Count down: 5 weeks

Hi Mamie, here is the bump pic you requested. Only 5 weeks, 2 days until our due date. Two side notes: Thank you for the maternity dress hand-me up, Keri. And thanks for Claire's Lilly Pulitzer hand-me up Mamie/Eleanor. This is such a happy print, RIP Lilly. "Being happy never goes out of style" -Lilly Pulitzer

Easter

Easter Sunday was BEAUTIFUL! The weather was perfect and we had a wonderful day: church, family, great food. Claire woke up and discovered the Easter bunny came to our house. I took pictures on an actual camera but cannot find the USB cord to download the pictures. Grrrrr. So iphone pics:

This girl LOVED hunting for eggs at church

A new bowling set from Nana and Doc. That pool will have crystal clear water in it in  May!!! We can't wait to swim.

Spring Snow

On Saturday night/Sunday morning it snowed (again) about 8-10 inches in Kansas City. It was enough snow that we didn't leave the house all day. Claire and Adam played in the snow for a while in the morning and Adam and I shoveled the driveway and cars while Claire napped. We did a few other things to fill the day:

Warming up by playing numbers... with rosy cheeks

Dyeing Easter eggs for the first time

Making chocolate cookies and licking the beater

Okay, enough snow. Bring on Spring!! Claire is wearing a special sweater that Granny knit for her. It is so great for a busy little 2 year old because it zips in the back. Thanks, Granny!

St. Patrick's Day 2013

St. Patrick's Day 2013 was cold and rainy but  3/16 wasn't too bad. We met up with the G's and went to the Brookside parade. Claire LOVES Mac. Hard to believe these two are going to have siblings in the next 8-10 weeks! 

Art Enthusiast

Sunday was a cold, rainy day so we decided to go to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art not far from Waldo. We had a great time! One of the docents told us that he could tell Claire was a true art enthusiast  Hmmmm...maybe it was the way she maniacally ran from one gallery to the next? We will definitely go back again soon to see a lot of the art we missed as we tried to keep up with our little girl.

Snow Day!

MIZ

GO TIGERS! We are excited to cheer for Mizzou tonight and hope they can finally get a big road win against those Wildcats. Uncle Ray and Aunt Lyle, we hope you have fun in Lexington!

Claire loves to do the MIZ-ZOU chee r. This isn't the most enthusiastic rendition (taken earlier this week at the height of her ear infection) but still pretty cute.