Christmas and a New Year update=)

It has been a crazy few weeks! Claire is now fully mobile and busier than ever. She is into EVERYTHING=) She is fearless and constantly looking for ways to challenge herself. We can't believe she is 7 1/2 months old already. It's true what they say about time flying by, and it seems like the older we get the faster it goes. Christmas was perfect. Claire was so cute and actually opened all of her presents herself! (for the most part) I think the most exciting part for her was the wrapping and tissue paper=). I am SO ready for this snow to be gone! My friend and I finally went for a walk the other day after what seemed like an eternity of being hold up in our houses. It was so nice just to be outside even if it was still cold as heck. Brandon is great, working hard as always. It is so cute, now when I ask Claire "Where's Dada?" She actually looks at him with this huge toothy (yes, she has 4 of them now!!) grin. Speaking of, there she is so I better run. We hope the New Year finds everyone happy and healthy and here's to a GREAT 2009!!

This is Claire and her friend Karter. He is my roommate Tara from Eastern's little guy and was born 10 days after Claire.

Claire after she opened up her elephant (Ellie). I think she likes it!

Claire working on a present Christmas Eve!

Our family after Christmas Eve service. Claire wasn't that excited for a photo shoot, she was ready for presents!!

Brandon thought it would be fun to jump off the deck into the massive amount of snow in our back yard.