Anderson Adventures: Family Visitors

Monday, July 18, 2011

Family Visitors

We have had so much fun with the Anderson family the past two weeks. Grandma Anderson came for a visit and Claire soaked up all the attention that she could. We did lots of shopping, eating good food, visiting great grandparents, and just having a good time. Diane definitely treated us way too well. We love having family in town! Claire was sooo tired before church and she fell asleep on Grandma's lap. She must have been super duper tired because she never falls asleep like that. It was pretty darn cute!

Her new thing. She just leans against the nearest pillow, bag, whatever and lays there.

Saturday, before the cousins came, we threw a baby shower for our dear friend, Kayli. She got some really adorable clothes! We love her and we can't wait to meet her little girl in October. We love little girls around here!

The past couple days we have had Brian's brother, Jeff, and his family staying with us. They're moving to Dallas, TX so we were so excited to have them drop in for a couple of days. They left about 30 minutes ago and my house is WAY TOO QUIET! I feel like Claire is now so bored. I am definitely less busy and I'm just wanting them to come back and play some more. That's all we did...PLAY! Claire soaked it all up from all three kids. Simon would just run away from Claire, but she was so happy to follow. Scott and Iris would take turns blowing raspberries on her tummy and she laid there happy. It was the cutest thing!

Claire and Simon eating string cheese.

Fighting over the beach ball.

More cheese. Haha. I love this one.

Simon got REALLY carried away with the chocolate pudding! He was an absolute mess!!!

Haha, you can see how much Claire loves Simon and how much Simon doesn't love Claire right here. :)

We miss the family! Let's do it again very very soon!!! Claire needs more cousins to play with!

3 comments:

Lindsey said...: sounds like so much fun!
Claire just gets cuter and cuter every day I swear :)
xo
Linds; July 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Diane said...: Cute pictures! We love them. Monte and Diane; July 19, 2011 at 6:33 AM
Kateka said...: It seems like her personality just keeps getting bigger and bigger and more defined for that little girl. I love how she'll smile for you and ham it up for the camera. Such a cutie.; July 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM

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