Cookies = crawling

and she's off!   Claire really wanted to crawl, but i guess she just never had a good enough reason.  Until Chris made cookies on Sunday.  He set the plate on the floor and she was a girl on a mission.  She is officially a crawler- life will never be the same!

Who is this girl?

Haley made my breakfast in bed this weekend.  It was so sweet.  Toast, eggs, blackberries and orange juice.    The best part- was the in the silver cup, two gummy vitamins and a vitamin C.

But the thing that threw me the most was when she did the dishes WITHOUT being asked! 

Say it ain't true!

My dad had a Polaroid Camera. I loved it. To bad our kids will miss out on them.

On Feb. 8th, Polaroid Corp announced that it will discontinue production of all instant film.  I am so sad about this!

Yum!

I love breakfast food-  

I think that these french toast kabobs would be great for Father's Day breakfast... okay, they would be great anytime....

Ryan's wedding cake.

I think that if Ryan where getting married, this would be his choice of cake.  

In case you have nothing better to do..

You could knit a cosy for a tree!

BMW!

I would drive this!  I don't know where the rest of the family would go, but this little BMW 

looks like a creamsicle on wheels!

Chicago 2008

We had THE BEST TIME in Chicago.  The trip was a lot of fun, and to think that I just about bailed at the last minute.

Claire was not feeling her best, but that may have been a good thing.  All she wanted to do was sleep and cuddle.  She is NOT a cuddler, so this was a nice bonus!  

Chris and Ashlynn ended up being the big winners of the national laundry and kitchen design contest.  Both winners from Riverwoods Mill.  NICE!  The best part was that the grand prize is a trip to Sweden this summer!  (Extra nice!)

• The first thing we did was go for some deep dish pizza.  (of course!)
• The buildings and architecture are amazing.
• I didn't get one this trip, but the best Monte Christo Sandwich I've ever had was in Chicago and I have been craving it!
• The Magnificent Mile is, well, quite magnificent!  
• We stay at the Alerton Hotel- I am pretty sure that the elevators are possessed!  You never really know where your going to end up when you push a button!

THE CHOCOLATE LOUNGE:

Great concept!  Their motto is  "YOU LOVE CHOCOLATE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP!"  

TIFFANY'S-  

I tried on a 10 carat yellow diamond ring worth  $455,000.00!  

Yep, that's almost a 1/2 million sitting pretty on my finger.... 

A boy and his box

So Claire got a new car seat and Ryan got the box that it came in.  Clearly, Ryan was the winner.  I have to say that as a kid there really is nothing better than a big ol' box to play with.  

It's a rocket, a lemon-aid stand and a secret lair!   He has breakfast every morning in it too.  It has entertained the kid for four days straight.  Show me another toy that can do that! 

Oh, and I got a Britax Marathon for Claire... it's huge and barely fits in my car.  Yikes!

Postcard Dresser.

I think that this would be a nice place to save all of the love letters my husband writes me.  (um, okay so he's never written me a love letter.)  But I think that this is still a great dresser.  

Clint's Birthday is today!

My brother, Clint is 31 today. He looks great in this picture, if you can see him behind All of the hair.    (This hurts me as much as it does you:)

I love my brother!

He is the most amazing brother ever! He genuinely cares for everyone. 

He is witty and so fun to be around.   I love that we can sing every word of Milli Vanilli  

He has always had a great sense of humor and I laugh every time we talk.  Clint is also a loving father.  I love watching him with his kids, he is very sweet.

Happy birthday-  I am proud to be your sister.  I love you.

  

Seven months!

Claire is so much fun!  And growing up way toooooooo fast!