Merry Christmas!

Where is Ming Ming, Lenni, and Tuck?? Claire has celery!
Happy Girl!
Opening more gifts!
Christmas!!! Opening presents!!
In her new chair that Santa brought her!
Christmas run down the hallway!
Santa was here!
Christmas Eve, oooo Puzzles
Christmas Eve at the Kell's
Joe and Claire
Annie and Claire

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!! Claire had a Great 3rd Christmas!! I should back up to December 23rd, that is when we had a mini Christmas with Uncle Joe and Annie (his girlfriend). Her mom made Claire a Pillow case and Pillow she loves! She walks around with and will lay down on it! It was nice to be spend time with both them!! Saturday was a crazy day! She got all kinds of goodies from Santa, A Dora couch that flips out like a bed, and a Tag Jr, which she loves! Books, and clothes, and coloring books! Mega Blocks and many other toys! She was a very happy and overwhelmed girl on Saturday Morning! We had a nice time opening gifts with Ju Ju, Fredpa, MiMi, and pa J. Later that day we had Dinner at Juju's and Fredpa's house and it was very nice to spend time together. JuJu and Fredpa got a Slide for their house for Chloe and Claire and Claire had a blast playing with it!!! She wore herself out and slept almost 12 hours which is not common for Little Miss Claire. We also got to skype with Aunt D, Bub, and Chloe. We found out we will be hopefully celebrating Christmas in Severville, TN next year with my mom's side of the family! This Christmas was a lot of fun and I'm sure it will just keep getting more fun as each year passes by! We are so blessed and thankful for our Family and Friends!!!

Nana and Papaw Christmas!

Claire was lucky to have her second Christmas with Nana and Papaw a week before Christmas! She was a very lucky girl,she received an Art Easel and Pillow pet!! She loves them both, and clothes of course!! And some other things of course!! It was so nice to visit with them, and we are exctied to see them again for Aunt Sarah's Wedding Jan. 8th!!! It will be here before we know it!! Mommy and Daddy got some goodies too!!! I took some pictures but of course Claire wouldn't look at the camera!!! This girl is so hard to get a good picture!! Although we did take her to get some pictures taken at a professional place in Mansfield because they had a deal for 10 bucks, and I was really impressed. I think I know where we will be going for her 2 year old pictures! Ugh That's scary she is going to be 2 in a little over 2 months! We are planning on doing another party, Dora Themed possibly! Oh, I'm getting ahead of myself!! We have some exciting times coming up, weddings and birthdays and trips to Florida!!

Santa!

Fredpa and I took Claire to the mall today to try and get our picture with Santa. Claire was not a fan of him at all, she cried (as you can see in the picture above!). She was very upset and buried her head in Fredpa's shoulder after we left, she must not like strangers, which is a good thing! I'm gonna try to go get some pictures taken at a professional place tomorrow so we can have some happy pictures of Claire in her very pretty dress! I love my baby girl and hope I haven't scarred her for life!! I hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season!!

SNOW!

As many of you know Ohio got pounded with snow this weekend. I bought Claire a snow suit and took her out for a few minutes yesterday, and I had to bring her in screaming and crying. She was picking up the snow and throwing it. She didn't make snow angels or anything but I thought maybe next time! I am going to have to get her a little sled for Grandma Crystals and Fredpa's! They have a nice hill in their back yard, we have a little one but not much of one. I was afraid she was really going to hate snow because she hasn't walked in it yet, but yesterday she had no problem!! Good thing I got her a snow suit on Black Friday!! Now I just hope that this snow stops for a bit and it gets a little warmer, but who am I kidding we live in Ohio!

Christmas with Grammy and Grandpa J!

We had our first christmas (of the year) this past weekend with Grammy and Grandpa J's house! All of Mitch's brothers were able to get together with all the kids, it was complete chaos but I loved every minute of it! Unfortunately I deleted all the photo's from the kids opening their presents on our camera! I was so mad, but it happens. The kids had a blast playing together and opening presents. The boys (Landon and Brayden) got into the gifts under the tree, but that is expected! Claire still hasn't gotten the idea of presents, either that or there was just too much going on for her to focus, so maybe by Christmas morning she will get it?? The kids were playing in a cardboard box and having a blast!~ Why do we buy actual toys??? During that time of play they knocked over the christmas tree! Claire was upset and kept saying " Oh No" which is a popular phrase for our munchkin. Everything was fine but the kids' reactions were so funny! It was very nice to see everyone, it doesn 't happen very often! We love when everyone can get together! Now on to our second christmas of the year this coming weekend!

