Spring break part 2 - Visiting Great Grandpa

Over spring break we were able to go to the Portland fire station and visit my grandpa. This was Claire's first trip to the fire station, she loved it. My grandpa is amazing, he is the oldest fireman at the portland fire station. He drives the fire truck and is in better shape than most everyone i know!

Spring Break Part 1- Newport Beach

To start off spring break we headed down to Newport beach. We stayed at a hotel for 2 nights with another couple that we know from school. It was so much fun to get out. Our hotel room was beautiful, right on the beach.

This is us on our balcony.

The first day there was beautiful. Claire loved the beach. She ran all over and even though the water was freezing, she didn't care.

The second day we went to the oregon coast aquarium. Its was so much fun. Claire loved seeing all the animals and fish.

For some reason i swelled up like a balloon at the beach. My face is so puffy in these pictures. This little boy is getting so big. Im 37 weeks in this picture and I think Ive grown a couple more inches in the belly since this picture was taken. We have 2 weeks left now and im hoping this boy comes very soon!

We thought the under water tunnels were really cool.

Here are the friends we went with....

Claire liked the sea lions.....

By the end she was very ready for a nap and didn't want to leave.

At the hotel we went swimming. The pool was pretty cold and claire would have nothing to do with it. While everyone else played in the pool and hot tub, claire and I played in the bath (one of her favorite things).

We got to see some wild sea lions along the bay, and rich was able to eat some fish. We also went out to watch the hunger games movie. (so much fun and claire slept through the entire thing!)

We had a lot of fun. We probably wont be able to do something like this again for a while, im so glad we had the opportunity. The rest of spring break was spent at my parents house. (pictures coming soon.)

One lucky day!

Wednesday we work up to this in our parking lot. I took this picture from our front window. Under all those branches is our neighbors poor car. Their back window was shattered and the roof of their car was dented in. We got about 6 inches of snow over night. It was a crazy day. Eugene shut down, classes were canceled and it made for a fun morning. We had a great breakfast together, Hung out and later in the day we went out to doughnuts and then took rich to school to work on his paper. It was a nice day.

Rich has been working on homework a LOT lately. We are excited that he is turning in his big paper tomorrow and we get to head off to the beach for a fun weekend. Claire loves her cuddles with daddy lately, its so cute.

Last saturday some girls from church threw me a baby shower. It was so cute. The theme was a mustache bash. My mom, sisters and grandma came down to visit and we played all day. It was a great girl day while rich was off studying.

Claire is showing grandma where her nose is.....

and giving her lots of kisses.....

Claire is so fun to watch. She loves to explore everything. Her new thing is unscrewing the little white things on the sides of the toilet. I had to hide them and just leave the screws showing because she just wont leave them alone.

Claire started a gymnastics class once a week at the local community center. It is so much fun, she loves the chance to get some energy out and learning new things. She is having a lot of fun trying to do a roll by herself. She starts the roll but I normally have to help her finish.

After bath time claire likes to stand here in front of the heater.....

Everything is going great here. Claire is adorable. Rich has been so busy but is almost ready for spring break to start tomorrow. 2pock is growing everyday. I am a ticking time bomb and just hoping this boy joins us sooner than later. 4 weeks and counting.

Emotions and lots of pictures

I've been seeing a lot of this face this week. Claire has had a little cold and been very emotional about everything. She also hasn't been sleeping as well since the move either. If anything happens that she doesn't like she gets pretty upset. Poor girl. Hopefully she will get better about sleeping and get over the runny nose soon. Luckily she slept ALL night last night! YAY! Lets hope she does it again.

With the move came many more fun things to explore and climb. This little girl amazes me every single day. (and scares me!) she has had a lot of new things to fall off of also.

Claire loves the window and stands here hoping I will take her outside every single day. Luckily we have had a couple nice days this last week! She also stand in the window like this when Rich leaves for school, she watches him drive off and then cries for at least a couple minutes.

She loves peanut butter....

Claire has been so good with her dolls. She takes such good care of them, its fun to watch her be a little mom. She feeds them, washes them, kisses them, rubs lotion on them and sometimes tries to put a diaper on them. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She is going to be a GREAT big sister.

I love this little face....
Claire is an expert cup drinker now and gets her own cup at dinner time which we don't have to help her drink out of at all. We only have a spill every once in a while, im so proud of her! She is such a quick learner.

As for 2pock, he has 5 weeks left of "cooking"! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going. In 2 weeks we have an ultrasound to check to see if he is head down. He is measuring great and growing like a weed. We can't wait to meet him. Until then Im working on my last project for work before he comes and I take a month off and making a cake for a friends baby shower on tuesday.

Rich has been working REALLY hard. He is amazing and has spent quite a few late nights at school over the last week. He has a huge paper he is working on right now. Great job handsome.

Crazyness

Its been a busy week already and its only monday. I figured i would sit down and take a quick break before I get to work for the night. Here are a bunch of photos of cute claire.

We love her "cheesy" smile.

And her "guilty, im up to something" smile...

She is getting so big and grown up...

And climbing on everything! Ohh no.....

We love cuddles with daddy....

Claire is getting so fast! She loves going to the park and running everywhere.. I love letting her get out some energy.

She loves taking care of her dolls.

As for the week. Hopefully Rich will be able to finish everything for school that he needs to and we can get packed and moved.

Have a great week everyone!

All Smiles and 30 weeks!

How can you not smile at this adorable face? Claire has started this cheesy smile and it is so cute. Look at all those teeth. She got another one this week! I can't believe how fast this little girl is growing up. 14 months old and perfect.

Last week A friend in our ward asked me to make a cake for her. She had a party where everyone found out if they were having a boy or a girl. During the ultrasound the doctor wrote down what they were having on a piece of paper put it in a envelope and didn't tell them what it was. She then brought it to me and I made a cake with the inside telling what their baby is. At the party they cut the cake and found out... Its a girl! Yay. This was really fun. I had fun making lots of layers on this cake and filling it with fresh strawberries. YUM.

As for our baby boy... we are 30 weeks and growing. This little boy is strong. Growing right on schedule and already loves playing with his daddy. The next 10 weeks will go fast, we have applied at 2 apartments and are waiting to hear back. Hopefully we will have that all figured out soon and settled into a new place.