The Straw.

Claire has not figured out how to use a typical sippy cup yet. She doesn't understand that you can't just suck on the spout. You actually have to tip it so that the liquid flows into your mouth. Something tells me that her parents are partially to blame:

"Don't bother me. I'm drinking a slushie."

She's got Hair! (well, a little anyway...)

Two little pigtails on top of her head...or as my sister-in-law, Ann-Marie calls them: Devil Horns! Ha! At least we have a one up on a costume for Halloween next year!

Funniest part about her getting hair is the aftermath:

I Just LOVE Tub Time

I have to say, I LOVE it. She is the CUTEST in the tub. In fact, I got out the camera so that I could record all the new sounds she's making. But, of course, as happens, she stops making those sounds, and doesn't perform on camera!

BUT, I did get some IRRESISTIBLE baby laughs, as provided by Jordan :) (be patient, they don't come till halfway through the video)

Mommy and Claire as she gets out of the tub. I LOVE her face in this picture!!!

Check out this SUPER CUTE baby towel my sister, Michelle's awesome friend made for me!! I don't even know her and she's so nice!

My little ham. What a cutie. I really just want to eat her alive!!!! ps. I really don't know how she scraped up her nose though. Maybe it's those razor sharp nails of hers!!

Just another super cute picture, what can I say? I'm obsessed.

MLB. Ugh.

Can I just say I HATE major league baseball finals??? It seriously monopolizes the whole Fox network during this time of year. My coworker used to tell me that I single-handedly keep Fox in business with how many shows I watch that are on Fox, so you know where I'm coming from, right? I've been so BORED with TV all WEEK!!

Maybe I'll read.

Or actually do some work. That would be better. At least I'd get paid. Ok, now off to work.

Bright side: So You Think You Can Dance is still on. (even if this season isn't...well, I'm not LOVING it yet, let's be honest.)

Halloween de Nuevo!

Since Claire's Halloween costume was pink scrubs, that weren't that warm per say...I decided that for Halloween night she'd be a cat. I already had the makeshift costume. We weren't even planning on trick-or-treating, but my sister, Heather, invited us up to Farmington where she lives, to go trick-or-treating with her little girl, Lauren.

First, we went to my aunt and uncle, Shaunie and Bart's house. Here are some pictures of the evening...

Pretty much the CUTEST little baby girl in the whole world.

With the CUTEST Daddy in the whole world... :)

And a so-so Mommy :) haha

And here she is with the cow, Lauren :) I told Heather that that costume would NOT be good in her older years. What GIRL wants to be a HEIFER for Halloween, right? :) But I must say she looked pretty darn cute!

Taking pictures with my cousins, Carissa and Trina, and Trina's little boy, Xander. Taking a picture with all children looking...now that's a feat! Carissa's face is PRICELESS here!!

Here we go. This was the best shot..,

What a little cutie!

Taking pictures of Tiara as a geisha with a not-white-enough face, apparently, and Brett as....basically in DRAG... teenage boys seem to LOVE this look, right? Carissa as Cinderella (can you believe she found that dress at DI?? Crazy!!) Me as a deadbeat Mommy...wait, I mean, myself! And Claire. Fun times.

Claireisms.

One thing Claire loves to do is spit up. All the time. On me. I'm sure it's nothing personal...

One day, I took her on my shoulders over to my neighbor, Natalie's house. This is how I arrived:Yep, that's spitup. It was in my hair TOO.

Next:

This morning, Claire found a wrapped dum dum sucker on the floor. She proceeded to carry it around. I thought nothing of it...it's not like she could OPEN it or anything!!

...well, she did. And pretty much sucked it to the core!! Yum yum! (sorry pictures aren't that great...I did my best...) It was pretty crazy that she got it open, I thought, and seeing her crawling around with it was funny. And as the GREAT mom that I am, I totally let her eat it. Sticky and happy!

And finally:

One pretty constant thing going on right now is the fact that Claire has become SUCH a MAMA'S GIRL!!! I guess I should enjoy it while it lasts? Jordan is anxiously awaiting the "DADDY'S GIRL" phase, I'm sure. But right now, she's definitely my number one fan. Might be the milk supply she's into most though?

Family Pictures!