Claire is Crawling!

Here is a short videoes of claire starting to crawl!

Sweater Party!!

This weekend we went to our annual ugly Christmas sweater party at the Pugh's house. It was a blast as always and there were some real doosies (sp?)!! It was so much fun to see everyone and there was plenty of Holiday cheer to go around!! Here are a few pictures, enjoy!!

Here we are in our beautiful sweaters=)

Kent, Brandon and Jeff's "squish face" pic

Team Wrong Lane (our bowling team) returns in 2009!! Watch out Double June and Friends!!

Karissa, Jeff and us before the sweater exchange, we decided we all look like little people standing with Jeff here. Such a "bloggable" pic, don't ya think?

Holy Snow!!!

Well, it is officially winter here!! We have gotten about 2 feet of snow since yesterday and it is still coming down...HARD!! Brandon, Claire and I braved the roads this morning and went to Sears where we purchased the LAST snow blower they had. All is well with our clan. I can't believe Christmas is in a week! I am actually ready for it this year though and so excited for Claire's first Christmas. Here are some recent pictures of her. She is growing like a weed, literally, and has also gotten her first tooth. Claire has a ton of personality and is SO busy!! Enjoy the pictures and Merry Christmas!!! God Bless, Jayme, Brandon and Claire

I know I post a messy baby food pic every time but I think they are so stinkin' cute!

Claire this morning in the snow...It is deeper than she is tall!!

A girl after Gramps' heart....Go Steelers!!

The three of us going to Brandon's work Christmas party last weekend

This is Claire's new thing. She copies us when we lean to the side and thinks it's hilarious

Thanksgiving weekend with cousins!!

We had such a great Holiday weekend!! Claire got to spend time with all 4 of her cousins which was so fun to see. Brandon got to play in a Turkey Bowl game with Griffin IN Joe Albi stadium!! It was so neat (who gets to play on Thanksgiving in an actual stadium on new turf??) Of course Griff had connections =) Then Friday we got to see all of Brandon's siblings and hang out with all of the babies. We are very blessed with such loving families and are very thankful for each one of them. Claire is so close to crawling now and is very efficient in reverse. She can also sit all by herself!! She just turned 6 months old (already??) and is such a fun happy little girl. She also got to go wine tasting with Grams Becky, Dad and I. Mostly she wanted to suck on the glass=) She really loves being around people and taking it all in.

The applesause is obviously a hit!

Our Family!!

Claire at the winery

Sitting all by herself in her 3 point stance

All the cousins!! Claire, Maddie, Elsa, James and Parker

5 1/2 months already!!!

Claire is 5 1/2 months already!! She loves playing with her Daddy=)

Carrots were much more popular than peas! She loves her carrots and it is so fun feeding them to her.

Claire is SO close to crawling!! She can get herself up on all fours then falls over, it is so cute! She is definately her daddy's girl, she works SO hard at everything she tries to do!

Claire vs. peas

Claire had her first go at babyfood yesterday... It was the funniest thing we had ever seen! I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that peas are not her favorite=) She was such a good sport though, and choked them down realy well. By the end, she actually was enjoying the whole thing! She clearly much prefers to suck on an apple slice! We hope everyone had a very Happy Halloween weekend! On to Thanksgiving!!

Pumpkin Patch =)

Well, we made the trip to Greenbluff yesterday. It was a beautiful day and Claire loved the pumpkins! It is so much fun to see her experience things for the first time. More than anything, she just wanted to eat the pumpkin stems=)

Brandon just installed a pull-up bar in our garage (crazy, I know...who wants to do those for fun??) He strapped Claire into her front carrier and she thought doing pull-ups with Dad was about the coolest thing ever! It was so cute so here's a picture of that too.

Happy Fall!!

Well, a busy week as ususal around here! Brandon was out of town for work so it was just us girls! I'm not going to lie, it's much harder by myself! You don't realize how much you really appreciate taking a shower while Dad plays with Claire until he's gone a few days and showering is dwindled to about 2 minutes=)

Claire got to spend some precious time with her Great Grandma Mary last weekend, 4 generations of girls together! It was fun to see. She is rolling over like crazy and trying so hard to crawl (it's more like a scoot). She is really starting to laugh often now which is so much fun and the cutest thing we have ever heard.

We hope everyone is enjoying the changing fall colors as much as we are!!=)

Claire and Gracie love eachother...it is so cute!!! She is such a happy baby and I can't help taking a TON of pictures!!! We are doing great will add more soon!!!

Here are a few pics of Claire

October already!!

Well, we're finally doing it. Karissa and Jeff talked me into starting one of these things so here goes. Brandon and I have been married for almost 4 1/2 years now and life is definately in full swing!! We had our daughter, Claire Nicole on May 24th and she amazes me more and more everyday!! She was 8lb, 22in at birth and now weighs in at 16lbs and 26in so she is definately growing like a weed=) Having a child is so much different and more than I could have ever imagined and I thank God everyday for blessing us with this little angel.

As for Brandon, he is busy as ever! He is the district manager for Boyd Coffee here in Spokane and when he's not working he's "crossfitting." This is a new workout he started a couple of months ago and he literally has a different body from it! I'm not surprised though, he works hard at everything he does. Brandon is also a great Dad and Husband. There's nothing that makes me happier than seeing him with his daughter and she lights up everytime he comes in the room.

I am really happy these days. I am incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to stay at home with Claire and loving every minute of it. She will not take a bottle so this pretty much dictates my day=) I love to take her and Gracie (our 2 year old Golden Retriever) on walks and spend time with family and all of my good friends who have recently had little ones also! I will try and update this often and want to thank Karissa for talking me into starting!