Anderson Adventures

Friday, April 29, 2011

Sleepy Peas

Are peas a secret sleeping pill? Why don't you ask my little bear...

It was basically the cutest thing I've ever seen. She ate a pea, dropped her eyes, adjusted her head a couple of times and she was out for the count. Even moving her to her bed didn't make her stir. Did I mention that I adore her?

Thursday, April 28, 2011

That Cute Little Girl

What do I blog about? Claire. Here is some more of her. She had her 9 month check up a couple days ago and things look just swell!

Weight: 19.7 lbs - 64th %

Height: 27 in. - 33rd %

Head: 45.5 cm - 89th %

She went way down in her weight percentile. I guess that's what crawling does to you right? Oh, and wiggling non-stop everyday. I still cannot believe how fast the last 9 months have gone! My goodness. She should still be rolling around, not almost walking! She is such a ham and I love every minute with her! She has recently discovered that she can breathe through her nose, but makes the funniest scrunch face to do it. She is getting to more teeth on the top, and she is standing all the time without help. Walking is just around the corner!

Easter was kind of a drag this year. Not that it was bad, it was just insanely busy. I had to take Claire to church by myself, which normally wouldn't have been a big deal, but I had to teach Sharing Time and Brian usually takes her. Poor Martha had to hold her while she screamed all through my first lesson. Brian was gone to the airport to get his brother who is coming to take some classes at BYU for the Spring. It's been really fun to have him here! I wish I could always have someone here to take out my trash and play with Claire! :) Then it was off to the grandparents house for dessert where we didn't leave until 11. It was fun, but SOOOOOOO HOT inside and Claire was getting so tired and ornery. Here are at least some cute pictures of her in her Easter dress.

Uh....am I in trouble?

Uncle Jason

Uncle Brik

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Grandmas are the best!

Diane came to visit last week for one day. Yes, one day. Too short of a visit, but Claire fell in love. She had so much fun with Grandma Anderson! She was such a show off all day and played make believe. How? Well, she was too good. She barely cried, slept when she was supposed to, went to grandma right off, talked like normal (usually she's shy around anyone but us), snuggled with her (which is a big deal), and was just an all around good girl. I kept telling Diane that this wasn't normal life, but I enjoyed her being so good! We went shopping, we had yummy lunches and dinner, we looked at apartments for my brother in law, we just had fun. Since she was only here for less than 24 hours, we didn't get to do a lot, but we're excited for the next visit whenever that may be.

When I took Diane to the airport on Wednesday, we met my mom in Salt Lake and decided to go to the Beehive House. I think it's such a good place! The hallways are so small, but it is just gorgeous. The sister missionary who was mainly in charge basically drove me crazy. Sorry to say, but she did. She rushed us through in about 15 minutes, left us behind because we wanted to take pictures and actually look in the rooms. If I would have been an out of state person and there for the first time, I would have been upset. She just looked annoyed that she had to give tours. Whatever. We had a good time. We ate a cookie at the Lion House Pantry and then had the yummiest wheat turkey sandwich I've ever had at the Nauvoo Cafe. Yum! It was such a good two days.

Love her eyes in this photo!

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?"