Ethan is 6 months old

Ethan you are 6 months old today!!! I can't believe we are halfway to your 1st birthday!! Dont worry I am already planning it. :) Your personality is really starting to show. You are very active and love to be moving all of the time. Everyone calls you the smiley baby because you are always smiling. You love to put everything into your mouth, especailly when I wear necklaces. The other night daddy was holding you and I walked by. You swung your arms around and reached as far as you could for me. I will say my heart melted! I love you so much!! It is true what they say, boys are sweet on there mommy's. You can sit up pretty well but throw yourself backwards so we have to watch you. We are still working on crawling but I dont think thats far off. You are such a sweet boy  and I love watching you grow everyday.

Weight: 17.2 pounds
Height: 26 inches

Always sticking out your tongue

Sweet smile

At the park

Tongue again!!

Birthday fun

The day of Claire's actual birthday I wanted to do some fun things with her to celebrate. We had gymnastics in the morning and then went to Evansville for the afternoon. Claire's friend Ainsley joined us and they had a great time. Our mall has a large Carousal in the middle of the food court and a smaller one on the other end of the mall. I had promised Claire we would go and ride it for her birthday. We enjoyed some Chick Fil A for lunch and then I took Claire to Build A Bear. She built a chocolate bear and picked out pink PJ's for her to wear. She named her "Bear". :) When it was time to do the carousal Claire wanted to do the smaller one instead of the big one. That was fine with me. After all of our mall fun we went and had Cold Stone Creamery ice cream to complete our fun day!

Picking out their animals

Pushing the pedal to put fluff in the bear

Kissing her heart to put inside

Loving her bear

Completed animals. Claire chose the bear and Ainsley chose a bunny.

She rode the dog all 3 times

My sweet birthday girl

Planets Themed Birthday Party

After asking Claire what type of birthday party she wanted, she decided on planets. I wasn't sure how to do it, but after some time and research I found some great ideas! My sister designed her black and hot pink invitations and they turned out great.Originally, the party was planned to be at our house, until the weather chose otherwise. We ended up having it at "All blown up" indoor bouncy room. We had over 20 children that came to celebrate with Claire and a great time was had by all!. I had to change some things around and reduce some decorations but it turned out perfect!!!!!

The invite. I cropped our personal info

Gee jumping with Claire

Grandpops and Mrs. Wanda

The food table
(Cupcakes, cookies, starburst, milky ways, and moon pies)

CapriSUN and Milky way chocolate milk

The cupcakes with the planet toppers

My sister in law made the cookies. They were perfect!!

Some of the kids

Our private bounce room!

The birthday girl

Little brother ( notice the star on his shirt :) )

The slide was the main attraction

Claire and daddy sliding

So much fun

Silly face Claire

Enjoying there cupcakes and other sweets
( They would only allow you to have sweets and no other food)

Singing Happy Birthday

After the party we went and ate Japanese. They sang to Claire and gave her a hat.

Blowing out her candle on her ice cream

Happy 3rd Birthday Claire

To my sweet Claire

Today you turn 3 years old. Where has the time gone? I feel like it was yesterday that I was holding you in my arms for the first time. You are such a blessing to your dad and I. You have the most tender heart and are very empathetic towards everyone. You are very strong willed which tests my patience as a mom daily but I pray that you use  this for the purposes God has planned for you! You are very smart! I read the other day that most kids your age should know 300 words. 300 x 100 is  more like it. You amaze us daily of  your vocabulary. You are very funny and make us laugh daily. You became a big sister this year and love your brother to pieces. Watch out as he gets older though because he will fight back. :) Some of your favorite things right now are reading books, playing on the iPad, playing instruments, learning new things, cooking, planets and more! You have the most beautiful blonde curly hair and bright blue eyes! You love school! I was a little worried about how you would do but you have loved it! Your teachers Mrs. Barbie and Mrs. Denise are wonderful and you adore them!
You have made several good friends here in Henderson. Ainsley goes to church with you and Maggie and Meryl are in your class at school. It is so fun to watch you play and be such a big girl.
 I am not sure your current measurement stats but we go to the doctor tomorrow and we will find out.
We love you so much sweet girl and cant wait to watch you grow this year!

Newborn

1st birthday

2nd birthday

3rd birthday ( Silly face)

5 Months

Ethan you turned 5 months on Thursday. I waited to post because we went to the doctor yesterday and I wanted to get your stats.
Weight: 16.4 pounds 80%
Height: 26.5 inches 90%
Clothing: 6-9 months and 9 months
Diapers: Size 2

You are a healthy and happy baby. You are rolling over and trying to crawl. You can move your legs and knees but are still working on your hands. You put EVERYTHING in your mouth. Way different than your sister. You are pulling everything including hair. You are not a fan of riding in the car right now which is no fun. You are always smiling and laughing even if you dont feel good. You are trying to get your bottom teeth so you like to chew on anything that is close.
We started feeding you oatmeal this past week because you were waking up every 2 hours at night. You enjoy it and it lets you sleep and only wake up once. You are still nursing every 2-3 hours during the day. You have found your tongue and you love to stick it out. It is hilarious!!!

Almost 3 years old

I know I say this all of the time but I really cant believe how fast Claire is growing up. She will be 3 years old in 1 month!!! I remember this time 3 years ago waiting and anticipating her arrival. I wondered what she would look like, what her personality would be etc. She is such a beautiful and smart little girl. She amazes us everyday!! Don't get me wrong she is not perfect and definitely gives us new challenges everyday. She has the most tender heart and really gets upset if she sees you sad or hurting. She loves her baby brother so much!! I know that she will continue to watch after him. She has found her mommy's love for cooking and will ask to cook with me every time I am in the kitchen. I love it!!! She is also very interested in learning new things and will sit with her daddy and listen to him explain anything and everything. Her new love is planets!!! More to come on that later!

Loving her brother

Cheese!!!

She loves to pick the berries from our bush outside

Helping mommy cook

Ethan is 4 Months Old

Ethan you are 4 months old!! You are getting so big!! You smile all of the time. You think everyone especially your sister are funny! You have gotten on a pretty good schedule. You wake around 7 and then eat and go back to sleep around 9. You are still eating every 2 hours! You take another nap around 1 and then a quick little early evening nap at 5. Normally you are in bed by 9. You still wake around 3-4 to eat and then go back to sleep. You wear 3-6 month and 6 month clothing. Last time you were at the doctor you weighed 14.8 lbs. Still wearing size 2 diapers. You will grab hold of our fingers and pull yourself up and to a standing position. Your very strong! I have a feeling you will be walking way sooner than your sister did. I couldn't have asked for a better baby!!! You have brought so much joy into our lives!!

Your sister loves you!!!