The last few weeks

I've been slacking on the blogging lately. And I've also been slacking on the picture taking. Claire has been keeping us busy. She does not slow down! That means that everything we do involves an extra set of hands.

A couple of weeks ago Trever brought home my birthday/mothers day present/fathers day present. Claire helped him put it together, when she wasn't eating rocks.

A couple of weeks ago, Claire and I roadtripped with Angie and Addison to Jacksonville, IL for a very special baby shower. Dani and I have been friends since our pig showin' days, we're sorority sisters, and now she's Claire's "Crazy Aunt Dani". We're excited that in about a month there will be another little girl for Claire to play with. The picture below is one of the better pictures of all of the girls and the one boy of the group.

In the picture below, Claire & I are behind Darcy & Delaney, then there is Becky & Hayley, Dani & baby W, JorjAnn & Zachary, Angie, Addison & Baby Eggenberger #2.

Last weekend we got to hang out with two of our favorite, and growing, families! Jeremiah was having a good time playing with Mr. Potatohead. He wasn't so sure about sharing it with Claire though.

We wanted to get a picture of Claire with her boyfriends. Of course we didn't plan very well and they were all thinking about bed when we finally did it. None of the pictuers had all 3 kids facing the camera, but I thought this was a cute picture. It looks like Jeremiah is teaching Claire a thing or two. And poor Andrew was just thrown in there!
This week has been a busy work week for us but our evenings have been spent working around the farm. Grandma Marge came yesterday and spent the afternoon with Claire while Grandpa went to a pig sale. Tomorrow night we are both heading to get our littles and who knows what the weekend will bring.

10 months

Claire had a pretty low key 10 month birthday yesterday. She was super happy when she woke up and even cuddled for a little while. She ate pancakes, took a nap, went to church, ate some lunch, helped remodel the garage, played with Gammy and Papa, took a LONG nap and then posed for pictures before bathtime, playtime and bedtime.

Getting pictures with the bear continues to become more difficult. We've also learned that Claire is not a big fan of the grass when it touches her bare legs as you can see in the last picture!

Enjoy!

Claire's 1st Easter

Claire had a rough week last week. She started off the week a little on the whiney side with a runny nose and nasty cough. She finished the week with lots of goodies in her Easter basket and a new tooth!

Early in the week she got a special package in the mail! She got a super cute Easter shirt from Uncle Steve & Aunt Jeanie!

Gammy sent home Claire's Easter basket with us a little early. Claire didn't realize it was there until about Thursday. Don't those eyes look like they are saying "I'm sorry mama. I didn't mean to eat the whole chocolate marshmallow bunny by myself"

But this evil grin tells a whole different story!

On Friday, Miss Mary and Miss Cierra took the kids to the nursing home for an Easter egg hunt. I showed up to take a few pictures and beat up the big kids that tried to take Claire's eggs.

Claire wasn't sure what to think of the Easter Bunny. She refused to touch her fur, bu we got a picture anyway!Before we headed to Good Friday service this is what we found in the bathroom....She walked around the house for a few minutes with toilet paper stuck to her foot!

Saturday night we dyed eggs. Only a dozen though.

Ok...so mommy and daddy dyed eggs....after mommy forced daddy to help...but doesn't Claire look cute watching!

And eating the egg that cracked during boiling?

Sunday morning Treve was in charge of Sunrise Service and the breakfast that followed. Then we headed to church so Gammy & Papa could see Claire in her Easter dress. A quick stop at Great-Grandma Ficklin's and we were on the road to Great-Grandma Builta's house.

Here is Claire in her adorable little Easter Dress. Here are a couple of my favorites!

A family picture while we're all dressed up!

After lunch we took a walk down to "Aunt" Barb & "Uncle" Larry's house. We knew they would have some pretty flowers for a photo shoot. No flowers in this picture but it's got my two favorite people in it!

Claire had about had it by the time we got to "Aunt" Barb & "Uncle" Larry's. She thought that the flamingos were pretty cool though!

Now it's Monday and we're 1/5th of the week down and headed toward another weekend! We do have a couple of things going on but nothing too exciting.

And, before I save this entry and sign out, our house would like to spend a very special happy birthday toward Tipton, IA! We love you MJ! Enjoy the big 3-0!