighborhood. Wonderful! I could hardly believe that Carl was serious (that he found a place w/ no one).

We had sooo much fun!! It was simply a blast. Claire has been to the ocean before, but she was about 5 1/2 months then. Now she is 11 months. She absolutely loved the water! Of course, she would have put a lot of sand in her mouth had we not stopped her. Hehe. She crawled (not near the water, believe me!) That was fun for her. Carl swam some.

We got home around 4pm. Claire had a nice long nap. I made supper, cleaned and then made a dessert to take to Joe and Care's. When we got there, Claire saw this interesting toy that Julia just got from a neighbor. She got to the toy (or near it) by walking 6 steps!!!! I wanted to cry; I couldn't believe it.

Claire is needing me (as usual). I've been on here for awhile, trying to post all the pics. Now I'm leaving. Love yall!!!

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This might look alil scarry to some of yall,but actually she's perfectly fine. :)

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Aww...both crawling together! lol

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Taken yesterday

the past week

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For the past week Claire has been teething. Our nights have been crazy. Ah well. We're hanging in there! I finally got some teething tablets. They're homeopathic ones, so I'm glad about that. I think they've been helping her out.

This week, I've just cleaned....and cleaned. And guess what? If you came to my house right now, it would be a mess! Sadness. I try. :) Other than cleaning, I've gone to Barns and Nobles Bookstore. I really like those kina places. I was looking at the book "What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing". Also, "The Well Fed Baby". No, I didn't get either of them. I think I'll try to look for some books on Amazon-hopefully they'll be cheaper there.

Is Claire walking? Not yet! Boohoo. I am hoping that she's walking by her first birthday!! Ha, that's next month! We'll see. Lately,tho, she's been standing up a lot, so that's good news. It's almost like her brain wants to go forward (when she's standing), but her legs just don't go and she ends up falling. :(

Well, that's it for now. I've gotta get this babe in her bed. She's been on my lap.
Love yall!

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Daddy took this pic just before she was supposed to take her nap. You think she looks "too awake"? Yah well, we had to wait for about an hour before she actually fell asleep. :s

2007-09-20T09:58:00.000-07:00

She's eating her lunch. It's kina hard to feed her with a spoon. She likes to feed herself these days.

2007-09-20T09:55:00.000-07:00

Can you tell she's done? I thought it was kina funny how she ate all the cheese, most of the turkey, but not really the bread. She knows what she likes! :D

2007-09-20T09:51:00.000-07:00

She's just making sure Daddy's shirt looks good. She likes to help me out, you know.

2007-09-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

Hi there! I guess it's my turn to say something... Steph has been telling me I have get something written for our blog, so here goes.

Of course, Steph is the one that everyone wants to hear from, right? She's the nice one ;-) . And I would like to say she's doing a good job at blogging, or at least keeping current photos up. Thanks Steph! You make this a fun place to visit, Dear. And I'm sure it means a lot to your family who aren't able to see Claire and you (and me?) as much as they would like.

But maybe, Steph, you should give a little run down of what we've been up to lately. Or perhaps I should do that just now....

(I'm not much of a blogger, so bear with me here)

Not much going on around here really, just busy with work etc. I'm, of course, running a small company and Steph is being a wonderful mom and wife. Right now Mark, my brother, is living with us, till we move into a house. As you can see from the photos Matthew, Mark's son, is over here with us sometimes. (He's a really 'cool' guy, just like his dad,, uh,, well, he's a really cool guy, usually very happy and good natured, unless he's acting like his dad -- uh, I think I need to be careful here! lol.) Steph and I are really wanting to get out of this apartment and get into a house, so we've been keeping a look out for a place to buy. We hope to move by the early part of next year, D.V. We are hoping to find a place where Claire (and Dad!) can have pets, etc.(!). That's kinda our dream, so that might have to wait a few years. But for now, it's apartment life, which means enjoy the indoors!

I really have a good excuse to end this for now... I need to take Steph to get something to eat (we'll have to wait on buying that house another month, Steph). I have some things to do this evening, so thought I would take Steph with me and get something out.

Signing off for now,
Carl

2007-09-17T07:22:00.000-07:00

Her "hat" is the part that goes under her skirts.

2007-09-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

I absolutely love wearing Claire--it's so much fun :D.

2007-09-17T07:15:00.000-07:00

This is what she looks like when she's hiding something--like in her mouth.

2007-09-17T07:12:00.000-07:00

We're trying to get Claire to look at the Cam. I thot this was a cute pic for some reason. Probably for several reasons. My husband is in there & Daddy is looking at daughter. How sweet.

2007-09-17T07:09:00.000-07:00

Us :)

2007-09-17T07:04:00.000-07:00

A funny pic of me, a lovely one of Claire. I just feel like I look so wierd, ah well. Anyway, Claire is the important one. There's so many good things I can say about her. She decided to spit her food out. It landed on her tummy...she looked below, and.....you guess it: rubbed it all over. I'm sure it felt interesting. I never like to interupt those moments.

2007-09-17T07:02:00.000-07:00

Mat and Claire. She looks alil different,eh? Yah, she's sneezing. (lol)

2007-09-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

Claire is just being her sweet self--trying to give something to Mat. How cute is that.

2007-09-17T06:51:00.000-07:00

Matthew. I was babysitting him. Orange shirt...orange spoon. Hehe :) Some of yall might not think that's particularly funny, but I do. :D

2007-09-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

Me just wearing Claire

2007-09-13T10:46:00.001-07:00

This morning we went to Houston--me and Claire. Wow, I'm so happy that I did it!! I mean, I never drove into Houston by myself like that. You're probably wondering where we went. Well, there was an API (attatchment parenting international) meeting taking place there. It was pretty much right by Rice University. I got out of the van and all of the sudden I see all these mothers wearing their babes! Lovely! The meeting itself didn't go as I thought it would. I'm glad I went,though. :) There was also a shop that we went to "A Mothers Work". They have a bunch of baby colthes, nursing wear, slings,ect.

Hello yall

2007-09-12T18:05:00.001-07:00

Care, Julia and Jenna were here most of the day. Poor Care. She had knee surgery, so she can't use that knee for another 5 weeks. :(

I really have hurry. It took a while posting all the photos. I have to be w/ my people now. Much love to yall!!

2007-09-12T18:01:00.000-07:00

Care, Jenna, Joe, Carlos & Claire Marie. We just got done eating (obviously).

2007-09-12T18:00:00.000-07:00

Yep, this is Care....

2007-09-12T17:58:00.000-07:00

Hehe ;):P

2007-09-12T17:54:00.000-07:00

Claire & Jenna playing together. We were trying to get Jenna to push the the walker.

2007-09-12T17:52:00.000-07:00

Claire, Julia & Jenna.

2007-09-11T14:36:00.000-07:00

Today Mommy and Claire went to the library. We could only get two books for the first time. We got "Mama, Do You Love Me?" and "Touch and Feel Farm" While I was looking for books--Claire was smiling at all the young kids doing their homework. It was cute! Lately her books have been her "toys".

2007-09-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

Daddy and Claire.

2007-09-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

Today we decided to get some pots for our houseplants. Carl did the job of course--he loves this kina stuff! :D