Family Pictures

Something that I really wanted to do for Clara's birthday was get family pictures taken.  When she was born we weren't in a position to get any professional newborn pictures.  When she was three months Brandon's cousin did some pictures for us but she has grown so much that I wanted to have new ones done.

A big shout out to Lemon Lily Photography for our amazing pictures. Dani was so patient with us and especially with Clara as she was not always happy. Here are some favorites!

We really couldn't have gotten such good pictures without my Mom.  I'm sure people driving by were wondering about the crazy lady jumping up and down, waving her arms. ;)

I made her tutu and was so happy that she kept it on.  If you notice she has a necklace in some of the pictures.  Dani brought these for her to possibly wear.  She wouldn't have them around her neck but they sure kept her happy for the pictures.

 I didn't make her cake though.  I had planned on doing it but when I started to it started falling apart...literally, so Brandon suggested we buy one.  Probably the best idea ever.

I love everything about t his picture.  I love her pink toes and that you can see her tutu.  I also love that you can see some of the frosting on the asphalt.

Poor girl got some in her eye.  We had to run to the store after and the whole left side of her face was pink and her eye was a little red.  I had a couple people ask if she had been crying. Oops.

I guess she had been crying a little bit. Okay it was more than a little bit.  She really hated getting cleaned up.  She was such a trooper right up to the end.

Thanks again Dani at Lemon Lily Photography for our great pictures!  We love them!

1 Year!

I seriously can't believe our little girl has already been here for a year.  I have a lot of pictures so this will probably turn into two posts.... possibly three.  So first I'll start with pictures from the last month or so.

Stats:

Weight: 18 lbs 2 oz- 25%

Height: 28 3/4 inches- 40%

Head: 18 inches- 75%

She went up in everything which is good.  She has grown so much!  I think that every day she is taller than she was when went to sleep the night before. 

She is changing every day too.  Her personality is really showing and I love it.  She can say hi, duck, mama, and dada.  I think that sometimes dada means a lot of things but that's okay.  She also recognizes animals and makes this cute little growly noise for them.

She loves her sippy cup!  She carries it around all day.  However, if you have a drink, especially from a can, then she needs some of that too.

Her first curl!  Thanks Grandma Lee!

This is her cousin Kedric.  These two are seriously best friends.  When they're together they follow each other everywhere and share everything, including illnesses.  

She still gets into things although it's becoming less and less which is great.  She also likes to climb on everything.  Luckily she can't get onto the couch yet by herself but if you are sitting on the floor against the couch then you become her ramp.

She's walking everywhere now and runs whenever she can.  If you look closely you can see that she has a scratch by her eye and three or four bruises on her forehead.  She forgets to pay attention to where she's going.  She also loves to put clothes/blankets on her head and run around which results in running into many things.

Her first Fourth of July.  The first picture is with her Uncle Jason.  The second picture is of us waiting for the fireworks to start.  Clara actually did really well with the fireworks.  She would watch and ooh and ahh and then she would crawl around.  

I made this tutu for her for her one year old pictures.  She hated it on.  This is the first time I put it on her and I was trying to distract her with the mirror.  Don't be fooled though, she wasn't happy about it being on.

We dressed up like cows for free chicken at Chik-Fil-A.  It was great!  We also got free slurpees that day too.

She crawled in the laundry basket and couldn't get back out.

Clara loves to watch the guys who come do the yard work every Tuesday.  Last week she and the guy lawn mowing had a moment.  

We are so glad that Miss Clara is a part of our family and can't wait to see what new adventures come our way!

Exploring.

This little girl LOVES to go outside and explore.  First thing this morning she brought me her shoes so that we could go for a walk.

Yogurt!

This little girl loves her yogurt!  I decided to let her feed herself again... she didn't want the spoon.

After she got done she went straight into a nice warm pool.  :)