Happy Birthday Clara!

We had Clara's 12 month photos done today. She was hungry and wasn't in the best of moods, but there are a few cute ones in the preview!

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Happy Birthday Clara! It is an honor to be your mommy!

Clara's Play Date Party

I had a little play date with some of Clara's baby buddies to celebrate her birthday with them. I did a strawberry theme with strawberry cake ball kabobs, chocolate covered strawberries, bagels with strawberry cream cheese, and a little tray of baby goodies. Mostly the fun was for the mamas of course but the babies seemed to enjoy playing with different toys. The babies (with their mama's help) made strawberry thumb prints.

First Steps

I saw Clara take her first official steps on Friday morning. This video was Friday afternoon. She has gotten a little better since then but prefers to be held and carried to her destination if at all possible. I can't believe my baby girl is starting to walk!

I know I haven't kept up with this blog well. April pictures can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kathrynmgood/April?authkey=Gv1sRgCOa4wNSQn76qUQ&feat=directlink

May pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kathrynmgood/May?authkey=Gv1sRgCMel5YPaqbjPygE&feat=directlink

A Large Weekend

We had a lot going on the past weekend. It started on Thursday with Mea Mea moving out. My sister had been living with us for almost a year and we were all excited about her getting her own place. Now I have a place to escape to! Grandma and Granddaddy Wise drove a U-Haul over the mountain on Thursday with all of Mea Mea's belongings. They are excited to have a garage back and Mea Mea was excited to see all of her stuff.

On Friday we celebrated Caleb's birthday, followed by Seth and Granddaddy's birthdays on Saturday. Then Sunday of course was Easter.

Here's a link to the Picasa Photo Album where you can see more photos of all the festivities: http://picasaweb.google.com/kathrynmgood/April?authkey=Gv1sRgCOa4wNSQn76qUQ&feat=directlink

Give Me Back That Ear!

So I got all the photos back of our live bunny session. (Grandparents - they are available in the March Picasa album.) I thought I would share some photos of Clara's anger at us for taking away her bunny.

Going for the ear...

Pulling the ear. It almost looks like she is asking Caleb if it is okay and he is warning her, but I don't really think either of those things were happening.

Why did you take my bunny????

A little dramatic, don't you think?

Pictures with Bunnies

I took Caleb and Clara to have their photos made with live (tame) bunnies late last week. Here are my sneak peak photos. I love the one of them looking at each other. We got a couple of good shots but then Clara grabbed the bunny's ear and pulled. Then she got royally upset when we took the bunny away. It was down hill from there!

 

 

 

 

Caleb's Third Birthday Party

We had Caleb's "friend" birthday party last Thursday. It was early because we shared the day - and the expenses - with his friend Claire who turned 3 at the beginning of March. We did a ladybug and bumble bee party at Monkey Joes (one of those huge places with all kinds of jump houses), and I think it turned out super cute. Most importantly, Caleb had a great time with his friends.

Caleb with all his loot.

Enjoying his gifts!

A video of Caleb blowing out his candles. We were really surprised that he knew just what to do and that he blew all the candles out on the first try. He's a big boy!