Big Girl

This week Claire has done a few exciting things! She has started kind of sitting up by herself. She is still somewhat slouched over and falls easily but we are working on it! She goes from us sitting her up, to leaning forward, to face planting. Sometimes she falls to the side in a very graceful way. 

She wore her first pair of shoes today. I have put shoes on her before but they usually end up kicked off quickly. These stayed on all day.

She hates the bottle. It's crazy how much she refuses the thing. We tried to get her to take a bottle for two days this week. I finally caved and it's back to me and her all the time. But, we did try a sippy cup today. It will be a fun toy for awhile until she gets the hang of it!

Christmas in Pictures

Claire's first Christmas was great. She sat by Justin while we all opened our gifts and helped him. Then Claire, Aunt Kim, and Tutu opened Claire's gifts while we took pictures and videoed like crazy people. Here are the pictures from the morning! Some of them are off because I got a new camera lens that I was and still am unsure of how to properly use.

Unroe Christmas

When "my (littlest) kiddos" were the same age as Claire I started helping Carrie with them. Aaron and Kaity are now 9 and Megan is 11. They are so big it's really hard to believe. Megan is taller than me, Kaity talks a mile a minute, and Aaron is still all boy.

We do Christmas with them every year. This year was fun because the three of them with Claire is the best. They all love holding her and making her laugh. 

Aaron is into Legos and hunting so he got a Lego set and a giftcard to Academy. He shot a hog a few weeks ago. My little boy used a gun. I almost died when I saw the picture.

Megan is at such a fun age. I don't know what it is about her but she is a really great kid. We got her scarf (which I wanted but it isn't practical for Hawaii) and a gift card to Buckle. She is always dressed so cute and it's one of her favorite stores. Maybe I need to check it out more. She is probably the one who gets to hold Claire the most. I don't think she likes to share!

Kaity told me she wanted scrapbooking stuff. I love scrapbooking so I was happy to go and pick her up some stuff. She was so excited when she opened her gift that she took everything apart and already made her first page. It was titled "Spending time with Claire". Seriously so cute. I could just steal her and bring her back to Hawaii with me. I'm sure Carrie wouldn't mind....yeah right! She got Claire a stuffed animal from her Santa's Secret Shop at school. Just another example of how cute she is! She wrapped it and everything.

I love these kiddos and their parents. Come to Hawaii soon please!!!!

A Brown Family Christmas

Yesterday we had Christmas with the Brown family. We went to Justin's dads house and got to see a good amount of the family. Claire got to meet Pepaw for the first time and got to play with all the cousins. I think everyone had a good time.

Claire has gotten a ton of gifts already. I am already planning on how we are going to get everything back to Hawaii. I'm thinking between Justin taking a few suitcases, me taking a few, and mailing some stuff we should be good. Everytime I come home I buy a bunch of stuff we can't get in Hawaii. It's a problem but totally necessary.

The best gift she got this year was from Pepaw, Justin's grandpa. A few years ago Justin's grandma passed away and so in honor of her he gave the three baby girls a Cabbage Patch Kid. This was something she had done for all the older grandkids. It was really sweet and a perfect gift. Claire's has blonde hair and blue eyes. It looks just like her and it's name is Bailee. Cutie Pie!