Hey Mom, Look at Me!!

Claire is looking so grown up these days. Here she is riding around the house on her first "ride on" toy. I have no idea why Kyle put the ear muffs on her...

Claire's baptism...

Here are a few pics fromt he weekend. We had the families up for a visit and to see Claire get baptized.

Ax 'Em Jacks!

Kennon graduated!!! We went to Nacogdoches to celebrate his big day and then finished off the weekend in Livingston. Here are the pics:

Claire and Auntie M having fun during the graduation

Kennon and Sarah

Claire and Auntie M reading at the bookstore

Kennon and John at the "Cheese Fountain." For his graduation party he had some of his favorite foods and thought it'd be cool to have a cheese fountain. It was apparently a big hit!

It's been a while....

We have been SO busy!!! A lot has been going on and I just haven't had a free moment to post.

My grandfather, Don Wigley (aka Grandad), passed away on October 15. We all miss him so very much! One of his greatest qualities was his humor. Grandad always had a joke for you and liked to make us all laugh, as he enjoyed a good laugh himself. My grandfather was very special. He was a role model to many and so enjoyed watching his children and grandchildren find success. We miss you, Grandad.

We had wood floors put in the house. For about a month we lived on concrete, though. They came to install the floors and ripped up all of our carpet. They began prepping the floor and realized that our slab was so uneven they could not put down the wood. We were stuck with dirty, dusty concrete. We were able (GO KYLE!!) to get DR Horton to come out and fix the floors. 1 month later, we got our floors. That was a tough time, but they look great and we love them!



My sister, Melissa, got married. She had a beautiful wedding in Bellville. I can't believe my LITTLE sister is now someone's wife, weird! She was so pretty and SO happy!! I am so proud of her.






Claire is 9 months today. She has 2 bottom teeth and is crawling everywhere and starting to pull up!! She is so grown up. She eats finger foods and drinks out of a sippy cup. Where did the time go? I know this is going to sound crazy, but I really think she is trying to say, "Puppy." She loves dogs. The other day we were sitting in the kitchen and we heard some dogs barking. She stopped what she was doing and looked for the dogs. I said, "Did you hear a puppy?" And she said, 'pup, pup, pup...puppa." Then, her babysitter has a dog named Muffin and today the sitter said, "I think I heard Claire trying to say Muffin today. Later, Claire and I went for a walk and we heard dogs barking and she said, "Muff." It may all be a coincidence, as an SLP I am quite skeptical that she could be talking this soon, but it is as if she is beginning to attach meaning.....smart little girl (I know, all parents think their own kids are geniuses).

Excited and still optimistic that the Aggies will win...

After the Aggies lost, no surprise there, though!

BOO!! Here's claire's costume...we decided not to get here a real costume this year. Melissa (my sister ) is getting married on the 1st and the rehearsal is on the 31st. I thought it mught be kind of strange for Claire to show up at a nice dinner dressed as a chicken (that's what she was gonna be). we found this little onesie and thought it would do. We went to a little fall festival this afternoon with Isaac, Lindsay, and Addie, so Claire got to wear her little "costume."

Sneak Peek...

Claire had some pictures taken recently and they are posted on the photographer's blog. Here are just a few pictures she took. She will post all (5 million) of the pictures she took in a couple of weeks. So, check back soon so you can see those, too.

http://www.birdseyephotographyblog.com/

Bath Time Fun!!

A little preview...

Here is a little preview of Claire's "6 month" (almost 7 months) pics. We had a photographer come out to the house on Saturday to take some pictures. I think they are going to turn out so cute. After she left, we took a few with our camera and they turned out really good as well. I was a little hesitant to share these pictures so I didn't ruin the surprise of her professional pics, but I just couldn't resist. This is a bonnet that my mom made for me when I was a baby.

6 Months old...

YAY! Claire is 6 months old. We went to the dr. and she is 17.5 lbs and 28 inches long. The dr. said if she keeps going on this growth curve she will probably be about 5'10". She is so much fun. She is 'talking" up a storm and she can sit up and play, which she loves. She had her first little stomach bug this week. It was so sad, I could tell she was just miserable, she just wasn't herself. Oh, and the biggest news ever....I can put little clippie bows in her hair now!!! They actually stay in her hair for a significant amount of time, it is super cute.

Finally some video...

I have finally taken a moment to add some video...Here's our little girl talking about someone that she seems to like quite a bit ;)

Traveling Baby, Part II

Kyle's mom sent a few more (645 to be exact) pictures of Savannah and we thought we'd post them...just a sampler =)

Please don't show this to my high school boyfriend...

Isn't she so cute?!?!?! We just couldn't resisit a picture of that cute little bottom! Kyle was getting her readyf or bed and she rolled over on her tummy and we thought it was too cute to pass up.