Misc pictures

This was my longest, most exhausting labor and I think this picture illustrates that.

Happy Granny

Bribing the kids with snacks to get them to stay in one place!

First family picture - Isaac is thrilled.
(Side note: I did NOT put that stupid bow in her hair. After the nurse gave her a bath she used KY jelly and glued that sucker to Claire's head. I was not amused. It fell off after a few hours and I had to get all the gunk of out Claire's hair. I don't mind bows, but if you have to glue them on then that's just ridiculous. Sorry if that offends anyone - it's just one of those things that bugs me!)

The hospital is under construction and this was the lovely view from my window.

There were a few big construction trucks out there too, but they came and moved them at 7am - wonder why I couldn't get any sleep!

Obligatory picture of baby ready to go home from hospital :)

2 years, 2 weeks

Thursday was Isaac's 2nd birthday and Claire turned 2 weeks :) It was an uneventful day for Claire, but I think Isaac had a good day. He spent the morning yelling at anyone who said Happy Birthday to him, but in the afternoon he started warming up the the idea (I think he realized cupcakes were involved) We waited till after his nap and then did cupcakes and presents. Pretty low key. We had invited some friends over but they couldn't make it. Isaac isn't really a fan of other people, so it was good to keep it small.

I was really surprised how willing and excited he was to wear the birthday crown!

He was also really excited to blow out his candle, but he wouldn't get close enough to the cake!



Oma and Opa sent some money so that we could decide what get - we chose some Melissa and Doug blocks and they have been a big hit.

We got lazy with the wrapping. He's two - what does he care?

Our present to him was a new Geotrax set. We gave Blaise our first set for Christmas a couple of years ago but he never really played with it. In the past few months Isaac has become obsessed with it, so we decided it'd be fun to add another set. This one is a Toy Story set (it was on clearance - woo hoo)

And Claire was doing this during the party. I'm glad she was born a week early so that the birthdays will be spread out a little!

Upcoming posts: Granny's visit and more of Claire

Easter

Before I blog more about Claire I wanted to get caught up on other events. Here is Easter, mostly in pictures :)

The weekend before Easter our town had an Easter egg hunt. We forgot our camera, but here's a shot of the loot that we brought home! There were only about 80 kids there and they had 6 different age groups, so each group got a lot of eggs! Isaac's group was ages 0-2, so he was the oldest and there were a TON of eggs. They had also put out a ton of mini rice crispy treats and none of the kids were picking them up, so we got about 15 of those. Blaise's group was also small so he got a lot but Rae's group was one of the biggest and she was one of the youngest, so she didn't end up with as much, but it all went into a big pile anyway, so it didn't matter. Some of the eggs had money in them and we ended up with about $12! There were also pieces of paper inside some with prizes they could get at the end. We ended up with a few toys and a couple of Dairy Queen coupons. Small towns are great!

Our loot. Unfortunately the most common item was bubble gum - I think we ended up throwing most of it away.

The day before Easter we decorated eggs. Roy and the older kids got started while Isaac and I napped. I really hate doing messy crafts with the kids, so I knew Roy would be the better helper.


These glitter eggs turned out pretty, but they were messy!










Isaac got up from his nap and got to decorate some. He was so hilarious! He didn't want us to take the eggs out of the dye. This video STILL makes me laugh.

We did our Easter egg hunt after church so that we'd make it to church on time and the kids wouldn't be all crazy at church.








On Monday the 25th I had a doctor's appointment at 9am and we had to pick my mom up at the airport at around 4, so we hung out in Columbia for a while until we found out my mom's flight was delayed several hours. I took the kids home and went back later that evening with just Rae.

Riding the carousel in the mall while killing time!

Claire

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Claire Margaret Wright

April 28, 2011 9:41am
8lbs,10 ounces; 21 inches
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March

There isn't a whole lot to say about March. For some reason we haven't been very good about taking pictures lately. Highlights of the month were:

Spring break the 14th-18th - no pictures though.

We decided to do "spring break in a day" instead of taking a trip somewhere. We went bowling, cruised around the toy store, went to my dr.appt., ate out at Outback and went to Walmart. Rae said it was a really good day, so I guess it was a success! The kids were very disappointed that real bowling is MUCH harder than Wii bowling. We had the gutter bumpers but no slide, so they had a hard time.

The rest of the week was spent re-arranging the house, putting together new furniture, getting out baby stuff, movie-nights with Roy and lots of rest! The re-arranging of the house will have to have a post of its own!

St Patrick's Day: The kids don't let a holiday go by without making it a big deal. Rae had a couple of cute green shirts to wear, but they were both short sleeved and she was cold, so she taped a bottle cap to her white shirt. What a weirdo. Also, she wore that hat or a similar one almost everyday (unless I told her it was a no-hat day) for the entire month of March. Anyway, back to St. Pat's day - I made green eggs and colored the butter green for their toast and I made green milk. Isaac was totally disgusted by it.




Speaking of disgusting, that day we found these pieces of rabbit on our back patio. I know a rabbit's foot is supposed to be good luck, but I don't think this counts!


Later in the month we had some gorgeous spring days, so we spent a lot of time outside.
We enjoyed seeing random flowers in our yard bloom. There is this patch of random daffodils in our backyard and a bunch of little patches all over the place. Of course the ones I planted didn't do nearly as well! I did get some tulips - I'll have to take a picture of them before they die!



On March 21st we went out to the lake to play on the playground there. It just a couple of miles from our house. While we were there I found a 4-leaf clover and I thought it was awesome! Maybe you aren't supposed to pick them or something, because on the way home we had bad luck! We saw an object in the road and at first we thought it was just a dead animal. But as we got closer I could tell it was a big piece of metal - like a part to a car or something - so I tried to tell Roy to swerve, but he was already prepared to just straddle it. So he went over it and there was a HORRIBLE noise and a BIG bump.

This is just one shot of some of the damage. The van was still running but it was making a horrible noise, so we knew something needed replaced. Luckily someone on facebook mentioned going through our insurance - which I hadn't even thought of! It's a good thing we did, because it ended up being more than $4,000 worth of damage. We had to get it towed to Columbia and they have been working on it for the past month. They had to take out the dash, front seats, and flooring and replace several of the components on the underside of the car. It's crazy how much damage was done. I wish I had a picture of the thing we ran over! We went back later to see what it was, but someone had moved it. And, just for the record, we weren't speeding or anything. Roy actually slowed down when we saw it, there just wasn't enough time to process what it was and react. Just a really unfortunate accident - but at least no one was hurt!

Anyway, we went the first 12 days or so without getting a rental car (we didn't have rental coverage on our insurance - bummer!) but then we broke down and rented the cheapest, smallest car we could that would fit all three kids in the backseat. Well, when we went to pick it up the guy at the counter offered us a Kia Sedona minivan for the same rate! We were SO grateful! I don't how I would have survived these past 3 weeks with all three kids and my big ol' pregnant self crammed into a sedan! Our van is supposed to be done tomorrow or Friday - woo hoo!


I think that is all that happened in March.