Cheese:)

Claire likes to smile on cue (when someone says "cheese")...Dad likes to smile when someone says "I got the next round".

Double pony-tail

Claire's teachers at day care always like to "style" her hair...it's long enough now where she can have two pony-tails! You can also see a few of her teeth in this pic...she inherited Erin's "chiclet front teeth", or as I like to call them, Michael Strahan teeth.

Watching dad shovel

Claire loved to watch Dad shovel all winter long...funny how she was always watching DAD shovel and not MOM:)

Happy Valentines Day!

A few pics of our little valentine in her outfit.

New posts coming soon!

Sorry!!! I know its been a couple months since my last post, but I promise to overload you with pictures and video from the past 8 weeks soon. Claire is getting big, talking (and signing) up a storm, and getting ever so close to walking. Oh, and Erin turned 30 last month:) Stay tuned...I promise!

First time in the snow...

A few weeks ago we had a very rare day in Green Bay...it was above -40 degrees outside. So, I bundled myself and Claire up and took her for a few hot laps around the backyard. She had a great time...and Baxter enjoyed following her around. Here are a few photos of Claire's first time in the snow.

I guess Claire missed the hospital

Well, with it being her one year anniversary of leaving the NICU, Claire decided she wanted to go back and spend the night...so, to do this, she needed a plan. First, she got the flu during dinner on Saturday (Dec 29th). Then, she started to get better on Sunday...but to only have things starting to come out of every orphis on Monday and Tuesday. So on New Years Day mom and dad took her into see the Dr. and were told that she needed to get on an IV immediately since she was dehydrated. Claire's master plan had worked, and she was admitted onto the Children's floor of St. Vincent Hospital almost one year to when she got to come home with us. The IV got her back to her normal self...and Claire (along with Mom) got to spend the night at the hospital. Here are some pics of her in her room...along with the pink brace that held her IV.