Denver days!

We had such a fun time in Denver! We flew in to surprise Lyssie for her 16th Birthday. It was also Allie's first time meeting her Colorado family!

Claire would not take her eyes off of her cake!!

So sweet!

So many little ones!

Happy Birthday Lyssie!

So much to do in Denver...

Lots of musical instruments to play with!

Allie bonding with Luz and Lyssie

Observing the carousel

Playing with the light switch is always so fun!

Claire adores William and kept giving him big hugs!

Claire not cooperating with this photo, she wants to play!

Pretzels! Claire enjoyed many of them on the flight.

Allie did great on her first flight! On our way home, the people in front of us were surprised to see her! They heard Claire's "sweet little voice" but they never heard a peep from Allie!

Eating daddy and her signature "one eye open" look!

Pebbles hair!

I love it! Claire is talking more and more every day. Her favorite phrases include:
"Where'd it go?"
"There it is!"
"Dadda, where are you?"

Valentine's Day

Claire and Frankie's lunch date! I love this one!

If Claire had a twin!

Thanks for sending the adorable shirt Kristin!

Typical Claire

Every day she looks out of her window to look at the airplanes. Her pillow pet and bunny get to look for them too! Sometimes Ariel is included as well.

She loves to clean and hates dirt. She also wears her hats around a bunch, so this shot captures both of these traits!

Valentine's Day brunch with family

Fancy girl! Pamma with her Valentine

Claire kept reaching for Lisa's mimosa! Playing with her dadda

Claire and Pamma dancing together

So sweet

Pamma with her Granddaughters

Claire singing "Ariel" to us!

Celebrating Valentine's Day

Waiting for them to cool! They each grabbed a chair so that they could see their

treats! Adding (and tasting) the decorations!

Shaping the cookies

After she opened her presents from Grammie and Papo, she put the bow on. She also wouldn't let us take off her bib.

Counting with Auntie Kristie

I noticed that she starts to walk away when she hears Allie cry. She loves her Allie girl!

Claire's 18 month old stats

Claire was excellent at the doctor today, despite being overtired. She usually wakes up at 7:30, but today it was around 6. I walked in to her room and she was bright-eyed and ready to start the day! Lucky for me, Allie slept through Claire's appointment. Anyway, here are the stats:

Weight: 26# 4 oz (75-90th %tile)
Length: 33.5" (95th %tile)
Head Circ: 19" (90th %tile)

Claire's ponytail and Allie week 11

Grammie with the girls on superbowl Sunday.

Allie loves sleeping on her daddy! Getting big! Such a sweet face!

Ponytail, kind of!

SNOW!!!

We survived the blizzard of 2011! Snowmagedon, SNOMG (instead of OMG), Thundersnow...we heard a lot of terms to describe it! Claire doesn't mind the snow...

Napoleon doesn't seem to mind either!

Her slide, which goes up to my shoulders at least, is almost buried!

Too much snow to play in!

Allie's first night in her crib

Last night, Allie made the switch to her crib! I slept in the room with her since her crib is set up in the guest bedroom. All of the girls in our house have colds, so we ran the humidifier, which helped me too. Allie fell asleep right away and woke up at 4 am and 8 am for feedings. If you can't tell by the photos, she went from a lean girl to a chunky one in about 1 week! I love it, she looks too cute!