Reading baby

SHe seems to want to read these days more than do anything else... but, on her own time. :)

Cheerleader and Nature Lover

Clara loves animals of any kind... she will hug and kiss any and every animal she can get her hands on. (even fake ones) Since it was Sunday and football day and we were in Maryland, I figured it would be good to send her Daddy some updated Ravens photos. So, I let her wear her purple and black all day. She's a good little cheerleader. When they kick a field goal, she has learned to clap... but, she claps for the opposing team at times... :) She'll learn one day.

My girls...

...they didn't feel like photos this day... Luna with her eyes pinned back and Clara with her attitude when I tried to take the book away... Well, fine, then I'll photograph you reading :

time out for kisses.

sometimes you just need a time out for a kiss. in the middle of dancing and taking photos, Clara stops and kisses her puppy. more people should do this in their daily life. I know there are times when I really missed holding Kris's hand because I had a diaper bag or baby carrier or the stroller... babies require too much stuff. :)

birthdays

Probably one of the hardest parts (I guess there really are many) about deployments is missing out on holidays... we have been so lucky that Kris has been home for most of the important ones. But really, holidays are just another day. Another year you are alive, another moment you say "I love you" as your count down the days of your lives together. It's really quite an odd concept if you really think of it that way. Now we are on the final countdown for deployment to be over. And then, we will count down for Christmas or something else. We are constantly chasing our lives away. Much like that of balloons. I looked up WHY people bring balloons and why they are a must-have at birthdays, "It's a Boy!" or "Party!!" But I cannot get a real reason. The first balloons were made out of animal intestines... gross. and also I found out that they first used hydrogen but it is flammable.. Can you imagine a party with flammable gas everywhere. That could add in some entertainment! So, since Kris was gone for his birthday, I wanted to post these photos I took a while back of Clara for his birthday party. We threw him a party, it's a shame he couldn't come! We really did have a fun time. Happy Birthday, Daddy! Next year we will probably see each other every holiday... that will be the first time in the existence of us being a couple for that to happen.

You can dress her up...

.....and take her out... but there better be toys involved! haha She was so funny. SHe would not sit still for nothing! But, this is what toddlers do... this is why it takes you running a mile after them in order to get one shot... and then their eyes are closed or they have something all over their face. I can't wait until she sits still again.. Guess I've got like 3 or so more years before she will want to play along.

Mornings..

One most sitcoms and movies you see kids who refuse to wake up, or ones who don't want to go to school... Not my kid.. this is what I wake up to most mornings... Happy, awake, and ready to play :)

Bathing Beauty

She points her toes and poses sometimes, I swear she reads cosmo magazines at night or something... She cracks me up...