Busy Bees

Monday and Tuesday Nana Barb and Grandpa Joe came to visit. They picked up Claire early from daycare each night and had dinner ready to go. It was great, I could sure get used to that.

Claire and I traveled to Beloit, WI on Friday to visit my friend Hilary and meet her 4-month old son Thomas. Claire napped on the drive down and behaved amazingly while we had lunch in a restaurant. Thomas napped and chilled in his carrier. We were both amazed at the near perfect behavior of our babes while we caught up on life and enjoyed a meal.


Claire enjoyed playing with all of Thomas' toys and books and she liked to tickle him and point at his mouth and eyes. She gave him such a big hug and lots of kisses when we left. I think they hit it off.


Friday night we went to a local fish fry to celebrate January birthdays (Lucian and Papa Dave) with the family. This particular restaurant has a polka band as well that the kids loved. We couldn't get Claire off the dance floor. She has been doing the chicken dance since we left. She really knows all the parts, it's adorable. I am working on getting video.


Speaking of video, I am playing with a new iPhone app the replicates vintage film. Here we are singing happy birthday to the boys. There are some other looks/settings I'll keep testing.



Saturday night we dined at a friends house. Katrina is a nutritionist and themed the night with ingredients from Washington state, where they are from. The sad news is that they will be moving back in a few weeks. We will miss our friends, but we now have another couple to visit in Seattle.

Claire let Mark read her favorite book

Spencer and Claire on the fatboy bean bag. This was a big hit of the night in addition to their 2 cats.

Claire actually said "cheese" when I took this picture. I have no idea when/where she picked that up. We were so impressed.

Sunday we hung low while Lucian went for a bike ride with a friend. I did a little cleaning and we grocery shopped in the afternoon. I have to say, 3-day weekends feel great.

And as usual, here are a few random shots of Claire to round out my post. Enjoy!

Claire can control the tv with and invisible remote

She has mastered downward dog