Claire turns 2!

And just like that, the cutest girl ever turns 2!!!!

Claire had a blast on her special day. She was so so so excited she could

barely contain herself. It was the cutest thing ever. She totally knows

what presents are and she was really excited for her pink cupcakes.

She is saying quite a few words, running around,  and can climb anything. 

She loves to be outside, play with stuffed animals, blocks, and loves reading books.

She loves to give kisses, and wave, and say hi to anyone she meets. 

She is so fun and entertaining and we love her so much!

First up is opening presents. 

I love it how when they're small, the presents are HUGE!

  

 She was excited to wear her hat. She saw the hats out for Grant's birthday and 

talked about them all the time. So when it was her birthday she kept saying "hat?" 

"hat?" and wanting everyone to wear them! She's so adorable.

She got a bubble machine and immediately the boys wanted to show her what it was.

Her surprise when all the bubbles came out was priceless!

  

The boys got her this water table activity thing. This was a huge hit too.

Then we took her to the park, one of her favorite places.

Finally it was time for cupcakes!

It was such a fun day celebrating. We love you Claire! Happy Birthday! 

Grant turns 12

You would think with summer wrapping up and school starting that things would

get slower...but somehow we're more busy than before! We miss the slow, fun

days of summer, that's for sure.  

We're behind on our August birthdays! First up is Grant, who turned 12 and 

started middle school!!! Aiiee! So crazy how fast time flies. He's still tall, blonde, 

the kindest person you'll ever meet, so happy and helpful, and such a great kid. 

We are so lucky to have him in our family.

We had a great weekend celebrating his birthday. We ate hamburgers and shrimp, 

did our birthday tradition of chuck-e-cheese, ate cake and opened presents,

played some video games, and had fun celebrating the biggest brother in our family. 

We love you Grant and hope you had as much fun we did!!

Of course, because he's so kind, he was fine with Claire "helping" him open his presents.

She's caught on that there's fun things inside packages that are wrapped! 

It's going to be so fun when it's her turn!

This is Claire's chuck-e-cheese celebration too as their birthdays are so

close together....she loves this place!

The motorized scooter was a big hit....

He said "surprise me" when it came to a cake.....so we made a strawberry cheesecake!

He loved it! We wanted something he'd never tried before. It was a fun surprise. 

Happy birthday buddy!!!! We love you!!