Obstacles

In our attempt to try and get back to some sort of normalcy in our lives after all the traveling in August, we have had a perfectly normal past two weeks! The weekends are a different story, but at least we are relaxing during the week and help out around the house. I have been working in the morning, earning money by teaching for VIPKid for about 3 hours, while Chris takes care of Claire if she wakes up. We are joining forces to get Claire into a routine of eating good meals and playing interactively so she can grow big and strong. Her hair is definitely growing and can now fit into two piggy tails which she likes to pull out as fast as possible. I hope to get her used to them enough that she leaves them in though because she is just the cutest!

Scout Camp

We have also spent time helping family with different activities as well as cooking dinners and cleaning around the house. Last weekend there was a scout camp we helped build and run a Obstacle Course for that was a lot of fun for us and the scouts! We have several of the leaders say they were impressed by how elaborate the course was and some of them even wanted to run it themselves to see if they could beat the fastest time. I enjoyed coming up with two obstacles that seemed to be hits and was the score and time keeper while Chris was the army Sargent that yelled at the boys to "Hurry up!" This was the 3rd time we have helped at this scout camp and might end up being the last depending on what school Chris is going to next year.

Lava Hot Springs

We planned this trip to be a get away for Chris and I when we were really missing each other in August and as a sort of birthday to us. It was the longest we ever spent away from Claire and we honestly didn't know what to do with ourselves half the time! It is amazing how much Claire has taken over our thoughts and time that we had to start watching TV to pass the time. I can't even remember how we spent our time before Claire and hopefully that is a good sign we love our girl. We had a hot tub in our hotel room at an awesome resort that had mineral pools right out in the yard that we got to enjoy too. Mostly we thought we would enjoy a get away but we did end up missing Claire and was happy when we got home to a smiley baby girl.

Claire

Who would want to read this post without an update on the cutest 1 year old alive?!? Well technically she is 13 months now but that's annoying to say...instead I say she turned 1 a little bit ago and it works because she is still small. She is STILL wearing some 3-6 month cloths because the 6-9 month cloths look long on her, but she is cruising around like a speedster and trying to run now that she has the walking part down. She likes to do whatever we do so we give her a keyboard that is turned off while Chris is on the computer so she feels involved. I thought it was adorable! She also is like other kids and enjoys playing with boxes instead of the toys that come from them...