Claire is 8 and 9 months old :)

So Claire is actually 10 months old today, but I am just getting her 8 and 9 month pictures posted. My goal has become to get this month taken before the next month gets here and so far I have made it. Now I'll just work on getting them posted. To say that Claire is on the go would be kind of an understatement. She is moving, moving, moving. She does not stay still as you can see from trying to take her picture. I had a little better luck with the 9 month picures when I made Gabe help me. It has become a two person job. Claire has such a funny personality and it is so much fun to watch the girls together. Sadie starts talking and Clarie just jabbers right back. Sadie loves her so much and has started calling her "baby sister" or "baby Claire" I really just melt. As busy as we get, my favorite time of day is the precious few minutes we have after dinner before bed when we are all on the floor just playing. We just talk and laugh and enjoy being our family.

Really, these picures do not do justice to how many I took. I did not get one picture of her actually sitting looking at the camera, but she was smiling and laughing and all of them!

Sadie turns 3!

It's hard to believe, but today is Sadie's 3rd birthday! She is quite a little girl and such a blessing to our lives. She is so talkative and wants to tell us things she is learning all the time. It is so fun to see all that her little mind is taking in right now. Her sweet smiles brighens my day whenever I see her and I pray that she will continue to spread joy wherever she goes. My prayer continues to be that God will guide us as we raise her to be His and what he wants her to be to glorify him and his work. We love you sweet girl!

We had her birthday party last weekend with Lincoln at Jumpin Jungle. It was so much fun! All of the kids had a great time and we got to enjoy watching them. Sadie knew she was having her birthday party, but I don't think really understood what we were doing until it all started happening. She had never been to Jumpin Jungle so it was a lot of fun for her. She was all smiles when she arrived and saw all the jumpers and then when all her friends started to get there too it was so sweet. They all were so excited to get to play together.

Sadie with her friend Kynlie

Alison letting Claire have some fun too.

Watching the video before we went in.

Going down a slide.

So excited to blow out her candles.

Group shot

Lincoln with his cupcake.

Claire takes down Pooh...

Just a few quick pictures of "sweet" Claire. She loves Pooh and took him down while they were playing the other day. It was super cute and I'm glad I got a few pictures. So many people tell us that they think she is going to have "quite the personality." What exactly does that mean? Hmmmmm...