Cookie Monster?

Claire got a few mini oreos after dinner! Do you think she is a fan or what?


I wanted her to stop running around and pose with Care Bear.......he was getting loved so much that he had a little oreo on his face!!!! YUM!

Happy Easter!

We had such a fun Easter! It started with an egg hunt and wine play date over at our friend CC's house! Claire was so excited to be outside.....here she is rolling in the grass ;) Winter has been a long season for us!


Claire and Carter hunting eggs!


She was really into it....diving after this one in the scary bush.

More playing with Carter and the screen door.

Then, we had another hunt at our house on Saturday and invited our best bud, Jack, over to play!

Shaking to see what might be inside.

Claire was not paying attention so Jack decided to see what she had ;)

The only group shot.

The best part! Opening the eggs to see what is inside.

More fun on Easter morning. What is better than an egg with Elmo inside??

So sweet to share milk with Ernie.

We met Jack, Amy, and Robert for lunch at the Marriot downtown. It was super nice and there was a bunny just walking around. Here he is saying hi to C!

These two hammed it up! They were allowed to walk only if they held each other's hands. It was seriously the cutest thing ever!

Young love!!

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!!!!

Update.....

We got another raccoon the next night! Poor thing had to sit in the cage all day until Strick got home. He said it became a "little agitated"!!!!


I have some funny pictures to post, but we are dealing with another house issue. It is under control now, but we had our sink back up and flood part of the basement. I am currently sitting next to all the things from our storage closet and listening to 3 fans and a lovely dehumidifier!!!! So, with all that going on I don't know if I can get my big butt back here to post anytime soon...we'll see.

Lazy Sunday????

....well, almost! We had great plans to get up and go to church, but Claire slept in until 8:30 and I did not have the heart to wake her. So, Strickland got up with her and let me sleep in! They came up to get me later and informed me that they were going on a bike ride while I got dressed. So, I helped Strick get her all ready and off they went! At this point I must tell you about our latest house problem.....Bitzy has been going crazy smelling and whining all around our front door. Upon inspection, we realize that something is probably living under our door step. Lovely!!! So last week while Strick was working late....Bitzy goes nuts and sees a HUGE opossum in our back yard. Nasty thing! Meanwhile, the neighbors fill us in on the fact that there are tons of raccoons, opossums, and even a skunk (which we already knew because bitzy got herself sprayed this summer). I have personally seen a bobcat and our neighbors have seen a ground hog..........I promise we don't live in the fields of Kansas, but we have a great pond and land behind us that is currently being developed and all these critters are coming over!!!! So we had invested in a trap hoping to get the opossum............we put it out back for several days and last night we decided we would have better luck out front near the place we know he or she is hiding. Well, as they are on a relaxing bike ride, I discover that the trap is full of something.

View of the trap....before the raccoon!!!!

So Strick comes in and this is what we find!!!!!! A HUGE raccoon! These pictures do not do it justice because this thing was enormous!

Strick with his catch!

Strick called the neighbors, the Rooney's, to come down and see. Lacey, the oldest, is our baby sitter and lives down the street. They have 6 kids and a 7th on the way!!!!!!!!! We love them and are so intrigued by their lives...........crazy as they are! So here is Jack with Strickland. Jack comes over sometimes and asks if Strick can play.....hilarious!

Maddie and Olivia came.....in their pjs......and played with Claire.

Miss Blanche came over to see the raccoon!

We called Animal Control and they would not come out....we would have liked to send him to raccoon heaven, but since we had 4 kids there (they were so concerned about what would happen to the "cute" raccoon) we decided to take him and let him go.

Here he is ready to leave the cage.

Here he is jumping off and playing. Jack said that he was so happy to get out of there!

So much for our lazy day!!!! But, it was so fun! We had great weather for 2 whole days and loved every minute of it! We soaked it up and are glad we did because it is now pouring and will get down to 16 tonight! Bet that raccoon will be wishin' we didn't kick him out of his warm den ;) Too bad! We did set it again to see if his mate might still be in there....will update you soon!

Valentine's Day!

We celebrated a little early this year! And, good thing we did! Claire was sick on Valentine's Day and we were in the doctor's office. She was sick all weekend and just now is feeling better! So hard to see your baby sick. I took these pictures to send in her cards to family.

Barney....Claire's treat on this special day! She loves some Barney!!!! I mean REALLY loves him!

Playin' in Texas!

We were in Nac a couple of weeks ago. Here is Miss C playing in the yard!!! I thought she looked so small in that big yard ;)


Playing with Nonnie and Daisy.

Her Grandmother gave her this crown....she was walking around with it on and Mimmy thought she needed a long train for her royal highness!!!!

I was so bad at taking pictures and I hate that! There were some good times, but I was really sicky with some kind of cold deal! Anyway, it was nasty and I am just now starting to feel better-ish ;)

Claire was very interested in what Mimmy was doing with her hair.....so she got to play beauty shop ;)

Playing with Amelia!

A couple of weeks ago we had Amelia and her mom, Page, over for lunch. I met Page through my aunt.....long story, but my Susu works with someone that is friends with Page's family in Dallas. I was so eager for some friends and Page and Amelia have been so sweet to us! These girls are only 15 days apart and I just love seeing them together! Claire was being a true ham here!


Coming in for some kisses and hugs ;)

More hugs...from the side. They are too funny!

I am promising to get off my lazy bum and post some more!!!! We have been sick...out of town....and had some serious house troubles. I am happy to say that a VERY nice man agreed to work on a Sunday and came over this morning and fixed Claire's tub!....the last on our list of problems!!!!!!! She had the longest and most bubbly (is that a word?) bath ever!!!! She just soaked and soaked! I was just putting her in there and getting her out very quickly....no time for fun in the bath when we had a messed up tub:) So tonight she had a ball!!!!! And, I loved the fact that I didn't have to mop up after a leaky bathtub ;)