Good times

How fun is this? Claire and James certainly love each other. He is always smiling at her and grabbing at her face and hair. She smothers him with kisses and tolerates the hair pulling. When he finally rolled over, she was more excited than anyone. She jumped and cheered for a very long time! (And he loved it.)

Claire's eye view

It's always fun to see what pictures are on the camera. Claire likes to take her turn. She finally has figured out that what she sees on the screen is what the picture will look like. These are some good ones - most others have a thumb or finger in the way and many others are extreme close ups, usually of her eye.

Claire's dress ups

Claire has really been into her dress ups lately. It's been kind of fun. She likes to pretend she is Cinderella and is going to the ball. James, of course, is Prince Charming. She has a pioneer apron that I made for her and she always takes this to the ball for when she sleeps over at the castle. She calls it her "best calico." I love it. That is from the book called "Fanny's Dream." It is about a farm girl who thinks she wants the glitz and glam of going to the "ball" but finds out she really likes her life with her husband and kids better. The batman shirt is not a dress up. This picture was taken on her first day of school. She needed to wear the hat to keep the sun out of her face while we walked to preschool. She loves school!

This picture with the red crown really captures the essence of Claire. I am so glad we got a trampoline. She would be out on it 12 hours a day if she could. So full of life!

Three

I don't have much to say about this one, but it is a sweet picture. The next one after this I won't publish, though. They all have different expressions and they all have to do with me taking too long to find the right shot. (I didn't get one better than this .)

Las Vegas

We were able to go to Las Vegas to visit. It seems we always end up there in the hottest months. We were glad to be able to spend time with Jared's family and it was really fun to have the two babies there together. For some reason I didn't get any pictures of Ethan and James together. Please go to Lacey's blog to see some cute pictures (the link is on my sidebar). Of course we couldn't go to Las Vegas without taking time to go to Circus Circus. Claire really likes it there. We all had fun. I think Claire rode on the airplane ride six (or more) times in a row.

I have to say that the strength game was rigged. Jared is a pretty strong guy and he kept getting 98 or 99 out of 100 to win. It's a good way to make money because most guys will keep trying until they make it just to show that they are strong. You know what I mean? Ego? It was a good time.

Growing

Here are the pictures from James' 3 and 4 month "birthdays" - and some in between. He is growing so fast! At his 4 month visit with Dr. Stokes, she said he was a very even baby. His head circumference, height, and weight are all about in the 65 percentile of babies his same age. I really thought he would have been a higher percent the way he is going through clothes! By the way, his cardiologist saw him in July and he had an EKG done. His murmur is still there, but she thinks the defect will close up on its own. He just has to go in for annual visits until it does. Pretty easy.

more bear and thumb

Again with the bear and thumb.