What's Claire doing now?

• 23 lbs (50 percentile)
• 32 in   (95 percentile)
• Wearing size 24 month clothes and size 5.5 shoes
• Says 'mama' and 'daddy'!
• Has added 'baa' as in sheep, 'roar' for lions and bears to her animals sounds
• Knows where her shoulders, cheeks, chest, tongue, teeth and bottom are
• Has learned the signs for blueberries, grapes, more and please 
• Says thank you, cookie, bonk and no (pretty happy about this one)
• Talks non stop from the time she wakes up, to the time she goes to bed; even if it does sound like Japenese
• Is down to one nap per day but is three hours long
• Loves her books, hanging on the dogs and going down the slide
• Is FINALLY growing hair

I hoping to get her on video doing on her animal sounds really soon so we can share it with you, until then you'll just have to take my word for it that she's pretty darn adorable.    

Christmas Tree

Last weekend on a crisp, clear, cool Saturday morning we set off to find our perfect Christmas tree. We have a least a couple dozen Christmas trees farm within a 10 mile radius of our home, so it was a short trip since we had all year to decide which one to go to. 

Dave really enjoys the look of Grand Nobles and I wanted a tall skinny one this year, now to find one we both like. Do you ever wonder the tree is thinking? Is it going 'pick me, pick me!' or 'oh no, not me!'? One of those random things that crosses my mind every year. We walked through probably a 100 trees before coming back to one of the first ones we liked. Funny how it always seems to work that way. 

Dave packed it out by himself since walking on the uneven ground in my boot is challenging. He was a trooper about the whole thing and it was no easy task considering we picked a 17 foot tree this year. It so tall I had to buy more lights and ornaments. 

Daddy gives the tree a shake

Claire gives the tree a shake

The view from the Christmas tree (a few miles from our house)

If I get around to getting our Christmas cards ordered,
addressed and mailed, this is our photo.

Or maybe this one :)

It took a week and a half to get decorated (no ribbon
this year) but its finally finished.  Thanks Dave for your help!