When Baby's Away...

Claire enjoys helping Grandma 

put away the groceries.

Apparently anything goes when 

you're visiting grandparents.

Thanks Grandma for sharing the pictures!

Flashback for Grandpa Bill

Grandpa Bill,

I'm so excited that you and Grandma are going to keep me for a couple of days in West Virginia.  Mommy seems very excited and keeps saying something about sleeping past 6:00AM.  I'm not sure what that's about.  Anyway, remember how tiny I was when I first came to visit your office and Mommy changed my diaper on your conference room table?  Sorry about that. Now that I'm mobile, I'm sure I can make much more of a mess!  

Love you,

Claire

Playtime Adventures

Playtime is SO much more fun when you can climb into the toy box!

Of course, sometimes things can get ugly in a hurry, 

when you realize you don't know how to get out...

Long Overdue Play Date

Between our travels and sick babies, we haven't had much time lately to get together with baby Ben.  Finally, this past Wednesday, we were able to reunite these two for some playtime.  

Claire was full of hugs for her BFF Ben!  

You Turn Your Head For a Second and...

Claire makes her own fun with the containers of formula in the diaper bag.

Pickles Please

Claire tried her first pickle this weekend during lunch at Macados with Cheryl.

Anyone who has had lunch with me knows, 

I'm a HUGE pickle fan!  

This certainly seems to be something Claire has in common with Mommy.

P.S.  Thanks for the pictures Cheryl!

Daddy's Little Helper

This spring while Daddy does the mowing, 

Claire plans to help with the trimming.

With Cheryl & Claire at the Colonnade

Mommy's college roommate, Cheryl, has been visiting this weekend. We've had two very full days of Charlottesville and Lexington.  Lots of lunches, history, girl-talk and wine.  Yesterday Daddy kept Claire all day.  Today we took Claire on our beautiful walk around W&L campus. We paused to let Claire play in the grass in front of the colonnade.

Live Blogging... Girls Day at Monticello

One Thing I Learned Today

Do NOT hand the baby random items from the front seat of the car in an effort to stop the screaming in the back seat.  For example, my glasses.

Luckily these were about $10 at Target.

  Another reason not to buy expensive sunglasses.

A Little Bedtime Reading

Pat-a-Cake and Other Debacles

Note to Parents:

Do NOT try to stage performances for blogging purposes.  You may end up with similar results.

Results Below:

I Can Pat-a-Cake, But I Won't Like It...

Why Would I Pat-a-Cake, When it's MUCH More Fun to Stand in the Highchair?...

Complete Anarchy!

She really can pat-a-cake, complete with rolling and marking with a "c" motions.

Signs of Spring

Daddy and Claire took a stroll yesterday to inspect the signs of spring in our yard 

(daffodils and blooms on our Bradford pear trees). 

Below are some images from our yard:

Who Needs a Stroller?

Claire has recently managed to turn everything, that isn't glued to the floor, into a tool for walking.  We expect her to just take off and start walking any minute.  We're not in any hurry!  I'm not sure we can handle a Claire that is even MORE mobile.

Congrats, Dr. Marsh!

This morning, I left David totally in charge of Montessori duty while I headed over Afton Mountain to attended my friend Jamie's dissertation defense.  It was excellent!  It was so great to catch up with all my UVA friends.  It was great to see you all!  Congrats again Jamie!