Fishing Day

May 16, 2015

Henry has been dying to fish for a while! We finally picked a day and went fishing. It was just a practice run (aka we didn't catch anything), but we had fun. Clara did not understand why she couldn't just plunge into the lake. Between Nate and I, we spent the entire time keeping her out of the water. After a while we decided to pack up and call it a day. It was a little hike back to the car and we left JUST IN TIME because we weren't in the car 2 minutes before it started pouring. Just as the downpour started, we did get to see a skunk scurrying for cover. We'll have to go fishing again now that we have a little more practice in.

Cousin Sleepover

April 30, 2015

Rubye is moving far away at the end of the summer. For now she is just moving to Idaho, but it might as well be far away. While her Mama and Daddy were getting their house all cleaned out, Rubye came home with us to spend the night. What a fun cousin sleepover!  

Easter

April 5, 2015

The Easter Bunny should have brought the Winnie the Pooh movie this year, because it was a very blustery day! Clara and Henry enjoyed hunting all of the eggs the Easter Bunny brought. 

Instacare for Clara

March 24, 2015

We had a slight mishap involving a kitchen aide attachment falling from the top shelf of the pantry that resulted in a quick trip to Insta Care for a yet to be seen (probably $200+) band aid.  Better than regretting not getting it taken care of properly in 20 years.  (It was a face/head injury.)  This fun trip resulted in some numbing agent, a steri-stri, and some cute pictures.  Mostly Clara selfies.  What a happy injured baby!

Happy Birthday Clara!

March 6, 2015

Height: 28.5 in

Weight: 18.96 lbs

Head: 19 in

I cannot believe you are 1!  We had your birthday party the Friday before so that everyone could be there, including your Aunt Janae that left for her mission 2 days before your birthday.  You ate your cake like "This is no big deal.  I do this all the time."  You enjoyed playing with Henry and Rubye.  After presents, they played a round of Candyland and you moved your piece around the board and the box like you were playing right along with them.

For your real birthday, we went to the Aquarium.  You loved the shark tank and the tank of turtles.  You had fun looking for the fish and up close to a swimming penguin.  We got home too late to have your birthday dinner, so we did that Sunday and opened up the presents from us and Henry.  Henry got you a mailbox so that he could send you letters.

At one year old, you are still sweet as ever.  You are walking like a pro.  You eat all kinds of big kid food, but your favorites are mac and cheese, cheese, cheese toast, baby cheese puff snacks as well as peaches and bananas.  You might have a thing for cheese.

You still love to be outside.  If you see an opportunity to get out, you go for it!  You then get terribly disappointed when you do not make it before the door is closed.  It is still not quite warm enough most days to let you play outside but I think you will enjoy summer.

It sounds like you are closer to talking.  You are making more distinct sounds, but they are not words yet.  I think you have a few words that you use for a few different things.  "Mama" means Mama, but in the right tone, it is really more like "I need something!  Fix it!".  "Ba" (long a) is bath.  That is about it, but you are SO CLOSE to having a good sized vocabulary.

 

You have the cutest little wave that means hi, bye, and come to me/I'm coming.  I love seeing you wave!

You could not be more loved by everyone around you but especially your Mama, Daddy, and Henry.  Henry loves you so much and is so protective.  In true big brother fashion, he may find it fun to pretend you are as big as he and initiate a wrestling match on occasion, but when it comes down to it, he might destroy anyone that tried to hurt you.  We are so glad to have you!  Happy Birthday Baby Clara!

11 Month Clara

February 6th

You are still a happy baby.  You have such a sweet personality.  You get grumpy, and you let everyone know you are grumpy (even babies have bad days sometimes), but mostly you are a sweet happy baby.

You like cleaning things.  Weird.  You get your own dish rag almost every day.  At breakfast or lunch I get a clean towel, wipe off your hands and face, then you take over.  You carry around this towel for the rest of the day.  You wipe your face, wear it on your head, suck on it, clean the walls, wash your owl, and all kinds of fun things.  Besides having to do laundry more often, it's cute.  

You don't just like to clean your animals; you like to tuck them in.

I think you are starting to talk.  You say Mama and Dada with meaning and we are PRETTY SURE you say bath "ba" and down "dn".

You have started to walk!  You take a just a few steps at a time.  You will come to us if we are a few steps away.  You go between furniture to get where you want to go.  It comes in handy when you want to play Star Wars with your brother and Daddy.

Overheard

February 6

Friday night is Kindle night for Henry.  He gets way excited about this and acts all grown up being up past 7 pm.  Tonight the Kindle died and Nate was up plugging it in for him.  From the family room I overhear Henry saying to his Daddy:

"Can you go to the store to get a nana for Haha?  Thanks."

(Henry and Haha asleep sometime in the middle of January.)

Haha is his best buddy and #1 protector.  We need to keep him stocked in bananas.