Christmas Recipe Group

Every month for the past 4 months, my friends and I have been having a recipe group. It's been really fun and this month it was at my house. I called dibs on Christmas 'cause as everyone knows by now, I LOVE Christmas. Levi thinks I act like a little kid around Christmastime. I just can't help myself, it really is the most wonderful time of the year. Anyway, at our recipe group we had appetizers, dinner, desserts, home-made presents, and Christmas Pictionary. It was the first time we were able to have everyone there! I had a lot of fun and I hope everyone else did as well! Thanks guys for coming!

Big Girl Bed, Pigtails, and Baby's Room

Claire got a new big girl bed a while ago. It's not really "new" but new to her. It was mine from when I was little, up until I was maybe 16 years old. She, Levi and I painted it white to make it look not ghetto. She loves it and always wants to show it to everyone who comes over. I thought she'd fall off of it if I didn't get one of those side guard rails, but she doesn't! She makes sure to scoot all the way over to the wall so she doesn't fall. 

Dean (Levi's dad) and Levi have built a new room down in our basement for the baby. I'm really excited about it! I thought it would be a bit small but it seems perfect for a baby's room. I can't wait 'till it's all finished and I can put the furniture in there. I'll post pictures when it's finished.

Here's the closet so far.

One side of the room, the closet and the entryway are to the right of this photo.

And the other side of the room. 

Now, Claire has never had very much hair but I'm showing proof that it IS growing. I can now put pigtails in the back of her hair. This is a big step and she LOVES having "two ponytails". She asks for them all the time but I rarely do it 'cause she doesn't have enough hair. Well, now she does.

New Moon

I'm just going to keep doing this. Go to Jenn's blog to read what I did with friends! Yay! hahahaha I'm so lazy. I feel the same way she does about the movie, too. We were talking about it afterwards with some girls. A conversation went something similar to this (may not be exact wording): Girl- "I think Jacob is so hot, I loved it when he took his shirt off." Jenn- "Have you ever seen Sharkboy and Lavagirl? Well, Jacob's really young in it and so it's hard for me to think he's hot, it totally ruined it for me." Me: "Yeah, his face ruined it for me."

I don't think Edward's hot in the movie but I was watching an Ellen Show today that I recorded and he was super cute in the interview so maybe I do think he's a little good looking.

Oh, and P.S. I realize how horrible I look in the photo Jenn has on her blog. My face and boobs are taking over the photo and well, yuck. 

   

Trunk/Trick-Or-Treat

I know this is late. But here are some pictures of Claire on the Friday before Halloween trunk-or-treating and then on Halloween. She liked it on Friday but hated it on Saturday so I didn't get many photos of her on Halloween. Halloween... I just thought I'd say it again 'cause I said it like 6098 times. Halloween.

She sat super still while I put her makeup on. She loves makeup. What a cutie.

The result.

Claire and my mom (Claire calls her Grandma Sophie... That's her dog's name).

On Halloween

Claire with her Grandpa and Grandma Maverick (again, that's their dog's name, she came up with that to tell the difference between which grandma's house we were going to). 

Halloween Party

I'm so behind on blogging... because I don't feel like doing it. So go to Jenn's blog and read about a halloween party we went to. Click here. As you can tell from all the pictures of Claire, she was REALLY excited to be there. Haha, she usually would have liked it except the last time we went to church (before this party) I ditched her in nursery. So the whole time she was scared I was going to leave her.

Snow

we played in the snow today. claire reallllly enjoyed it until she suddenly (and I mean very suddenly) realized that her hands were freezing. don't worry, i went out and bought her gloves afterwards.

"Gooooo insiiiidddeee!"

Claire's 2nd Birthday!

Claire had two parties. A friends party and a family party. I was super excited about it the whole week before. I'm like a little kid when it comes to birthdays and Christmas, I get all giddy and can't sleep. So, having said that, the day of Claire's birthday I was completely exhausted from not getting any sleep! So, to those who did come, if I didn't seem like myself, that's why. Anyway, Claire loved the attention and had so much fun and just kept talking and talking about her "happy birthday". Thanks to everyone who came and for all the gifts. She gets so excited when she sees all her toys. She'll go downstairs and as if she's seeing everything for the first time, she excitedly yells out everything she sees. I love it.

She wasn't so sure about everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her. She liked it way more during the family one.

I had the kids paint pumpkins. Most of the kids weren't into it. Maybe they were a little young for this. Oh well, I thought it was a good idea.

Sorry Jenn, I know your eyes are closed in this one but i liked it of Cohen haha. 

Opening presents.

Playing play-doh with her grandma's.

Blake wanted to get in on some of the girly action.

Trying out her new dress up shoes, baby, baby carrier and purse.

She did really well blowing out the candle.

Monster Hat

We (I) made a monster had at a craft class Claire goes to once a month. Cute, right?

She likes to wear towels on her head, like I do.

Oh, did I mention she's cute?

She can count to 6, when she's in the mood.

She talks a lot.

She has the most amazing memory I've ever seen in a kid. She remembers a scary movie she saw one time in my mom's car back in August. The little part she saw she remembers it in full detail and tells us about it often.

She's funny.

She loves playing with other kids.

She'll be 2 on the 17th and we're having a party for her. This is when I realized she has 1 girl friend and the rest are all boys. That's my girl!

What?

I've been looking at the Urban Outfitters website for the past few weeks now, hoping that they come up with something awesomely awesome that I just have to have. Instead, I keep finding this crap. I mean, floral shorts? Oh, excuse me? You thought that was a skirt? Oh no, my friend, they're shorts. Did the flowiness of it fool you? Yeah, that's why THEY SUCK. And then on to the body suit. Didn't think those would come back? Why? 'Cause they're ridiculous, that's why. Going to the bathroom is a chore with those things, not to mention before doing the hibbity dibbity. Your husband wouldn't think it's worth the effort of getting it off. Yeah, I don't know what fashion is up to these days, but it's starting to suck. 

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It's a little early but...

I decided I Couldn't wait any longer. I've told most of my friends, so I think the majority of the people who read my blog already know this but.... 

I'M PREGNANT! Yay for us!

Not to brag or anything, but it only took not even a month for me to get pregnant. To quote Levi's mom, Levi's a "straight shooter" and I guess I'm just extremely fertile haha. Anyway, we're excited and can't wait for it to get here (I say "it" but I'm pretty sure it's going to be another girl). My due date is March 20th which couldn't be more perfect. I'm excited I get to be pregnant during the winter so I'm not dying of heat like I was when I was pregnant with Claire.

I'm feeling alright except for being really tired and nothing ever tastes good. That lasts my whole pregnancy... I am NOT excited for that at all. However, I'm grateful I'm pregnant and I can't wait to start showing my belly off, as soon as it gets here. I love how pregnant women look! I can't believe we're going to be a family of 4!