This weekend Lindsay & Jeff got married. I will post pictures soon, it was a beautiful wedding and SO much fun. Today we had to pick up Brady and Lindsay and Jeff's basset hound/beagle mix, Buddy, from the kennel. Well Claire decided to let out her first big belly laugh when Buddy started howling. It really was hilarious, but unfortunately Mommy, Daddy, Grammy & Pap were being WAY too loud and wouldn't shut up so everyone could hear. It really was the perfect end to a perfect weekend.

What a year!

 A year ago today was a VERY happy day for us. Especially since it had been just 2 weeks since we had decided that it might be a good time to start a family (thanks to Aunt Linny's wedding that is only 2 weeks away!!). We know how truly lucky we were and how blessed we are to have this perfect little girl with us now!!!

August 28, 2009:

August 28, 2010:

Dinner Time!!!

Today Claire had her 4 month check up. They gave us the okay to start cereal. I was really planning on waiting until 6 months but even though Claire goes 9-10 hours at night without eating, she makes up for it during the day by eating AT LEAST every 2 hours. We are hoping the cereal helps with that a little bit. She did pretty good for her first time!

I'm Ready!!

Not So Sure...

Yummy

Give Me More!!

I'm DONE!!

Tubby Time!

Bath time is definitely one of Claire's favorite times of day. Sometimes she just relaxes and other times she goes crazy playing in the water. This video is a day right in the middle.

Face Time

Claire discovered today that she can touch your face if you're close enough. It's cute now, but I can just see someone getting an eye poked out someday!!

Videos!!

So we have tons of videos that we have taken since Claire's arrival. I have tried many times to upload them to the blog and only 2 have worked. I thought it was the video that had the problem but apparently it is blogger that has issues. I figured out that they work just fine if they are uploaded to YouTube first. Enjoy...

Going Green (& purple, orange, pink....)

So call me crazy but I have decided to give cloth diapers a try. I always wanted to at least try but it seemed SO overwhelming! There are a bunch of different types and a million brands and I didn't know where to start. My friend Courtney just started with her little boy and told me about a trial that you can do with an online company to see if you like it. If it's not for you all you have to do is send them back. After the initial cost they are WAY cheaper than Pampers (unless you go crazy with different colors/patterns) and they don't sit in a landfill for over 500 years. Who knows if we will do it, but I'm giving it a shot. We are on day 1 and so far it seems really easy. I think they have come a long way since my tush was in them :)

 Sorry for the picture quality, all I had was my phone.

Claire's Baptism

Claire got baptized on Sunday. We had her baptized at the church my grandparents went to. She was good through the whole mass but they do the baptism after mass and she made it about halfway through and then decided to have a major meltdown. Other than that it was a great day and a very nice end to a very busy and fun week in Pittsburgh.

Claire with her Godparents

Great-Grandmas!

Mommy's Godparents

Stephanie & House's Wedding

Claire went to her first wedding when we were in PA. My very good friend from college married a friend from my high school. It was beautiful and we had a such a good time. Claire did pretty good, she only made 2 peeps during the ceremony. Grandma & grandpa were nice enough to pick her up after a couple hours so mommy & daddy could let loose ;-)

Meeting the beautiful bride!

Pittsburgh Visit!!

Here are some pictures from our Pittsburgh visit! Claire LOVES all of the attention she gets from everyone there!!