Baking Cookies

Claire got a taste of what it is like to make cut out cookies yesterday with Grandma Crystal. She had a snow day so Claire and I got to spend some time with Grandma Crystal and

Fredpa. Claire was not a fan of the flower but she had a great time rolling out the dough!! We will have to make some more cookies, she had a blast!! Last Thursday our attempt with santa was a bust, so we are hoping to try again this week, we will see. I hope everyone is enjoying the season, although in Ohio right now it's snowy and COLD! We can't wait for Claire's 2nd Christmas this weekend with Grandpa Richey and Nana! It has been a long time since we have seen them, probably too long! I can't believe how fast December is flying by!!

21 Months!

Holy cow I'm actually doing a blog on the right day and Claire is 21 months today!!!! I can't believe it! She is such a little diva, and before we know it she will be two! This has been a busy week for us, Mitch and I have finals, I'm finishing up my clinicals, and the Pletcher Christmas this weekend!!!! So much excitement!! I can't wait to be done with classes.....ahhh it will be nice to spend some time with my Claire Bear. She is still getting over a cold/cough, so am I and Mitch hopefully it will end soon. I think because of this she has been getting up at 3, 4, and 5 am......it's been rough for both Mitch and I. I am hoping she will soon get into her old pattern. Potty training will begin again next week! She has been showing interest in her potty and telling me when she's going I just wanted to wait until I could give her my complete attention, so we will see how it goes...to be done with diapers would be a blessing. She is talking us in circles, she already will take my phone and say "Call Choooey" or Pa or Jewjew(grandma Crystal), or Mimi (grammy Tracy)...you get the picture and we will call them for her and she will talk and talk. That is definitely something she loves to do! Her vocabulary amazes me, and she is starting to mock so when we watch football games mommy and daddy have to watch what they say!! Uncle Joe has been back on break and Claire is so funny with him, "Come on Joe" is one of her catch phrases. We have been working on Santa and baby Jesus but haven't gotten anywhere yet. I am planning on taking her Thursday to get her picture taken with Santa. Fingers crossed she doesn't loose it!!! We got our first big snow this weekend and Claire doesn't really know what to think of it, we will have to throw the snow suit on and let her loose! I can't believe how fast time has been flying by, but she is amazing! My mom asked me the other day how I felt about everyone getting pregnant again and I couldn't be happier!! I know it does make you think about having another one, but we aren't there yet as a family. But we are excited about all the new cousins and friends to be here shortly!!! (ok mid winter and early summer!) Christmas is going to be a ball next year with all the kids!! I will try to post the Santa pix as early as I can!!! Happy 21 Months Baby Claire!!!! Sorry no picture for today but there will be some later this week!

Thanksgiving!

Claire Bear

Chloe got a purse!

In The Pool!

Claire Bear!

Chloe...which toy should I pick????

We had a great thanksgiving this year! Claire and Chloe really played with each other, it was amazing how much they've changed in 3 weeks! We went to D.C. for Thanksgiving, Jamma and Popop got a Time Share in Alexandria and we had Aunt Connie and Uncle Ed over along with Brad, Danielle, and Chloe, and Mom and Dad. Danielle and I did a lot of Black friday shopping, we went out at 9:30 pm on Thanksgiving and got home 5:30 am on Friday and then went shopping again....on Friday and of course on Saturday too! The girls played in a jacuzzi tub that was in the time share, they called it a "pool". They really enjoyed each other, and it's always sad when we have to leave. Alhthough we were there from Wednesday until Sunday it was a great stay! Brad and Mitch even got to go out and get a few drinks. Now Thanksgiving is over.....we can move on to Christmas!

Chloe's 2!

The Girl's at Aunt Connies!

Annie and Claire

Ooo a present for me??!!

Chloe and Claire!

Chloe's Cake!

Chloe turned 2 on November 7th! Claire and I went with Fredpa and Grandma Crystal to D.C. for the event! Chloe had her party at Uno's Pizza and everyone had a great time! We also got to see Uncle Joe and his girlfriend Annie! We missed Mitch, but had a good time. The girls had fun playing with each other, it's always hard to leave, but this time we knew we would be back in 3 weeks for Thankgsgiving!! The girls had a wonderful time at Aunt Connie and Uncle Ed's playing with balloons!!! It was a great trip and I can't believe Chloe is 2 already, before we know it Claire will be too!