Eight Months =)

I can't believe it is almost the beginning of February!! Claire is growing SO fast. She is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on anything she can get her hands on. It seems like she is getting new teeth everyday and is starting to look more like a little person than a baby!

Claire loves to ride around on Daddy's shoulders=)

In her pack n play, I think she's ready to get out!

Claire loves hangin' out with Gramps, she is still trying to pull his necklace off=)

Daddy giving Claire a raspberry, she thinks this is hilarious.

"Anybody wanna arm wrestle?" Already taking after her Daddy and her Gramps!

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.

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!