Anderson Adventures

Thursday, October 28, 2010

This Morning

This is what Claire wanted to do this morning at 5 am. Normally she sleeps through the night, so I was tired.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Family Pictures

Here are our family pictures that we just got taken. Other than hating my hair and the fact that I'll never wear a cardigan in a photo again, I like them.

I'm still not sure how much I like the ring on feet photos. They're fine I guess.

I LOVE this one of Claire!!!

This is probably my favorite family photo. The one thing I hate about it is that she didn't tell Brian to hide his hands. Rule one in photography. It looks like I have someone's weird hands touching my stomach.

Yes, Claire was not a very happy camper in this one. She just got done throwing a fit.

Once again, I don't like my hair, but I do like this picture.

Haha. She's so cute.

Ok, I lied before. THIS one is my favorite family one.

Next time we get our pictures taken, I will do it on a day that I have more time to get ready. We had to clean grandpa's house until noon, then we were starving. I ended up having 5 minutes to take a shower, and throwing myself together. Thank goodness for photoshop I guess!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Scared Face, Ornery Face, and Cute Face

Claire and I had a little photo shoot today so I could try and get a cute picture to submit for a Carter's contest. If she wins, then she'll get free clothes for a year. Why not try? I like free baby clothes! Plus, I think she's pretty darn cute and I would vote for her! :) Here are some of my favorites.

This one makes me laugh because it looks like she's trying to hide from her crazy mother. I love that she's always holding her hands now!

This is a classic Claire face. She'll sleep with that scowl when we go shopping sometimes and it just stays there until she wakes up. I don't know where she learned droop those eyebrows so well.

I used this one for the contest. I think it's so cute. I used her light-up musical toy that she likes so she wouldn't cry.

Plug: Everyone should vote for her on November 24th!....please. It would be sooooo awesome to get a years worth of clothes for her! It will probably just be under carters.com, click on the contest link, put "Claire" as the keyword and vote. Thanks guys!

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?"