Lady Bug

Baby Lauren came over for a visit and as usual, Claire mauled her. She yells "Baby Lauren" at least once during every church service.

 Claire is all about helping out in the kitchen. Here she's helping Daddy make french toast.

 Nana and Papa Beimers sent a very special package for Claire-fruit snacks.

 Taking inventory.

On Sunday we went to "Trick-or-Treak with the Greeks" at the University and were quit impressed with their set up. There were a bunch of different activities for the kids to do and then a hallway for trick-or-treating. Claire caught on in no time.

Family photos

Once again, Tammy Veenstra did a fantastic job taking our family photos. Warning: lots of photos to follow...

Family 1.

 Family 2.

 Family 3.

 Family 4.

 Claire 1.

 Claire 2.

 Claire 3.

 Claire 4.

 Claire 5.

Claire 6.

 Claire 7.

 Claire 8.

 Claire 9.

 Claire 10.

 Claire 11.

 Claire 12.

 Claire 13.

Claire 14.

Cousins

Claire loves to look at the photo of her cousins and Grandma Jo. Even though she doesn't show it in this video, she also knows Jaci and Grandma Jo. :)

Recovering

We're recovering from back-to-back grandparent visits. It's amazing how quickly Claire has figured out how to get each of them to do pretty much whatever she wants. Here she has worked her magic on my dad to get some ice cream.

Claire's new favorite place to play: my shower.

Fall

We spent last weekend with all of Evan's mom's side of the family which doesn't happen too often. I once again forgot my camera but managed to steal this photo. (Thanks, Phyllis!) Claire and Kinzie were bffs.

Claire "working".

 Practicing for the new baby on Elmo.

 One of Claire's favorite toys-Daddy's wallet.

 Claire refusing to cooperate.

 19 weeks.

My parents are visiting for a few days and Evan and I were out of the house within an hour of their arrival.