Summer Fun

Claire has made the big move to forward-facing car seat, and she is loving it. I've noticed that she likes to stick her toes in her mouth...perhaps this has always been one of the (few) ways she entertains herself in her car seat, and I'm just now finding out?






























This past weekend, my little brother Tyler finished up his coach-pitch baseball season with a tournament, and we went Saturday morning to watch a couple games. Tyler has a lot of fun with his best buddy Derek (pictured above), and he's doing great! We played on the playground at the sports complex in between games. Claire LOVES playing with her Uncle Ty. I think she's even said "Ty" a few times.

This is my last week of my last Master's class, but I've got a presentation to put together this week (and just did one last week!). Then we're leaving for a beach vacay Friday! Whoop!

Big weekend, no pics!

Well we had a fun day yesterday, but no pics to show for it! Jay, Claire and I went to Edmond for Kerrigan's first birthday party. Lots of fun--loved Carson helping her unwrap presents: "Here baby sister, don't you love it?" Then we went and saw babies! Jay's college and fishing buddy, Nate Myers, and his wife Ashley just had a baby last Sunday, Miley Rae. We stopped by there, and then headed to the Norman hospital to see my cousin Dani and her new baby, Molly Rose! They're just like baby dolls that make all these hilarious expressions! It's weird to think Claire was that little, but at the same time it's weird to think it's already been a year since she was born. After eating some din in Norman, we headed home. Poor Claire did not sleep the whole way home, even though she'd only had two 30-minute naps the whole day! She was protesting her car seat. I hate to think how she'll do with our 12-hour drive to Florida in a couple weeks.

We've been taking it easy today, recovering.

Happy belated birthday, Kerrigan and Molly!

My cousin Dani Rose had a healthy baby girl, Molly Rose Spencer, yesterday! And Kerrigan Mauck had her first birthday! Happy birthday, girls! That's two birthdays that have fallen on mine and Jay's anniversary. It's been four years! We had a lovely date at Olive Garden last night while Claire spent some QT with Ma-maw, Pa-paw, and cousins Zach and Abby, and Uncle Brian and Aunt Jen, the last two being fresh back (well, maybe not so fresh) from a European vacation.

First mud puddles!

It rained most of the day today. This afternoon after Claire's nap, it was the perfect light sprinkles with ankle-deep puddles, so I took her outside to experience her first mud puddles splashes! She was a little unsure at first, but then I splashed in a few, and she totally got it. She was a mud puddle natural. I'm so proud.