Claire at 3.5 years old!

    My sweet little Claire.  You are so big now!  Chloe and I decided we should start scrapbooking again for the family and I just wasn't sure where to start. I thought maybe I had started a book for you so I went looking for it and found nothing.  Then I remembered this blog; this long, lost blog.  I haven't posted on here or the family blog for a really long time but I just decided to print the family blog. I have wanted to for so long and I finally did it.  I am really going to try and catch this blog up and print it for you so you have something.  It was fun to go back and read the few posts I do have on here. 

    For my first post I thought I would just tell a little about you as a three year old.  You are actually almost three and a half!  I guess to sum it all up you are a goofball!  You are such a funny little stinker and a ham and seriously the baby of the family!  You are finally potty trained, it only took about 6 months.  You LOVE the water and are currently taking swim lessons.  You LOVE strawberry milk even more and you really LOVE to boss us all around.  Joni makes fun of me for calling you the baby still but YOU ARE THE BABY! You love going to nursery but are having a hard time now that Dad isn't in there with you.  You always talk about your friend Abbi and you want to see her at church but I've never seen you actually play with her!   Your hair is crazy long and you hate having it brushed or done.  Dad does not want me to cut it but he is never the one who has to deal with it.  You never want to wear clothes, even in the middle of winter you wanted to hang out in your panties/diaper, whatever you wore at the time. 

    I am finally done with school and LOVE being home with you!  I work only one day a week and it's the day daddy is home so, for now, you are always with one of us. I love you sweet girl!  Oh I forgot one thing.  You LOVE your bunk bed!!  You and Chloe got bunk beds about a month ago (you were in a crib until then) and you still talk about it all the time!  Sometimes after I get you ready for bed I will be looking for you all over the house only to find that you have already gotten yourself all tucked into bed!  You also still suck your thumb and live your nanny (blankie)!!  You are the cutest thing ever!

Random catch up!

Here is an adorable picture of you and Chloe! This was your second professional photo shoot, my cute little super models!  I love this picture so much, I am to lazy to lookup the exact date but I think you are about 4 months old.  Okay I looked it up,May 22, 2011

This is just a gorgeous shot of you at the antigravity place we took the kids.  May 31, 2011

These next few pics are from a trip we took to Salt Lake City in the begining of June.  We camped at Cherry Hills and had loads of fun.  Youare such an easy awesome baby.  The first night was cold so you slept in the bed with me and dad, completly under the covers, nice and toasty!

We wemt up for a triple combo, to celebrate GG's birthday, Chloe's birthday, and Tysons blessing.  This picture was taken after the lunch we had for GG.  You and Zoe are super duper cuties!

Heres a shot of all the cousins on daddys side.  I have no idea whos looking I just picked a random shot and posted it!

Here is a picture of all my favorite people in the whole world!!  I love you guys so much, you mean everything to me.

hello baba baby

I came to the realization today that you are quickly turning into a baba baby :(  I guess its not the baba so much that bothers me but whats coming out of it.  I shouldn't say it bothers me I just feel sad about it but I have to start giving you formula.  It's no big deal, I know, lots of babies take formula but not mine.  I have been worried for the past two weeks that maybe you weren't getting enough from me and so I started pumping to see exactly what you were getting and it was not much!  So far I have been able to give you frozen breastmilk but today for the first time I gave you formula.  I was worried that you wouldn't like it since you have never had it but you didn't hesitate at all, you drank 8 oz! You are the happiest sweetest most special baby and I love you so much!  I can't believe you are almost 6 months old, where did the time go? You have been a little squealer lately and also LOVE to stick out your tongue.  You make everyone in the family so happy and the kids all think you are so funny, no matter what you are doing!  Cooper just told me yesterday that when you are 8 and he is 16 he wants to help you with your homework.  I wanted to write it down so I can hold him to it!

