We Love These Girls

We just wanted to tell everyone how much we love these girls. Can you believe how much they are growing up?



Claire has recently started participating in tummy time with Amelia (including today on the sofa at Target). It is nice that Claire is now acknowleging her little sister. She now says, "This is my sister."


Very tender kisses by a big sister. The other day I asked Claire to go give Amelia a hug and she pretty much just went over and laid on top of her. It was hilarious.



Emme is such a good baby. She laughs and plays all the time.


And, she is now sleeping through the night. It was a long 3 1/2 months, but we made it!



Em loves the star! She just lays there and laughs and smiles. Claire never really went for the star. Em loves it. It is a great babysitter when mom needs to get things done.



During the first week of Amelia's life, the doctors worried about failure to thrive...


I dare say that after 3 1/2 months of mom's creamy milk shakes, that is no longer a concern. Every time we look at Ems, we think about how lucky we are to have her.


Claire could not be cuter these days. Just wanted to share some great stories.


Claire has a princess castle that she loves to play with. She also loves the movie CARS. As we drive around the city, she will see a red car and say, "There's Lightning." "Where's Sally?" "Where's Mack?" "Look mom, it's Mater!" So I bought her some small Lightning and Mater cars. I walked in to find her one day and she had the dining table set up like this (I went back in there tonight to recreate the scene and this is how she wanted it set up). Mater and Lightning are treated like royalty around our place.


This is what I found today when I walked into her room. "Claire, if Lightning and Mater are cars, why do they need a horse to pull them around in the carriage?"


These next pictures I took back in Utah and I do love them. Claire is so cute. A few more stories.

One morning I was watching Claire while Mom was taking a nap. I told her she could go in and wake her up. She came back a couple minutes later. Dad - "Hey Claire, where's mom?" Claire - Momma is not being very nice." (She was trying to get Claire to be quiet since Emme was sleeping)

Mom and dad have become master artists - mainly drawing animals. "I want a little kitty cat." "Mom, I want a big kitty cat." So we draw all these silly looking animals. The other day Mom and Claire were going through the checkout at Sam's club where they mark the receipt with a highlighter. The lady drew a smiley face for Claire. She looked up and her and said, "I want a kitty cat, please."

Claire has two dolls and she has named them Buttercup and Ladybug. She puts them to bed on mom and dad's bed each day before she goes down for a nap.

Our neighbor came down with her dad to grab something and he was introduced as Bob. A few minutes later they came back to return what they borrowed. They were greeted at the door by Claire. "Hey Bob." He was amazed by her memory. She continued to ask, "Where'd Bobby go?"

We hope everyone is well. I will post some more of the Utah pictures soon.