My 2 Month Old Babe

Claire is now 2 months old!! I cant believe it! She has grown so much. I don't see her has my little new born anymore but I am still holding on to the infant title. She is such a sweet heart. She wakes up smiling, goes to bed smiling, and finishes eating smiling. She is such a joy in our lives. Luke and I are truly loving the parent role and taking care of this little beauty. I think our main goal everyday is just to make her smile. We love her coos and sounds. We cant wait to hear her laugh and giggle! Claire at this point is sleeping through the night about 7 hrs or so. She mainly only gets fussy when she has bad gas or drops her Binky when she is in her car seat. When we compare her size to other babies her age, she just looks so much older.

2 Month checkup from Dr. Dubit!

She has grown 3 inches...now 23 inches long

She has gained 3 pounds...now 11 pounds

She is in the 75% to 85% percentile

Dr. Dubit kept saying how long she looked and wanted to know how tall Luke and I are. He said, "Yup she is going to be a tall one!"

She has not received her shots yet. We are planning on doing that in AZ soon. I'm not looking forward to it....

2 Month Old Photo shoot!

(Sorry I only have so many props and very little lighting in our apartment to work with! But I know her good looks with distract you from noticing.) lol

I had to put this last picture of me and Claire on here somewhere. We had a girls night while daddy was in Florida for a football game. We did our hair wacky. Got dressed up. Put on makeup. and I attempted to paint her toenails...(I'm going to have to get her in her sleep! Too squirmy!) And then we made cookies. We had a lot of fun while daddy was away, although we sure did miss him.

Claire Tube!

Claire Bear's Blessing Day!!!

Luke had the opportunity to bless our daughter Claire this past Sunday on November 1st, 2009. Claire at six weeks of age. He wont admit it but, he was a little nervous about getting up there. He did such a wonderful job. Everyone was wiping away tears. It was from the heart and truly lead by the spirit, just for her. I hope she knows just how much she is loved. Luke mentioned in the blessing that her parents have an eternal love for her. He also blessed her to know of her Heavenly Father's love and how it is much greater than ours. Another part that stuck out was when he blessed her to prepare to be married in the Lord's house to the one she loves...then he blessed her that she might be a "little picky" with her choice of groom. =)

Claire wore a gorgeous gown that her Marmie (Luke's mom) gave to her. She also styled a flower head band and jewel bracelet made by my best friend from AZ Trisha Davis. I spent the whole morning worried that we wouldn't get to the church on time....let the record show we did! In our rush to get there, we forgot the keys to the apartment, Luke's teaching manual, a binkie, and more importantly the bottle I made for her to help make sure she was asleep for the blessing. i would have made sure it was during her nap time but we forgot about daylight savings time! Aside from all that, she did wonderful and was awake and completely quite, until we sat back down. I spent the whole next hour in the mothers room nursing her. lol After church I made lunch for those that were apart of the blessing. In honor of Claire's day I made banana chocolate chip cookies! My families favorite.

Our family was not able to attend at all being on opposite sides of the country. So we invited our friends who are like family to be apart of Claire's special day. Nate, Alyson, Treyton, and Jayci Sharp, John Mills, Jordan and Shanda Munns, Tyler and Erika Anderson, Tyler Card and Danni, Ben and Holly Burningham.

Brandon, Joyelle, Jaxon, Maddox, and kapri Turley couldn't make it from Pittsburg because their poor kids got super sick the night before.

Thanks again to everyone who was apart of her blessing it really meant a lot to us that you were all there. Our hearts were filled with gratitude and joy. =)

(blessing day photo shoot)

Its all about accessorizing!

(Thank you Trisha!)

I cant get over this beautiful face.

Our lunch afterwards with our besties!

We were missing the Burningham's, Anderson's, and Turley's

Us with the Sharps kids!

Our little family

(don't you just love the mustache and fall leaves?)

Me and my daughter

How Could You Not....

AbSOluTeLy LOVE:

(Claire 6 weeks)

These Cheeks!!!

The Grump Face!!

The Sneezes!!

The Yawns and flared nostrils!!!

Those Pretty Eyes!!

And the SMILES!!!!!!!!!!

Ghouls of Fun!!!

More like footballs of Fun! Or Don Tequila's of Fun!

Or better yet, The Sharps of Fun!!!!!!

You guessed it, we spent our Halloween with the Sharp Family at the SVU football game (where Luke Coaches) and then we all went to dinner at Donny T's, "Mexican Food." I spent the evening preparing for Claire's blessing the next day and her little shin dig (post to come). Then after the kids finished trick-or-treating we hung out with Nate and Alyson (Who came for Claire's blessing) for the rest of the night. They are the best. We sure do miss them here in BV!!!

Sorry Claire's costume wasn't much, we have no money, and don't have very good resources in our small town to make something cute!

Me and my little pumpkin (Claire 6 weeks, Halloween 09')

Treyton Sharp wasn't feeling very good and fell asleep under the bleacher seat!

Such a funny kid! You can see Claire fussing in the back.

Little Miss Jayci!

Nate and Luke! A couple of people asked if Nate was Luke's brother! They have similar eyes, noses, cheeks, foreheads, and big lips...but other than that we just don't see it. LOL

Lady Alyson and Our Pumpkin girl!

Thanks for coming this weekend and spending the first part of Halloween with us!