4 months

Hello little Claire Bear,
You will quickly see how horrible I am at regularly writing or posting anything!  You turned 4 months old last Thursday, I thought that would be a good milestone to remember!  You and Chloe went to the doctor together last week, you for your 4 month check up and Chloe for her Kindergarten physical.  You weigh 13.9 lbs and you are 24 inches long!  Very tall for your age, 96th percentile. 
You are a super happy little girl and I have never seen a cuter smile.  I can only say that because I have a horrible memory and I can't remember what all your brothers and sisters smiles were like! (You will also quickly notice that I have an addiction to exclamation points)  You are getting more and more ticklish everyday!  I remember at some point I mentioned your horrible sleeping patterns and said I would talk more about them later but I wont!  Well, I wont dwell on them, I will just say that there were way to many nights that you and I (and sometimes you and Daddy) were up until 3 or 4 in the morning!!  I am glad to report that it is only 10:15 and you have been asleep for at least 10 minutes already.  That is soooo much better then 4 am!  You even sleep through the night already!  (All these statements deserve exclamation points, by the way)  I was telling your Doctor, Dr Nygaard who is awesome by the way,  about your sleeping schedule of 10-12 hours at night and just little cat naps during the day to make sure that was an ok schedule.  He said that sounded like a pretty good trade off, I agree.
You love attention and have just recently started babbling a lot and making little high pitched screams to entertain yourself.  It is very cute!  I can't get anything done during the day because that would mean I would have to look away from you for more than 10 seconds at a time and that is a lot harder than it  sounds!  You make my life so full of love and happiness and I cant imagine it any different.    
I was getting ready to lay you down tonight and you just had the sweetest little look on your face.  I started to think about your future, how special you are, and all the potential you have.  I hope your life is full of great things and nothing but happiness. You are a sweet and precious daughter of Heavenly Father, always remember that.  I know that is true, I know it with all my heart.  I love you more than I could have ever imagined and yet I know that we have a Father in Heaven who loves us both more than we will ever understand.  I am sure I have said it before and I will say it again, I LOVE being your mommy, thank you for being my baby.  Thank you for making me smile a thousand times a day, and for teaching me all about love, happiness, and true joy.  
I love you!!

3 months old

 

Man, Claire, just look at that face! How could anyone not love you? (everyone does, don't worry) You are 3 months old, you big girl. I know that time goes by fast but I still cant believe it, it seems like just yesterday that I was pregnant and miserable!! This picture was actually taken on the 12th when you were just months old.

 

Here you are asleep in your baby carrier, you have done this a few times and Joni thought it was cute so she took your picture. I agree, it's pretty cute. I'm glad I got to see it! I gotta be honest, you get a lot of attention from strangers when you are in this thing, now I see why!

 

Oh I love this one. I took it right when you first started smiling and I was so excited to catch one!

 

Here you are with Brighton, as you can see he is a little bigger then you! Karen said you guys looked like an old couple sitting together. You are asleep in your bassinet right now and I am basically just waiting for you to wake up! It sounds like you might be sucking your thumb though which is AWESOME! You have fallen asleep with your thumb twice now and I love it. It's so cute that I dont even mind paying for you to have braces later!

Blessing Day

You were blessed on March 27, 2011 in the Hurricane 20th ward by your Dad and so many others who love you! I will try to remember all of them, Uncle Jason, Uncle Matt, Uncle Codee, Uncle Aaron, Uncle TJ, Grandpa, Papa and Bishop Peterson. This picture was taken later in the evening after everyone had gone home. I bought this sweet little outfit for you while we were in Vegas for my baby shower. It might be the only time you were it, when it was cold enough to wear it was to big for you now it fits so cute but itsto warm outside!

We went out in the backyard to take some family pictures but it was way to bright out there! Joni snapped this picture of us on our way out to the front!

Here we are out in front of the house. I love the look on your face in this picture, you sweet girl. I love your fancy little blessing dress too. I was planning on having you wear the same dress Chloe was blessed in but I changed my mind at the last minute and decided you needed your own! (the little pink sweater is the same sweater that Sophia was blessed in)

Here is the whole family. It was a lot of work to gather all the kids up and get them in a picture! I think it turned out pretty good considering how many kids we were trying to get to look and smile!! I love you my little Claire bear! I have a few more random shots I will post of you later and we will talk about your bad sleeping habits then :)

Newborn pictures

Here are your precious newborn pictures, I love them so much! You are the only one that had them done and I can't stop starring at them. They were taken on Feb 1, 2011 you were almost 3 weeks old and super cute, I love you sweet angel!