Kenyon Reunion

Babies of 2010

C uties!

Late night cardboard boat building

Great uncle Richard

Good Times

A few weeks ago Claire and I went to my parents for the weekend. Claire had a great time playing with the cats! She also got to spend some time with Abby, the daughter of my friend Pam.

Claire Bear

My parents came up last week to watch Claire so I could go to a meeting at school on Thursday then go to some city wide garage sales with me. My dad decided he and Claire would tag along with us on Friday. At one of the sales we went to Claire saw this Care Bear and just lit up! My dad of course had to get it for her. Two dollars later we had a happy baby who was ecstatic!

My dad had his fill of garage sales, he stayed with Claire at our house on Saturday!

Trapped

Claire has become much more mobile in the last week. She can pull herself up using almost anything. Once she's standing she has started to get more daring and will let go for a bit or walk holding on. The picture above is her refusal to nap. We'll see how long the crib is able to contain her.

Great Grandma

Great Grandma Kenyon (Jon's mom's mom) came to visit on Memorial Day, so we had to get a four generation picture.

Outside

Claire loves to be outside especially if it means seeing and touching animals. Grandma Hand also lets her eat apples like a big girl

Happy Birthday Lilly! (Yes we know it was in May)

For cousin Lilly's birthday she got a new house and lots of cool toys that she let me play with!

5 lb Burger Video

I think I got the video figured out... and here are some photos that show the size.


Yes, we will put pictures of Claire up very soon.

5lb Burger - Success!!

After too much thought and planning, the 5lb burger was finally attempted today and success was enjoyed.

First, the bun was baked - a loaf for the top and a loaf for the bottom, each made in a 14" pizza pan. Then, approximately 5lbs of hamburger was put in a bowl. Then a second bowl that it actually fit in. (93% hamburger from Fareway was used to limit the shrinkage during grilling, hopefully to prevent the burger from pulling itself apart as it cooked. The burger did lose about 1" from it's original 14" diameter during cooking.) Barbecue sauce, onion flakes, seasoning salt, ground pepper, and garlic powder were all added to make a wonderfully flavorful hamburger.

The burger made it through the entire cooking process in one piece and was cut with a large knife to be shared by many. Unfortunately, not nearly enough photos were taken to show the event, but there is some video. I will try to get that up in the future.

Favorite Things

With parenthood I've noticed my "favorite things" have changed. One of my new favorite items is a bib. This is no ordinary bib it is amazing. Thank you Lisa for giving us our first one. I have since bought two more making a grand total of three. You might be wondering if this is so wonderful why do you need 3? Well... one lives at the babysitters, one is at home and the other one is a spare that is currently at grandma and grandpa's.

Beached Whale

Claire has really taken to rolling to her tummy this week. She is very proud of this accomplishment. Unfortunately the pride is short lived when she realizes she can't get back to her back or go anywhere else. This morning her rolling woke her up from her nap. It's fun to see her learn new things, maybe this means we should start thinking about baby proofing...

Playdate

Back on December 6th my friend Lisa and her daughter Gabriella watched Claire for the day. Gabriella is the perfect friend for Claire, she is full of energy and is always up to something so Claire has plenty to watch and be entertained by. As you can see from the pictures they read books, dressed up and had a tea party.

Blessings

I took a sick day today because I went home from work yesterday with a splitting head ache and throwing up. As I was slowly driving home I had the realization that I wouldn't be able to pick Claire up from daycare. I had to stop several times to throw up. Plus with my head ache her adorable laughs not to mention crying would not set well with my head that felt like it was going to explode. Lucky for me and Claire Jon's dad was able to pick her up and take her home with him until Jon could come and get her. What a blessing that I knew she was taken care of and I could just be sick.

I feel much better now and plan to go to work tomorrow. Hopefully Claire does not get this as it is the sickest I have been in a long time. It's times like this that it is wonderful to have Jon's parents next door-we're really lucky.

Isn't she cute?!

For being so cute, Claire sure doesn't photograph very well yet.

Baptism

Today Claire was baptized. When we picked the date we didn't think of the time change and the effect it would have on Claire's schedule. She didn't agree that the time changed so at 8:30 she was demanding her 9:30 feeding. Of course this was right during the baptism portion of mass.

Grandpa & Grandma Moeller, Jon, Michele and Claire and Grandma & Grandpa Hand

With Godparents Aunt Kristy and Uncle Anthony
(Dad's sister and Mom's Brother)

All of the kids. Its amazing we were able to get this good of a shot.
Claire (2months), Ethan (5 months), Jacob (3 1/2 yrs.), Brooklyn (15 months), Lilly (5months)

Halloween

Claire was a teddy bear for Halloween. She looked very cute, but was not a fan of being dressed up.

Happenings

Claire likes her bumbo!

Jon at the baptism of his godson Ethan.

One of my former students stopped by to see Claire. Addie also brought Claire this giant dog!

Naya's Birth

Welcome Naya!!! Claire can't wait to play with you!

Pictures

Sleep

We knew sleep would become precious....but last night our little one let us sleep from 10:30ish to 4am. This is the longest we have gone at night without her needing to be fed or cuddled. Hopefully this will become the nightly norm.