Pea Popper

Claire has been doing all sorts of funny stuff lately. The other day I turn around to find she had poked all of her peas and made the guts pop out. Another favorite activity is tackling the puppy. She laughs hysterically the whole time and our poor pup looks miserable. It's pretty much the funniest thing ever though! She also loves to sit on the pergo with her legs stretched out in front of her and spin in a circle. Sometimes she just keeps going and going. She'll almost always wave when she hears "bye bye" and clap when she hears "yay". She stills "mmmmm"s the whole time she's eating, it drives Levi nuts but for me it's right up there with her sweet little giggles. She's says "yeah" all the time. Most kids learn "no" first so we're liking that she's so agreeable. She took her first steps over 3 weeks ago but so far hasn't really taken off walking. Once she figures out that walking is faster then crawling I'm sure she'll be all over it.

A week and a half ago we went up to Eastern Washington. We visited a guy that Levi served on his mission with and his wife. They are two of the nicest people I've ever met. They live out in the boonies on a gigantic farm. Levi got to drive around on a swather all afternoon while Claire and I went and picked apples and tomatoes, fed carrots to the horses and just enjoyed being outside in this beautiful place. Claire loved it, I think she was meant to be a country baby. Levi loved it too and everyday since has been begging to move there. I have a hard enough time being away from our families and friends, I don't know what I would do with myself being over 5 hours away.

That weekend was our first hotel stay with Claire. We ended up getting upgraded to a suite because our reservation got messed up and I am so glad we did. We would have been majorly squished in a regular room. We put Claire's pack n' play in the bathroom (yes it was that gigantic) a little white trash I know but it worked out so great. If she sees us she thinks that it's time to play, plus the bathroom fan drowned out Levi's freight-train-like snoring and my talking in my sleep so she could actually sleep. They had a pool, HALLELUJAH! I love swimming, Levi not so much. So I'm always begging to go swimming because I hate swimming by myself but he'll never go. This was Claire's first real swimming experience because the tub or kiddie pool, even if very full, doesn't count. She loved swimming, HALLELUJAH x 10! I can make her go with me when she gets a little older. She was smiling and giggling the whole time except for when she got a faceful of water.

Last weekend was another blur. Friday night we went up north for my Dad's birthday, we had a great time with my fam. Then we went and stayed the night at Dan & Lacey's. Saturday I was helping Lacey with a bridal shower, Claire was at my parents house (just in the AM while we were getting ready for it, it's impossible to get anything done with that girl around!) and Levi was at the non-scandalous bachelor party (just because I know what you all are thinking ;). I love seeing that group of friends, we don't get to spend too much time with them since we're so far away but we always have such a great time. We had planned on going home that night since I had to teach on Sunday but he didn't end up getting back till like 10 so we just spent the night again and headed home early Sunday.

I tried to blog earlier in the week but I have too many of my favorite shows that are back on now. Monday-House, Tuesday-Biggest Loser and Glee, Wednesday-America's Next Top Model and The Middle. And sadly we no longer have our DVR so I actually have to watch them when they're on or later on the computer.

Blogger is having technical difficulties with adding photos so I was only able to upload 2. :(