Kiddie Barn Dance!

Kristie brought Maddie, Jocelyn brought Aubriana, and Nicole brought Gavin and McKenna to Wagner Farm for square dancing, ice cream, and hayrides, in addition to the usual fun stuff to see there! The kiddies had a great time!

Claire with her girlfriends, Aubriana and McKenna. Maddie was off watching the animals!

Go Claire Go! Thanks Jocelyn for these good shots of Claire walking!

13 Months

Claire loved the rocking chair at Wagner Farm so much that I decided to get her one for her 1st birthday.

She is one cool U of I chick!

I took Claire to the zoo on my day off, and this is the only picture I took! All the animals were very lazy, we didn't have any good photo opportunities! The primate house was her favorite. She'd point to the animals and attempt to communicate with them!

She LOVES bananas, when she sees that she is going to get one she gets giddy!

Wagner Farm

Maddie and Claire had a great time at Wagner Farm. They saw horses, pigs, cows, and hens. Claire had the most fun playing on the rocking chair, banging on the produce wagon, and watching Maddie collect eggs.

1st Birthday Party!

Thanks to our families for making Claire's 1st Birthday celebration so special! The party had just gotten underway!

Cake Face!

Claire didn't get very involved in the gift opening process, although she did help on this one!

Claire and Maddie had fun playing with Claire's presents!

Someone did quite well on her cake!

Maddie got in on the fun!

The pastry chefs-Grams and Lyssie!

She's going for it! Claire's adorable cakes were designed and made with love by Heidi and Lyssie!

She was dancing and appeared to love being the center of attention!

Auntie Lyssie took such good care of her Claire Bear!

The girls!

The Godparents

Cousins photo!

Claire (12 months), Maddox (15 months), and Madeline (18 months).

We love seeing our Kentucky cousins and Aunt. Thanks ya'll for making the trip up to Chicago!

1 year stats!

Weight: 22# 12 oz. (>75th %tile)
Length: 30 1/2" (90th %tile)
Head circumference: 18 1/8" (50-75th %tile)

She did great and was very calm at the doctors office. We get to say goodbye to formula and hello to whole milk! What a treat!

Birthday celebration continued at home

Claire loves walking around with her Papo.

Tired out after a long day of travel! Claire was a good girl (mostly) on the trip home. Grammie and Papo brought Claire flowers, balloons, a birthday book and a cupcake to celebrate the big 1!