Gymnastics!

Adrien eating bubbles

Liberty catching bubbles

A surprise visit from Carter!

The infamous tub of balls

Joanne is having more fun than the kids! ;)

They are all hers...

Claire is taking a class at Little Gym once a week from now until January. Our friends Liberty, and Adrien are in the class too so that makes it extra fun! She started last week and loved it! I'm so glad she has something to do that wears her out and she has so much fun at the same time. Her favorite thing by far is when the teacher dumps all of the balls out. Once Claire sees the container where the balls are stored all she wants to do is open it and get the balls out! She also enjoys walking across the balance beam, climbing anything she can and the bubbles. I love to watch her play and interact with the other kids...she is getting so big!

Paul, Patrick, Party and Puke

We've had a very busy week and I have zero pictures to show for it! On Wed. night Brad and I went to the Paul McCartney concert at the new Cowboys stadium. It was such a dream come true for me...I was in heaven. If you know me at all you know I am always early, so sure enough I drug Brad to the concert before the doors even opened...and it was HOT outside while we waited. Once we got in we walked around the new stadium (nice) and then sat in our awesome seats an hour and a half before Paul went on stage. I never left my seat the whole time...I didn't want to miss a second. Paul sang non-stop from 8:45 to 11:30 with 2 encores. He sang all of his greats and i sang along with him! Loved, loved, loved it!!!
On Friday night we finally got to meet baby Patrick! We brought food over for Jodie, Brian and carter and I got to hold the baby. i forgot how little they are...he is precious and now I am even more excited about baby #2!
Sat. morning Brad and I left for Austin for Mandy and Austin's wedding. My parents are here watching Claire so we were so excited to have a weekend away. the wedding was beautiful and the bride was gorgeous! I stayed up way too late but it was great hanging out with the crew.
And through out all of this I still am feeling sick. I am 14 weeks and I thought for sure I would be over this by now. It's starting to get really old but I know it will be worth it in the end. It's also helping me to not gain the 50 pounds I gained with Claire....so far.

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Family Reunion 2009

Another wonderful trip to the Jersey Shore has come and gone. We had such a great time seeing relatives and introducing Claire to them for the first time. Where to start...? Let's see, I threw up before we left for the airport on Sat. morning. It was storming so our flight was delayed, then we had to sit on the runway for an hour to wait our turn to take off. Claire was an angel on the plane. She fell asleep as soon as we took off and watched her DVD player most of the rest of the time. We didn't buy her a seat so she sat on our laps...and my arm fell asleep at one point, but we made it! Then we picked up our rental car and headed to Sea Isle City! We shared a beautiful 3 story beach house with my parents, brother and sister. Claire loved waking up every morning and seeing everyone. On Sunday we walked one block up to the beach and showed Claire the ocean for the first time. She LOVES the beach and that makes me so happy. She liked the sand so much that she would lay in it and make sand angels. The water was freezing but she didn't care. She loved jumping the waves with Daddy. On Monday we went to the boardwalk to eat pizza and take her on some rides. Again, she had a blast. Tuesday was more beach, family and fun. On Wed. some of the family went crabbing (I opted out of that one) and that night my parents watched Claire while Brad and I went to dinner! Thursday was a little rainy, but we still went putt-putt golfing and then headed to Atlantic City! here is my Atlantic City story: We went to the Borgata hotel/casino and my sister and I went straight to the slot machines. We sat down at the 50 cent Wheel of Fortune machine. I inserted a $20, hit the button and instantly made $168!!!! It was so much fun!!! I did lose some other money but I ended up leaving ahead! Friday we rented bikes and rode on the boardwalk and Friday night was awards (yes we give out awards at our family reunion! On Sat we drove back to Philly to spend the day with my Dad's side of the family. I got to meet my cousin's baby Cale! Let me just say how generous and loving all of my family is...they love Claire so much and showered her with gifts (thanks Aunt Judy!) Claire also turned 1 1/2 on vacation. She is so smart and talked the whole trip! My batteries are recharged from this vacation and i can't wait until the next one!

Brad's Race

"Go Daddy!"

Hippie!

Dancing to the pre-race music!

It's been awhile since my last post. I have been feeling pretty crappy for a few weeks now and haven't felt like doing much of anything (you should see my house...it's a MESS). I am so ready for the constant feeling of nausea to be over. Anyways, I did manage to drag myself and Claire to Brad's triathlon on Sunday. We had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning to get to Denton by his 7:00 start time. Claire was a trooper...I kept her in her pj's and gave her breakfast in the car and she was fine! We met Jodie and Carter there since Brian was in the race as well so we were so lucky to have fun friends to hang out with in between cheering for Daddy! Talk about a trooper...Jodie is 38 weeks pregnant, so whenever I felt like complaining about all of the walking, or the heat, I would just look over at her belly ;) Brad and Brian did great! We were able to watch them start and then we let the kids play in the lake. Claire loved it and now I am even more certain she is going to love the beach! We saw the guys run to the bike transition and Claire clapped and cheered for her Daddy. We played some more and then the guys came in from the bike and began the run. Brad finished in 1 hr 43 mins....great job!!! It was a long morning but he has been training hard so we wanted to be there to cheer him on!

I'm Pregnant!!!!

We are so excited to announce that we are expecting baby #2!!!! My family and Brad's family were together this 4th of July weekend in Longview so we decided to make the big announcement then. I bought Claire a shirt that says "I'm Going to be a Big Sister" and as you can see in the video, it didn't take long for everyone to figure it out! I am due Feb. 20th...which is funny because Claire and I both celebrate our birthdays in February...throw in Valentine's Day and Brad will have his hands full! We will find out the sex of the baby again... Brad is hoping for a boy, I want another girl! Claire and this baby will be almost exactly 2 years apart. We will see...of course as long as the baby is healthy we are thrilled!!! I am seven weeks along and already feeling really nauseous and tired. My sonogram is on the 15th so hopefully I can get some meds to help with that. We will keep you posted on all the baby news! We are so thankful to have such a great family and friends around us to share our great news!!!

Evil Eye

For a while now Claire has made this "evil" face at us. I could be making lunch, packing a bag, or reading a book and when I look up she is giving me this hard look. It's enough to make you wonder if your hair is crazy or you said something stupid. It is totally random and she usually laughs afterwards, but she has the ability to make you feel insecure. Good thing she's cute 98% of the time! These pictures don't really capture the moment...but you get the idea.