Claire and Daddy

Here are some pics of what Claire and her Daddy do together!! Brandon is a workout fanatic and Claire is always so curious about what he's doing. He had her doing pullups, squats, you name it way early on;) Check out the video of Brandon doing handstand pushups with Claire being her normal busy self!! I have no idea why the video is sideways or why there is no sound but you get the idea.

I let Claire feed herself yogurt and this is what happened;)

Both tired after their pushups, Claire really worked hard here;)

She loves this! I remember when I was a little girl my dad doing pushups like this too;)

Most everyone says she looks more and more like daddy! What do you think?

Here are a few pictures of the fam from my 28th (gasp! when did that happen??) birthday. It was a great day filled with family and I am reminded again how truly blessed I am to be surrounded with such wonderful people!!

Claire has pretty much always been a terrible solid food eater! She is getting better especially when she has her cousin Maddie around to show her how good it is!!

Yes, this is a Dairy Queen Blizzard cake and wow, YUM!!!!

Claire couldn't wait to dive in! Even though it was my bday, she insisted on the first bite;)

Her godmother Lauren and Uncle Griff got her this cute san diego shirt and Claire just had to sport Lauren's heels too!

This is my cousin Kelsey and her little guy Keegan, how cute is he?? He wil be one on Christmas eve;)

Trip to the park, our little climber and Claire's new friend

I'm horrible at updating our blog on a regualr basis so here is another slew of Claire-pics. Instead of writing much here I'll caption the pics for your viewing enjoyment! Take care and Happy Fall to all=)

Claire's latest thing she loves to do is snuggle her toes. Yes, I realize that sounds odd but it's so cute and she actually does love them=)

I love how she is standing here! Such attitude...

Nothing cuter than a daddy and his little girl holding hands

Deep in thought, 'what should I do with this branch?'

Ready to go down the slide. This girl LOVES slides

One of many tunnels.

Looking through, "hello??"

Another one of my favorites. She can't get enough of spinning around.

I love CDA! And how cute are these two?

She has figured out how to climb our breakfast bar chairs and get onto the counter. I found her like this after coming out of the bathroom the other day=)

This is Claire's new friend, Mr. Spider. She looks at him all the time. He is HUGE and I HATE spiders but my Dad told me he is the "good kind" so we decided to leave hime alone.

It really is kind of fascinating to watch him, especially from BEHIND the window=)

Yet more pics of Claire;)

I don't have much time to post right now so I'll just put a few captions by these pics of our little angel who is now 15 months old!!

Claire's Aunt Karissa let her wear one of Maddie's tutus at Maddie's first birthday party! I thought she would try to rip it off right away but she LOVED wearing it and didn't want to take it off!

The boys were having a "fly swatting contest" and Jeff actually killed one on Brandon's sleve! You can see it if you enlarge the pic. Jeff wasn't messin' around;)

Claire has been really into wearing her little swimmer diapers as hats for some reason. She thinks she is hilarious and we think it's pretty funny too

The weird thing is she WILL NOT wear 'normal' hats ever!

She just discovered the Wiggles and thinks they make breakfast time way more fun!

Literally the only time of the day she sits still...

Claire loves to play with boxes, probably more than actual toys!

Summer fun!!

I can't believe summer's already half gone. How depressing. Just the thought of cold and snow makes me want to snuggle into my down comforter and watch a movie. Good thing we have the sweltering heat to keep my mink off that!! This summer has been great. Claire is getting some good time in at the local splash pads and loving her little pool in the back yard. We are all doing great!! Claire is amazing us in new ways everyday. She is so stinkin' smart and SUCH a climber! She has already taken tumbles out of her crib and pack n' play. What am I supposed to do with her while I shower now? Seriously though, any advise here would be greatly appreciated. Here are some pictures of our family (mostly Claire) over the last month. Enjoy!!!

Daddy and Claire saying "cheese!!!" for the camera!

The fam at a wedding.

One of my FAV pics. Claire's first trip to Coeur d' Alene beach

Claire attempting to do Crossfit with her Daddy

Running across the backyard to attack the flowers. This kid has a serious flower obsession

The splash pad in Millwood Park.

Sharing the nut she found at the park with me.

We love this sweet girl;)

Claire's first birthday, new backpack and the lake!

Once again, it has been a while since I've updated the blog. Tons went on in May so here are a TON of pictures to document it! First of all, for Mother's Day Claire got me a Kelty Kids backpack which I have to admit that Brandon wears it most of the time because the 23 lbs Claire weighs plus the 10lbs the pack weighs is pushin' it for me. It is AWESOME though and Claire loves to ride around it it.

Claire turned ONE one the 24th and to celebrate we went up to Bayview and took the boat out with my parents. She had so much fun and mostly liked picking up and trying to eat all the rocks=)

The next day we had a birthday party with family and friends. It was a blast and a great time was had by all. Claire absolutely demolished her cake and had a great time with all her friends. Here are the pics I promised!!

On her new Barbie hotwheels from Grams and Gramps

Her Lego wagon from Grandma Kari, she loves to get in and watch the people walk by!

Brandon and his brother Adam. Parker is one month younger than Claire

Claire loves to sit in the rocks in our yard and examine each one=)

This is one of my favorite pics! Claire fell asleep while Brandon was vaccuuming. So sweet.

Pre cake

Swimming with her boyfriend Jackson

Hanging out with one of her presents!

Really getting in there. She actually ripped open each one herself=)

Playing on the slide at Manito Park

The swings were her favorite...

The fam at Manito. If you look closely you can see Gracie in there too!

Playing rockband with Daddy, she loves this=)

Great pic. Summer time FINALLY!! The dog is in Heaven=)

Claire was so excited that Gramps let her drive the boat!

The water was cold but Claire could have cared less!

Hanging out on the beach checkin' out the rocks

Gracie was SO happy. The lake is her favorite place in the world.