New Pictures

I should have lots of pictures to post since Claire just had her third party and we just got back from a wonderful trip to South Carolina, including two different picture appointments. Here are some of my favorites. I hope to get some more posted soon.

Changes..

After a wonderful weekend, I made a few changes to the blog. Most importantly - the new ticker at the top!!! :-) Congratulations again!

It was great to hear from Julie yesterday and I thought she sounded great. Instead of Gail having to post everything from her twice, I added a link to the right side of our blog so you can see the last time her page was updated. Now you will know when you need to click over and read her latest updates.

Thanks again to everyone for making Claires birthday wonderful. Sorry there wasn't any cake drama for you to witness. However, there would have been if you were around Sunday morning at Wishing Well Way. No action from Claire, but someone had to enjoy Claires frosting in their face....

Congratulations Erin

Congratulations to Erin for passing her Teachers Exam!

Great work Erin we ar proud of you.

We think you should ask for a raise!

A Big One!!!

Sad Story

Dad's friend's son was sentenced to 6 months in jail today from his car accident a couple of years ago. Dad and some of his other friends went down for the sentencing. I didn't get to talk to him for too long but he said the trial today was very emotional - looks like it from the video

http://www2.tbo.com/video/2009/jun/15/judge-shows-teenager-leniency--96226/video-news/

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article1010360.ece

News from Julie

News From Julie

Hi,

I am doing well. I am having fun and getting ready to really start training now. We are on our way back from vision quest where we got to stay at someone's site for about 5 days. I was at a site way out in the middle of nowhere with no electricity or running water. It was fun and opened my eyes to a lot of the issues I will have to deal with. I will be fine with the living conditions, but we'll see about dealing with the community issues because there are many. I am excited to find out where my site is next week. We have our site interviews in the next couple of days, and then we find out where we are going and start learning the language. I don't have much time right now, but thought I should let you know that I am doing well and having fun. I dont have my address book with me so I don't have other email addresses, so please spread the word that I am doing well and I am happy. Mom, you can update my blog if you want. Oh yea, and I think I am getting a phone sometime in the next week or two so I will let you know my number and all that.

Love and miss you all!
Julie

The Banana Test There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals, a Lion , a Chimpanzee , a Giraffe , and a Squirrel They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree. Who do you guess will win? Your answer will reflect your personality. So think carefully . . . Try and answer within 30 seconds. Got your answer? Now scroll down to see the analysis. If your answer is: Lion = you're dull. Chimpanzee = you're dense. Giraffe = you're a complete moron. Squirrel = you're hopeless.

A COCONUT TREE DOESN'T HAVE BANANAS. Obviously you're stressed and overworked. You should take some time off and relax!

Not my day....

Tuesday was not my day. There were horrible storms around 2:30 in the morning that had us wide awake, Claire slept right through them! As I was getting ready to leave for work I realized that my rain coat was in the trunk of the car. Not a big deal, except the car was parked 3 blocks away. It was supposed to pour so I needed my coat. When I get the coat, I realized we were parking in a No Parking Wednesday spot, which meant we would have had to move the car last night. We had a busy night planned so I decided to move the car at 6:30 AM since I was already there. No luck finding a parking spot so I gave up and ended up driving to work. Tuesday is my gym day, but I am always rushing to get out of Spin class, shower, and get to daycare before they close at 6:30. Since I had the car, I figured I would take Claire to the gym with me since we already paid for 50 daycare sessions. That plan backfired as I got called out of spin class not once, but twice, because Claire was pitching a fit. That also meant I didn't get a shower at the gym because I couldn't leave Claire. But, I was playing with Claire in the day care room at the gym to try and get her comfortable and guess what Little Miss Thing decided to do...

We finally had dinner and Dan had a condo meeting so I put Claire in the crib, jumped in the shower, then gave Claire a bath. I took her down to visit with the neighbors and Claire decided she was going to pull up on the neighbors coffee table. Like a proud Mom, I was saying, Wow - she has never done that before, this is a first....and down she goes. On her butt, fall back, and bump her head. Maybe I should have done without the rain coat yesterday....

On another note, I have been bad with the pictures so here are a few from this past weekend. And I put two new videos on Claires page.

What I love about this picture is that you can see the black raspberry ice cream on her top lip, the peanut butter ice cream on the bottom, and the orange sherbet coming in on the spoon. Would you guess that she was being spoiled by Kristin and Andrea at the same time?
These pajamas might be the cutest things I have ever seen, so I had to post them. Claire has her arms up waiting to give someone a hug. Hopefully that someone is you on June 20th!

Julei

Check Julie's Blog for an update by Gail!

PARTY

Amy's Party will be on Sunday, June 21 at 1:00. She is looking forward to seeing the family.

????????for Robillards and Ryans

Could you make it if I have Amys Graduation Party on June 27th? I am not sure about having it on fathers day.

June already??

I don't know who had more fun this past weekend - Dan & I went to a wedding in Maryland while Grandma & Pipere babysat Claire for us (with the help of Auntie Andrea of course!). I think Grandma had this date on the calendar since last year, so I know she was very excited! Apparently Claire had a blast and got to enjoy the swing they bought her. I don't have any pictures of Claires weekend, but here are some of our weekend.Also, if you have yet to receive an Evite for Claires birthday party, please give me your E-mail address. We are just trying to get a good idea of how many people will be there. The party is June 20th at 1PM. We hope you can make it!