A fun weekend and an exciting week ahead

Jason has been out of town since last Wednesday, and won't get back until late Friday night (yay military training), so we've been keeping ourselves busy with adventures to pass the time more quickly. Our first adventure was a trip to Sea World on Saturday. Claire LOVED it! She liked the dolphin petting and watching the penguins the best, and she also found immense joy in chasing the blowing leaves all over the sidewalks. We brought our map home, and she's been looking at it with Honey every night, talking about what we saw. On Sunday, Claire got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa while Mommy went shopping. It was so nice to be able to take my time in the stores and actually try things on!

Today, we're embarking on our next adventure--a road trip! We're heading to Houston for the next few days to see all of our friends. We've got a jam-packed schedule with lots of fun planned, and I'm sure it'll be Friday before we know it.

Here are a few pictures from Sea World:

Learning about penguins

Watching the roller coaster speed by

Fish!

Dolphins

More dolphins

Morning Person

The last 2 mornings Claire has woken up in a wonderful mood. Yesterday she came into our room and starting poking me, saying "Cake up, MOM, cake up!!" And this morning, as soon as she woke up, she started reciting a knock-knock joke that she made up. It went like this: "Knock-knock. Who theeeeerrrre? Honey Gram. Honey Gram who? Honey Gram." It's so cute to listen to her endlessly chattering away now, and it's hard to believe she ever had an issue with her speech.

A Galloping Beanpole

Claire has had a serious growth spurt in the last couple of weeks. She is eating practically non-stop, and none of her clothes fit anymore. She has a pair of jeans that were touching the ground when she wore them 2 weeks ago, and now they're above her ankles. It's amazing. She's up to a 3T in shirts and 2T in pants (all for length--she's still 12-18 months for waist).

She's also recently figured out how to gallop. She and Honey gallop around the house yelling "Yeeeeee-haw!". It's hilarious. It seems she is no longer capable of walking. Into the kitchen to get some juice, off to the car, even down all the aisles of Home Depot--she only gallops.

Valentine's Weekend

We went out to the ranch last weekend, and Claire had a great time hiking around in the cool weather.







Her present from us was a little 4-wheeler. She has a blast driving it around Honey and H's driveway and patio.

We have a HOUSE!!!!!!

Fourth time was a charm--our offer was accepted today! They even accepted it as we wrote it, with one change--a closing date a week sooner, which is no problem at all. We're set to close on March 27!!! Hopefully we'll be able to move in shortly after that, but we first need to take care of some hideous paint and carpeting issues. The family that lived there before evidently had no sense of decorating--who thinks purple striped walls and turquoise carpet looks good????

Here's a shot of the outside, and I'll take some of the inside the next time we're back:

Let's Rodeo San Antonio!

Claire went on an exciting field trip last week with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Jamey and (almost) Uncle Jeff to the rodeo. She got to "drive" a tractor, pet all sorts of animals in the petting zoo, watch baby chicks, and eat a gigantic corn dog! What fun! And the best part about it was that Mommy got some time to herself!!! Yay for a great day!

Here are some shots of the adventure:

Stay tuned....

I'm hoping to post tomorrow all about Claire's fun trip to the rodeo and (fingers crossed) good news on the house offer we put in last week.....