Anderson Adventures: Claire's Poor Eye and More Pictures

Monday, March 21, 2011

Claire's Poor Eye and More Pictures

It just makes me sad. Also worried. I'm a mother, of course I worry. We have been the the doctor twice and it isn't anything serious, just a burst blood vessel. Happens to a lot of people, which I already knew, but since Claire can't tell me if it hurts or not, I worry. Here is her poor little eye:

Besides her eye looking terrible, we love this picture. She looks like a puppy dog with that sock in her mouth. She crawled around with it in her mouth for a good 30 minutes.

New favorite mess maker with movies.

She also loves to go under the piano and push on the pedals.

Last week, my mom came down for a hair appointment. It was cancelled while she was driving down, which gave us more Grandma time and, I'm not gonna lie, I was glad to have the extra play time. We went to the park and took Claire swinging for the first time. I'm also trying to get better at doing pictures on 'manual'. I don't have lots of practice time, so I have lots to learn and lots of practicing to do. Thank goodness it's getting nicer so I can go out with Claire more.

Discovering grass for the first time. We took her sock off, she would touch the ground and pick her foot up right away. Silly girl.

Haha, I love this one. What a chubster!

6 comments:

Marie said...: Where did you get that DVD shelf? I really like it! These pictures make me really excited for more good weather!; March 21, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Lindsey said...: Beautiful pictures! You're getting better! And I recognize that shirt she's wearing- our favorite baby gap purchase! Oh Stace she's darling, i love her in the swing!!! missing you lots,
xoxo
linds; March 21, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Unknown said...: She is such a cutie pie! Rachael had the same problem with one of her eyes right after she was born. So sad, it will go away though.
Such fun pictures!; March 21, 2011 at 7:54 PM
Kateka said...: Ouch!! Her poor little eye. Well, I hope it doesn't hurt anyway. Poor thing. Those pictures are hilarious and adorable.; March 22, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Nicole said...: cute pictures!!! :( Sorry about her poor eye! So sad!; March 22, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Anonymous said...: That was a good day! We need to do more! Miss you!; March 23, 2011 at 8:31 PM

Out of the mouth of Claire

Claire was asking me about Hailey nursing. She was sad to find out that Hailey wasn't nursing anymore. She said, "Well, when I am a mommy can you give my babies milk?" Uh...nope. Can't do that. "Why mom?" Well, my milk will be gone (thank goodness) and you'll have to do it. "Oh, well, I want a big, big, BIG family. TWELVE babies! But I don't want the littlest baby to ever get big because I do NOT want one hundred babies." March 2015
Claire: Daddy, do you stink? Brian: Why do you say that? Claire: Because I can smell you. 6/18/14
Claire walked out of her room and this is what ensued: Daddy: "Claire, get back to bed." Claire: "But Daddy, my bed is being crazy!" (We try hard not to laugh). Daddy: "What?" Claire: "My bed is being crazy!!!" He went back, she tangled her blanket so her feet were getting cold. 5/15/2014
Claire asked her sunbeam teacher what "this" was, pointing to something on her chest. She thought she was talking about the pattern on her dress. Claire said, "No, no! These. They are for milk for babies." 5/2014
Eating corn on the cob for dinner, Claire turned to me and asked, "Mommy, are you going to eat some of this YUUUUMMMMYYY corn?" 5/2014
"Mommy, can you do this for me?" She hands me my eyelash curler and I proceed to curl her eyelashes. She bats her eyes in the mirror and says, "There. That's better." For the record...I have never done this, so she didn't learn it from me. 1/28/14
I was doing Claire's hair , combing through it. "Mommy, stop brushing my hair, you're making me crazy." 1/28/14
Claire has a VERY hard time going #2 in the toilet. She will hold it for days and days, so she ends up sitting on the toilet for hours sometimes. This week, she had been in there for a good two hours (and never went). Anyway, during that time she called me in several times, "MOMMY!!!! Come here!!!" And then would tell me nothing. So, after what seemed like the billionth, "MOMMY come here!" shouting, I went in to find her with the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper collected in a heap in her arms. I looked at her and gasped in frustration. I had just changed that roll! Brand new roll. Think of all that! She looked at me, giggled, and said, "Mommy...hehe....I sneezed...hehe." 1/28/14
We had our first ice storm here in Texas. I took Claire to Costco and let her walk on the ice. "Mom, I need to put on my ice skates". "Claire, do you have ice skates?" "No mom, I don't." Good point though sweetheart!
Claire always wakes me up telling me that the sun is awake. The other day, she came in, told me the sun was awake once more and then told me that she wanted some candy. I informed her that we didn't have any, but she said, "Mom, all we have to do is say Trick-or-treat!"
We went camping and I asked if Claire had fun. Claire: "I love camping, but Jared was naughty. We should leave him home".
Me: "Claire, why are you out of bed?" Claire: "Because of this..." She starts moving as if she'll pee her pants. Me: What? Claire: "Because I have the wiggles."
While at the mall bathroom, "MOMMY! YOU DID IT! YOU PEED!" For everyone to hear.
We're still trying to potty train Claire and have her poop in the potty! She says she does it, but can't seem to have it happen and will hold it for days (which is very frustrating). In an effort to get the ball rolling, I said, "Claire! Let's both push. 1...2...3...push!" At that point I did a fake push and she quickly exclaimed, "MOMMY! Don't poop in your pannies!" 7/12/13
Jared was crying and wandering around the house this morning. He popped his head in the bathroom where Claire and I were, and started to cry. Claire said, "Oh Jared, stop whining". 7/3/13
Brian and I were talking about the frustrating expenses of moving. At one point I said (about our debt), "It's all my fault." Claire came to the rescue and said, "NO! It's MY fault! My fault....and Jared's!"
This morning Claire woke up at 5 am screaming, "I WANT A COOKIE!!!!!" I went in, she repeated her sentiments. I promised her a cookie and she went back to sleep. When she got out of bed at 10:30, she jumped into my arms and said, "Where's my cookie?"