crazy hair

You know it was a good nights sleep when she wakes up with hair like this.

I know, I know its been way too long since I update our blog. I'm such a slacker I didn't even put up a christmas update. I have thought about it regularly. Once in a while I'll log in with the intent to update, but then decide I didn't really want to. So let me give you a quick update on what has been going on.

Christmas came and was so fun. Mark and I were so excited to see how Claire would react this year. Mark and I were both up in bed around 6 am. Its like we were little again. He went and got Claire out of bed at the first peep she made. He brought her in with us. She snuggled up next to me. I told her it was Christmas and that Santa had come. I didn't think she would really understand, but I was wrong. As soon as I said that she jumped up she said "SANTA!! PRESENTS COME ON! LETS GO! DADDY PEAS PRESENTS" It was so fun to see her opening presents and loving them. We went to my parents for a christmas breakfast. Claire and her two cousins spent the the morning fighting over each others presents. We then headed over to Mark's parents house were we spent the rest of the day. It was so nice to be with family. For the next week every morning Claire would ask "Santa come? Presents?" It was hard to explain that chistmas only happens once a year. It was so cute.

Shorty after christmas I became sick. I got a nasty virus that was going around. I got so bad that I went in to the doctor who told me that because I was pregnant I couldn't have any of the medications. He told me to "be tough". I then spent the next 3 weeks trying to recover. Claire came down with the same thing shortly after I did, we took her in and got her on meds and she made a quick recovery. I'm glad she didn't have to suffer through it.

Claire is talking more and more every day. I have to watch what I say because she copies everything. The other day we were in the car and I was following Mark who was in front of us. I starting telling him to "GO GO FAST GO" then I hear a little copycat in the back seat start yelling "GOOOO DADDY GOOO FAST" Now when we drive in the car, I am constantly being told by Claire to "go fast mommy go go go"

We had our big ultrasound on Jan. 25th. Everything looks healthy. It was so fun to see her. I came home and compared the 3d pictures of her to Claires. They are definately going to look like sisters. The pictures were so similar I almost think they might look like twins. We have decided on a name. We had been going back and forth on it, when one day I asked Claire who was in my tummy her reply was " baby Ella" that decided it for us. Her name will be Ella Jane Hansen. I have entered the nesting stage and can't wait to decorate her room. I used pink for Claire, I wanted to give Ella her own unique room so we are going to use purples for her room. Mark thinks I am little crazy but puts up with it. Its a good thing he loves me a lot. We are counting down the time till little Ella comes. I can hardly wait.

Its a....

We found out today that we are having a GIRL!

Mark has been so certain that we were having a boy that we having been calling him Samuel. I don't think that will work anymore. It is probably just because we found a boys name we both loved that we are having another girl.

I am excited for Claire to have a little sister so close in age. I am hoping she will be excited when the baby comes. Now we just have to figure out a name for her. We are both liking Emily. But Emily mean rival. Is it setting my girls up to be rivals if we name her that?

Claire refers to herself as Princess Claire and these are her clothes of choice.

Claire is 2!!!

My little Claire turned 2 on the 7th. So I thought I would post some of my favorite pictures of her over the last year.

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Happy Birthday my favorite 2 year old! Love Love Love you.

Claire has a lot more freedom now with a big girl bed. Every night after we lay her down, she promptly gets out of bed to correct any mistakes we may have made while putting her to bed. For example: getting the correct sleeping pal. Silly us we usually give her a stuffed animal. This is what I found the other night when I went to check on her.

I didn't know her preferred choice was her blue ball. I can't imagine it is very snugly but I have never tried it.

Big Girl Bed

We got Claire a big girl bed. She had started climbing out of the crib and crashing to the floor. We decided with another one on the way, and Claire turning 2 in a couple of weeks that is was time to get her a real bed. I spent the last couple weeks searching on KSL classifieds for a bed. I found this one in Logan for $50. We picked up the bed, sheets, comforter, and rail for her today. She was so excited for her new bed. She actually went and brushed her own teeth and found jammies so she could get in bed. I had to tell her it was too early.

I was a little nervous about her sleeping in her big bed after our last attempt at a big girl bed. She did so good. After we laid her down, she stayed in bed. Slept peacefully the whole night, and then stayed in bed until I told her to come out this morning. Now we need to officially take down the crib, her room is a little cramped right now.

She looks so tiny in that big bed. When did my baby get to be big?