Sweet mornings

This is what I see almost every morning before I go to work. Love it. Lovely family.


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Visits and new friends

Our good friends Tre and Angela came to stay with us this past couple days all the way from Tennessee. We had so much fun hanging out and playing games. We played a very interesting round of Settlers of Catan an then last night had another very interesting dinner at the Racquet Club. There were little kids everywhere and lots of "hi's" and "cool's" and time outs. Not to mention the laughing and drinking coffee just too stay up way too late and, consequently be very tired the next day. Good friends...good times. And, a wonderful addition to the fun was a good friend couple of Tre and Angela's, Fred and Cara. Yep, that's right. There is another Cara is the world and we hung out together which meant I kept turning around all night thinking I was being talked to when I wasn't. She was much better at picking the right times to look.



Too much coffee--really long game


This looks a lot more intense than it actually was.



Miss Cara J. Had squirt guns in her car.


Troy liked the kids pool even though he insisted he could swim in the big pool if he wanted before we got there.


The squirt gun wars were great.


Little Cadence. I seriously loved having all the kids around all the time. I think we'll have to have some more.


This is the guys idea of a good time. We ended up segregating like a junior high dance.


Filling up the guns.


My baby--decided that throwing her toy off the bobble seat over and over onto the concrete was fun. I finally got smart and put her on a towel so she started throwing her toy past the towel onto the concrete again. Shot-putter in the making...well, maybe not.
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What a wonderful world

I was just sitting here at the coffee shop realizing how wonderful it is to see old worlds and new worlds come together. I have been so enjoying being a mom and sharing my life experiences with my little daughter. Some day we will share this table and read together over coffee, hopefully we will talk and grow together. For now though, her bottle shares space with my coffee cup and I read while she tries to flip backwards out of the stroller. She really has no idea that she could fall out and kill herself. I actually had to strap her back in out of fear for her safety...and she's only 5 months old!






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Fun at Knotts

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Fun with Uncle Hamilton

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Welcome to LA

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And we're off

So, we are finally settled in on the plane to LA. You'd think after all the flying that we've done we wouldn't forget things like, oh, the baby's birth certificate. The SW ticket agent gave me such a hard time. I thought for a minute she wasn't going to let me on the plane. FYI to flying with lap babies...you must have shot records or birth certificate if you fly southwest!

She as nice enough to finally let me on though which I really appreciated since it means no lay-over. Woo-hoo! Mickey, here we come!



All buckled up


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Vacation Days and the last of family

This weekend I am going to LA to hang out with my little brother. We are going to go to Disneyland. He got us free tickets. Then Ricky and maybe Cody will join us on Sunday and we will go to KnottsBerry Farm.

Last week we took some 4 month photos. My mom has been really good at taking a little photo shoot every month. Here are the best of the bunch. And, a video of her rolling over. She rolled over from her stomach to her back today...woohoo!

Love it

This is just one darn cute kid! I have been promoting her fan club here at work since she was born. I call her my little red-haired baby who belongs to Jenn--my red-haired friend. Aka...worlds best friend...miss you Jenn!




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Baby Rolling

so, Clair is rolling over now, it's the new big thing but I can't show it because I would have to go upstairs and use the computer there...just so you know, though...she's rolling over. :D

Hanging with Daddy

So Clair and I like to go visit Ricky at his office, ie. the airport. On Sunday, Ricky was working his last of 11 straight days. We thought it would be nice to bring him dinner and hang out for a few minutes. Clair decided she wanted to play with all the "toys" attached to his uniform.




Last Friday, my mom and I had the privilege of attending Philip and Kristin Weddle's wedding. It was beautiful. We sat with his family. His cousin has a little daughter named Charlie who is super cute. We had a good time.


















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