Claire's 1st Haircut

Claire recently had her first haircut at Sweet and Sassy. It's a cute little girlie place for children to get their haircuts, have parties, mani's, pedi's, etc. I thought it would be fun for Claire's 1st cut, and I'm glad we went. The whole place was pink and glittery, and Claire got a certificate with locks of her hair and a lollipop at the end for doing so well. She wouldn't sit in the chair by herself, but did a great job and let her stylist snip away while sitting in my lap. She has an adorable little bob now and at least everything is somewhat even in the back. It makes her look like a little grown up!

Before...

During...

and After!

Happy Birthday to me!

This past weekend we celebrated my 30th birthday....whoa am I getting old - you would especially think so the way James talks about how much older I am than he is.....I didn't realize 6 months was SOOO much older! James and Claire did such a great job of making my entire weekend special. James liked to call it his "master plan" all weekend. "Master plan" meaning he made up most of it as we went along....but either way it was very nice. We started off with a surprise dinner at Sol Azteca on Friday. Thanks to all of my wonderful friends - Kelcei, Andrew, Farrah, Jodie, Leslie, Cara, Whitney, Joey, Hayes & Tanner for joining us....I had a great time and was really surprised (at least until right before we were about to head to dinner and James insisted we eat Mexican and asked if I was going to change clothes - guess I wasn't prepared for a night out?).

Leslie and Kelcei

Claire moved on to cheese dip after she spilled an entire jar of salsa on Joey. Sorry Mr. Joey - Claire was so upset and embarrassed. She'll try not to do it again. She LOVES cheese....and would dip her chip over and over and over again...good thing she had the bowl to herself.

Claire loved Ms. Kelcei's bracelet.

Farrah with baby Tanner.

Farrah and Jodie

Andrew, Cara and Claire.

Hayes, Joey, Whitney and Tanner

The night wouldn't be complete without a mariachi band serenade.

And don't forget the sombrero. Claire and Hayes loved wearing the hats!

These hats are heavy.

On Saturday, after aquababies, James, Claire and I went on a picnic at Botanical Gardens. The weather was really nice that day and not too hot. We ate lunch and then walked around the gardens. Granny Nelda met us there to pick up Claire so that James and I could go to dinner. We had dinner at Kobe and called it an early night. It couldn't be any better.

Claire loves to play in the dirt and then gets upset when she sees it on her hands...silly!

Sunday, on my actual birthday, James woke up early and fixed breakfast - pancakes and bacon - my favorite. Later that day his parents came to our house to drop Claire off and join us for lunch - yummy homemade jambalaya, cake and presents. I got some birthday $$, a new I-phone, and a cute duffle bag.....it was a great day. I also got lots of great birthday wishes from my family who just live too far away! At least I know we'll be seeing them next month! It was a wonderful weekend!

(Poor Claire fell walking on the driveway Saturday and has a huge scrape down the side of her face.....you can sort of see her boo boo's in this picture. Luckily she only cried for a few minutes and is already healing very quickly.)

Where's Claire??

There she is!

Ice Cream Cake!

Red, White & Blue

How was everyone's 4th of July? We had a nice weekend filled with lounging by the pool, boat rides, barbeque and fun with family. Claire pretty much went 100% all day and avoided naps as much as possible! Maybe next year she can stay up for fireworks.

Sunbathing by the pool!

Splashing around with Daddy....brrrr...Granny & Paw Paw's pool was cold!

Uncle Henry's at the River for the 4th....Claire and Granny are ready to eat!

Claire takes her rice krispie treat to eat with Paw Paw...she knows he won't take it from her!

We go for a boat ride after lunch.....

and 30 seconds later....Claire is out!

We loved watching Mr. Harry's dog ride the seadoo! How funny!
Back at home Claire fixes the lawnmower for Daddy....
....and after all that hard work, decides she's ready to go to the beach!

It might take her a while like this!