I'm a slacker, house update

Okay I know. I've been slacking on posting these things on my blog. I've had to make 3 posts tonight to catch up on all the things I was planning on putting on here. I don't have an excuse. I haven't been overly busy or anything. I just haven't wanted to sit down and blog. I think with this post I will be all caught up on pics I took to post on here.

Our House is looking more and more like a house. I am so excited to have it be finished and to have our own home again. I think it will be like christmas getting all our stuff out of storage. We'll have forgotten what it all looked like. They put the insulation in our home this last week and should start sheet rocking this week. We talked to our realtor last week and they are estimating about 6 more weeks till we are finished. Keep your fingers crossed.

4th of July

We had a great 4th. We went swimming with my family. (Claire thinks she is a fish) Then we had a BBQ. We wanted Claire to go to the fireworks with us. Since it is way past her bedtime we made her nap late and stay up for them. She was mesmerized by them. She kept saying "WOW WOW WOW" and "Whats that?" During the finale she was a little nervous. She sunk into Mark's lap and grabbed his arm. She looked a little frightened. I guess it was just too much noise. It was a fun evening. Today was a little difficult, because Claire was grumpy from lack of sleep. Here is a pic of Claire in her 4th of July jammies I sewed for her. She was playing with the Glow bracelets Grandma and Grandpa Robins got for her. She loved those. I think she stole all the other babies braclets, because we ended up with a lot more than the 12 that came in her package.

Just like Dada

Claire is becoming more and more of a Daddy's girl. She just loves her Dada. First thing she asks in the morning is "Where Dada?" I tell her he is at work, but this is just not a good enough answer. I spend the rest of the day explaining that Dada is at work and will be home soon. From the moment he walks in the door she wants to go everywhere he goes and do everything he does. Mark has been playing his trumpet a lot lately. Something Claire loves. The second she hears the trumpet she is drawn to it, like a moth to light. She just can't stay away. She'll then proceed to hover around Mark. Pulling down his sheet music, dancing to the tunes, and grabbing at his pant leg. All in an effort to be allowed to blow into the trumpet. She doesn't make any sound, but she thinks it is the coolest thing ever. Well in an attempt to allow Mark to play uninterrupted we bought her a Kazoo. She thinks it is awesome. When Mark starts playing his trumpet, she will go get her "baby trumpet" and play as well. Then she will proceed to squeal and stomp her feet in delight. I hope some day she loves me as much as she loves Dada.

Skirt

I saw this skirt and loved it. I wanted to get one for Claire. I didn't want to spend $35 on it though. I decided to try to make one. I took a trip to JoAnn's fabrics today. I was so excited to find the exact material and it was on sale. I think I did a pretty good job considering I had no pattern to follow. I didn't attempt the pockets. Maybe I'll add them later. I did learn a lot from making this one. I will definately make more. I was so excited that I dressed Claire up in it and did a little photo shoot with her. She didn't really enjoy the photoshoot. Most of the time she just kept running away.

Photoshop

I've been playing with photoshop. Here is one of the pics I edited.

Before

After


I still need some more practice, but since you asked Heather I posted one for you. :)

Back to a crib

I posted last week about Claire's new toddler bed. Well things didn't go so well with it. She did well for the first two nights. On the third night we were woken up around 11:30 to her crying. At first it was just a little whining. But it got more and more hysterical. I went in to see what was going on. I found her standing in front of her bed with the blanket over her head. She was completely hysterical. I pulled the blanket off her head, and so DOVE into my arms. She was almost choking me. It took me half an hour to get her to calm down. I checked to see if she was hurt, or poopy. I just couldn't figure out what was wrong. I thought it might have been a bad dream. I rocked her till she was asleep and laid her back in her bed. As soon as she touched the bed she became hysterical again. I laid next to her, well kinda I don't really fit on her bed, till she calmed down and went to sleep. I went back to bed hoping that she would sleep the rest of the night. About an hour later she came into our room upset again and climbed into bed with us. I held her till she was calm and tried to put her back into her bed. Again she became hysterical. After repeating this a couple of times. I began to wonder if it was her bed she was afraid of. I decided to put her in the pack and play to see if it was her bed. I got it out and set it up. Then I put her in. Not a peep. She just cuddled up and went to sleep. I wonder if she fell out of the bed and it scared her to death. We put the other side on her crib and she has been sleeping peacefully in it since. I guess she just wasn't ready for a toddler bed. We will try again in a couple months. Until then I can pretend she is still just my tiny baby.

Jump Jump Jump

Claire loves jumping on the trampoline. Well she doesn't jump, but she stomps and does a high kick run. It is fun to watch her. She was jumping with Dada on saturday and her hair got super crazy. I decided I had to have some pics of it
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