Long time no post!

Wow, I haven't posted in quite some time and a lot of things have happened!

1. Claire is now 5 months old!! I can't believe that she has been here for 5 months and I can't believe all the cool things she can do! She's so funny and will smile really big, loves baths, rolls over (not often), loves her exersaucer, and has a kinda quiet personality.
2. Claire's boyfriend, Evan, is about two weeks old- he's a cutie! I can't wait for more play dates with Meredith and Michael!
3. The semester at school finally came to an end. Holy cow, that was the LONGEST semester of my life! Good news is we will have a better calendar next year and we already have a family vacation planned!
4. My parents, Jeff, Claire, and I went to Biloxi, MS. On Sunday, we went to New Orleans. Claire did so well rolling around in her stroller looking at all the fun people and cute buildings. I love the shotgun homes on Magazine street!

I'm really excited about 2010 and I can't wait to start- and finish!- my new year's resolutions! I know I have a lot!!

They grow up so fast...

Sometimes it feels like I've been a mom forever. Probably because I spend most of my sleeping time being awake. But to think that I've only had her for 4 months is crazy! I remember wishing she would wake up so that I could play with her, and now all I think about is getting her to sleep. I still love playing with her, but I find that the better she sleeps during the day, the better she sleeps at night! She is such an active little girl. She rolls over from front to back and from back to front (it's not often, but she's practicing it!). She is cooing and talking back, which is the cutest thing ever! When she eats, she will pull away and smile at me and then goes back to eating. I love all the little things she does and I feel like she's growing up way too fast!!!!

4 Months Old!!!

Happy 4 months old to Claire Parker!! We went for her 4 month check up and she's growing so fast! Here were her 2 month stats:
Height: 22.5 inches
Weight: 11 lbs. 7 oz.

Here are her 4 month stats:
Height: 24.5 inches
Weight 13.10 oz.

Can you believe it! She's doing so well! She is starting to teeth, she has rolled over a few times, she is a smiley girl, and she loves to play! We are so blessed!!!

Random Thoughts

1. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and, consequently, I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.

5. There is a great need for sarcasm font.

6. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

7. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

8. Was learning cursive really necessary?

9. Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is, "I'm not real smart - but I'm imaginary smart."

10. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

11. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front.

12. Bad decisions make good stories.

13. Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem ...

14. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

15. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

16. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

17. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

18. I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

19. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 20. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

21. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller than Kay.

Family Photos!!!

I've never been to keen on having my photo taken and I was disappointed by my wedding photos. I convieniently "forgot" to take pictures of myself while I was pregnant. I did have maternity pictures scheduled, but then I had Claire the day before (I think God was even telling me not to get my picture taken!). I have a really awesome Cannon Rebel camera that can take phenomenal pictures and I thought this would be enough, but I wanted more. I decided to reschedule with the photographer who was going to do my maternity pictures. Her name is Jessica Villemain (remember her name because she is going places!) and she lives in Augusta. I waited patiently for her to come back up to Woodstock and when she said she was coming, I was super excited! Jessica took phenomenal pictures! She is so talented and it didn't take very long!

The address to her blog is http://jvillemainphotography.blogspot.com/. If you want to see all of our pictures (and they are super cute!), go to http://www.jessicavphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1 click on clients and put in the password "roswell."

These are soooo cute!!!!! Love them and thank you so much Jessica Villemain!!!

An adventure with Granma Nissen and the Gals!

It's friday, which is "Mommy time" and Granma Nissen took the girls to Sips n strokes! It's very important that sips is plural because there is a Sip n stroke (no 's') less than a mile away. We got there and all of us were so anxious to begin our paintings! I'm such a type A personality (and so is my big!), but the lady was really helpful in making us feel better. My canvas began like this...
And ended like this...

I'm not much of an artist, but I really enjoyed myself! All of us were giggling at the woman's super annoying laugh, I dropped my paint pallet (paint down of course) onto the carpet, and we were super excited to hang out with each other!

There wasn't much room left on the walls, but I managed to get my name and Claire's initials on a few inches of space.

And what do you know?! Guess who went to Sips n strokes a while back?? Yep, Mrs. Ardis Lussier!! So excited to see her name!

All in all, I had a blast! I can't wait to try more paintings to hang in my house!! :o)

15 Things

15 things about me...

1. I love every movie Tyler Perry made and I wish Madea worked with me at Kell!

2. I love coffee. I drink decaf so it's not about the need for energy, it's about the taste

3. I sleep on my stomach and I love to be burried under the covers

4. I am a firm believer in pedicures! I haven't gone a month without one in the past 5 years!

5. I love arts and crafts!

6. I wish I were bold enough to decorate my house completely in a cottage look

7. I watch the girliest shows on tv- Gossip Girl, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, etc. Jeff would call my shows lame, but I call them riviting!

8. I can't stand it when people text me and use text talk. Just spell the dang word out!! And use proper grammar!

9. Sundays are my regroup days. Mess with my sunday and my whole week is thrown off!

10. I have awesome friends that are so supportive of me! I just hope I can be just as wonderful to them.

11. Claire brought my mom and me closer.

12. I'm currently battlling obesity and I'm going to shed some lbs.!

13. I am learning to accept help- still not very good at it!

14. I'm a huge daydreamer!

15. I have the best husband, daughter, and family in the world!

15 Things About Claire...

1. She is a very smiley girl! Especially after naps and some food

2. She is so long that she wears 6 month clothes, but 0-3 months in her pants

3. She loves taking a warm bath

4. She rolled over for the first time last week!!

5. She thinks her daddy is really funny

6. Lately, she wants to eat around 4;00am, so I'll feed her and sometimes she'll stay in the bed and sleep

7. She doesn't even notice when puppy sniffs her

8. She loves to be walked in the baby bjorn

9. She has napped once in her room

10. When she stretches, she puts her butt out and arches her back- just like when she was in my belly!

11. She loves to be held and especially when you snuggle with her

12. She doesn't watch kid TV, but if a game or one of my shows is on, she'll stare all day!

13. We're currently reading New Moon every night for bed time.

14. Claire loves it when you talk to her. Sometimes she tries to talk back!

15. Claire has a sweet personality, but she can be sassy when she's mad!