Potty Training!

So the time has come for us to start potty training!! I finially ordered her potty and got her first pack of Easy Up Training pants and mini m&m's as her reward. She has been telling us lately when she pees and since we have a 2 1/2 month window before we go back to Cleveland and we are under the impression that we may be having surgery again shortly after that apointment. So we figured we would try to start this process in the window. I figure if it doesn't work we will try later but hopefully she will take on to it quickly. I guess only time will tell, wish her luck!!

Family Visits!

The Splash Pad!!!

Happy girl!!

In the car at Nana and Grandpa Richey's!!!

Feeding Ducks with Jamma and Popop!

In a pool for the first at Rachel and Emma's!

So we have been a busy little family in the month of August! First Claire and I went to D.C. with my parents to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday! and Mitch was lucky enough to be able to drive out and Friday and come home Sunday! And Joe caught a bus from New York so everyone was there for the special day!! Claire and Chloe got a long great!!! Claire got in an actual pool for the first time this summer, it was a great weekend!! Chloe would grab Claire's hand and they would walk around together and chase each other it was priceless!! They are so sweet with each other and I hope they will have a special bond :o) It's always sad when we leave but we will be seeing them soon in Uniontown when we go for Cousin Jamie's baby shower this coming weekend! After we left D.C. on the 16th we came home and left the 17th for our journey down south! O wait how could I forget while we were in D.C. my best friend Andrea (Claire's godmother) got engaged in Las Vegas! It was surprise and we couldn't be happier for her and Tim!! They will be getting married in Naples in April so we are very excited for the wedding!! Ok so we left the 17th for Cincy we stayed with Matt and Desi and on the 18th started our trip to Asheville, NC to visit Jamma and Pop for a day! We had a great time there, we hope to make some more trips down that way. The next day we went up to Knoxville, for the Bristol race/ Grandpa Richey's 50th birthday celebration! Matt, Desi, and Landon also made it down and we got to see Collin and Katie and Sarah and Emily. The kids were so good with one another we took them to get professional pictures and we got the best picture that was possible. We also took the kids to a splash pad in downtown where they had a blast! Claire was hysterical, she would watch all the kids and laugh! Such a happy baby that we have!! Hopefully Nana and Grandpa Richey enjoyed all of the craziness of the kids! Nana has a car at their house that Claire fell in LOVE with the kids would fight over it but they did a pretty good job of taking turns. I guess we will be getting Claire a car for her birthday! We came home the following Monday and Grammy Tracy and Grandpa J moved to a house 3 streets over from us, so we got to visit them when we got back. It is nice having them within walking distance! We have been laying low since getting back from our trips and we will be taking another one before we know it! Also Mitch's brother Bryan is coming home from Boot camp for the National Guard! We are so proud of him and can't wait to see him! Heidi and Him will be getting married in October so we have a wedding to look forward too!!! I'm sorry it took me so long to post it's just been nice relaxing the

17 Months

She is FREE!!! Claire got her casts off on Thursday and it was a great day! Her fingers look amazing from where we started is great! She has been using them and discovering her new digits! We were under the impression we might be done for awhile but we got back in 3 months and are guessing we may start the lengthening process again after that. We are hoping that it starts sooner than last time because it would be nice to have the summers for swimming and getting wet but we will take whatever we are allowed from Dr. Seitz. Claire got her first bath on Friday in almost 5 months! She loved it and played and then we went to a friends house to swim and she was in heaven to be outside and do what she wanted! There is a video of her on the way home from Cleveland on Thursday, she was checking everything out and it was so sweet! We love our baby and our so proud of her! And I can't believe she is 17 months old already! Before we know it she will be 2 years old!! I'm sorry I didn't put too many pictures up but I will try to work on it tomorrow. She is getting so tall and is such a big girl. She crawled up into the recliner at my parents and was watching TV today! She hasn't been able to crawl up into furniture with the casts but now nothing is holding her back!