Claire's Christmas List

Mommy: "Claire, what do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?"
Claire: "Tape"
Mommy: "Tape? Like this kind?" (and I proceed to show her a roll of Scotch tape)
Claire: "Yes, tape."

Hmmm...

Christmas Party and rollovers

Mommy and sweet, sweet Harper girl working on our rollovers...Claire's Christmas party at school was lots of fun! Each kid drew another's name and they exchanged books. It was a great idea and Claire loves the book that Luca got her. Claire drew Rumi's name and gave him Where the Wild Things Are and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. :-)
Grandma, Daddy, Mommy and Claire enjoyed cupcakes, fruit and other treats. We feel so blessed that Claire is at such a great little school with such cute little friends.

Making faces at each other!

It's a giggle!

Harper Ann...

Harper is 3 months old today!!! She is a true joy. She is calm and chill. She is the sweetest little girl. She has been so easy. Poor thing has had very different circumstances than Claire had as an infant. Harper has to keep up with Claire's schedule which means she gets carted all over the place. Harper is a trooper and does so well for us. I don't know what we did to deserve two sweet, easy girls, but we are lucky. She is truly the sweetest baby!

Here's what she is up to at 3 months old:
Harper sleeps through the night. She eats well. She poops well. She holds her head up. Harper loves tummy time and she loves her baths. She coos and makes fun noises. She smiles. She has a great little dimple in her cheeks when she smiles. She has a great laugh- it is very throaty and deep. She loves when Daddy plays with her hands and when Mommy puts my hair on her face. She has recently discovered her hands and loves to look at them in action.

This picture is of Mommy making Harper girl giggle. It was one of the first times we heard a deep, good, real belly laugh!

Big 32!

We celebrated my 32nd birthday! It was really special. On Friday night, Daren and I went to my favorite restaurant, North, for dinner and then we went out for drinks afterwards. Grandma, Pops and Christi watched the girls so we could enjoy a nice dinner out.

On my actual birthday, Daren cooked me dinner and the girls got me a cookie cake! After we got Harper settled and ready for bed, my family came over for presents and MORE cake!! My 32nd was a great day!