Friday, April 13, 2012

Zac Brown Band

OK cousins and aunts, who would be interested in seeing Zac Brown Band at Champlain Valley Expo on Sunday, September 2nd? I absolutely love his music and he put on a great show when we saw him last year. Who is in?

Thursday, April 12, 2012

11 months

Where does the time go? Yesterday, Jenna turned 11 months and we can't believe it. She is still crawling as fast as can be and is into EVERYTHING! I think Andrea thought we were kidding when we told her to clean her living room, but she realized soon enough that we were right. With Claire, we never had to babyproof anything but Jenna is already into the pots and pans, tupperware, trash, and any other cabinet that she can get into - and she looooooves to eat paper of any kind. Jenna pulls up and cruises anywhere she wants to go, but isn't walking yet. We have noticed her getting a little braver lately and letting go for a second here and there. A few weeks ago she figured out how to "chew" and now loves to try new food. Her favorites have been goldfish, crackers, and the Gerber cheddar puffs. She has also eaten turkey kielbasa, meatballs, and sausage which she enjoyed. She will try anything, but is not a big fan of pasta or vegetables. She is eating baby food fruits, but mostly table food. And just like her sister she steers clear of anything green.


Claire and Jenna get along great - Claire loves to play with her now and can always make her laugh. Claire is starting to get a little rough and likes to pull her around the house. But I can tell you there is no sweeter sound than listening to the two of them interact and luagh at each other.


We had a great trip to California last week - we flew out on Sunday and despite Claire waking up very early every morning we had a great time. We walked the piers, went whale watching, and of course hit up Disneyland for 2 days. That was an absolute blast, but very tiring. Claire enjoyed most of the characters but Jenna was freaked out by anything with a "perma-grin" as Dan would say. But they were troopers on our trip - we made it the first day from 8:30 - 7:15 without a nap, but we paid for it that night when Claire lost it on the shuttle ride home and proceeded to scream while we drove to dinner. Lucky for us, she passed out in my arms and laid in a booth face time all through dinner, slept on the ride back to the hotel and never woke up until the next morning. We hit Disneyland and California Adventure on the second day and made it 8:30-8:00 with one quick trip back to the hotel for a much contested 1 hour nap by Claire. I will post pictures, but don't let your eyes decieve you - Claire did wear the same shirt the entire time we were there. Wednesday at the parks, Wednesday night to sleep and again to the park on Thursday. We got it off long enough to wash and she wore it another 2 consecutive days and nights before we were able to pry it off her. That was the best invested $5.50 we ever spent at the Disney Store!!

Hope you all had a great Easter - we missed everyone!