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...

Fall is Coming...

It is still blazing hot here in West Texas, but we were able to go to the Apple Butter Festival today to get a taste of some fall activity. Sadie had a great time picking apples, looking at the animals, and seeing her friend, Charleton.

Claire just looks like she is so ready to be up and going with the big kids, doesn't she? Or maybe she is just dreaming of apple pie and apple cobbler. I don't know, but I just love this picture. Definitely my favorite from the day.

Charleton and Sadie, hanging out by the rocks.

Getting a boost from Daddy.

Making her selection.

They also had a petting zoo. Sadie's favorite animal was this little baby pig. I think she would have sat here all. day. She just loved him. We don't have any pets at home so she really doesn't usually do too well with animals, but she LOVED this pig. Don't get any ideas, though. We will not be getting a pet pig any time soon.

6-7 months and catching up...

I got way behind on blogging this summer so I have posted a few pictures to catch up a little, but I have a long way to go. At least I got Claire's pictures taken, they just didn't get posted. She is 8 months old, I just have to get those taken and posted by the 18th. We will see. Anyway, one picture made it from our trip to the Abilene zoo to feed the giraffes this summer. It was a quick up and back trip in a day, but it was fun to do right before school started. The first week has come and gone. We are all tired and the girls are taking a long nap this afternoon so I actually have time to post some pictures. Nice!

I don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but Claire is developing quite a personality. We think she has so much up in her little head just waiting to come out. She just babbles and babbles and goes after whatever she wants. She is crawling everywhere and pulled up on the couch this morning. Sadie was laying on the floor and before we knew it, Claire had a handful of her hair! We constantly hear Sadie saying, "Baby No! That's mine!" Fun times ahead!

Figuring it out...

Sadie has loved having a little bike since her birthday in October, but really has just sat on it while we pushed her around the yard. She hasn't even pushed the pedals or anything. Well about a week ago she started taking it on the sidewalk and before long she was riding it all by herself. Now she goes all around the block (with daddy close behind) Her favorite place to go is to the store to get a treat. (imagine that!) We took a few pictures and here she is.

10 Years!

Just wanted to say Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband! We've been married 10 years today. I asked him if he would climb up in the attic (I know that's an awful thing to ask) to look for our wedding pictures so I could show them to Sadie to try to somewhat explain to her about our anniversary. He actually found them. We had fun looking back and remembering some fun times and laughing at some fun memories. Sadie said I looked like a princess. Today, I'm not quite sure if I want her to think that about getting married, but if I'm being honest, that was the look I was going for 10 years ago. We've done a lot of growing up these 10 years and I know there is a lot more to go, but I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else! I love you!