Spring Break

Well Spring Break is over and Mike is back hitting the books. It was really nice to have some real family time even if we just hung around the house most of the time. We did a few projects and got out in the yard and just had fun as a family. We all miss that - can't wait for school to be done.

In Claire Elaine news -

Claire is eight months old and weighs almost twenty pounds!

Have I mentioned that she kisses now? She has been for a few weeks and I didn't really know what it was at first but now I realize they are her version of a kiss. It is an open mouth sliming with a little tongue licking and if you are really lucky she nibbles you with her teeth. Truth be told it is a little gross but I would not dodge one for the world. Every morning one of the first things she does is give me a kiss. So sweet!

She is really rocking and rolling the sitting up thing now. She has been really stable the last few weeks but we still put a pillow behind her just in case. She hasn't started much signs of crawling or the booty scoot but that is just fine with me - mobility will be the end of what ever I actually get done during the day. She is either lazy or super smart because when she is on the floor rolling around if she doesn't feel like rolling over and getting the toy, she just pulls the blanket to her until she gets it. I think it is pretty smart but I am her mother . . .

We got our new car seats and they are quite the regal thrones for our wee one. It is a Recaro Como.
Very fancy and plush but I will say I miss the pumpkin bucket. It just seemed much easier to get her in and out of. This middle of the back seat stuff is for the birds! I'm sure practice will make perfect.

There would be a new picture of Claire but I am having SD problems - story of my photog life - so the new ones can't be read off the disk but I can see them in the camera, ugh. Any suggestions?