On into September

Visitors

The last week of August was so great because we had Nana and Grandpa Cox come visit! Claire missed her nap time when they came because she was so excited to show all her toys to them and play with them. They came down from Montana for the whole of Labor day weekend and we went on a double date to their favorite theater and dinner show, Dessert Star in Salt Lake while my aunt baby sat the girls. We then made a trip up to Ogden to let Claire play at the Treehouse Museum which has soooooooo much to do! My parents had taken me when I was little and even though it is expanded now it was fun to go back especially for the old grandma couch I remembered. It always feels like it isn't enough time when they come, but I'm glad had such a fun time having them and I was able to get them for game time on Saturday night when the girls went to bed.

Claire

Her learning seems to be accelerating and she can find things when I ask her to point to her nose of which one of the toys is a fish, things like that. She tries saying full sentences but mostly they still sound like gibberish, but every so often I can understand exactly what she meant and it makes me so happy! I think it is so great and I can't wait to understand the constant talking she does all day non stop for hours on end...yay. She has a very cute way of saying please now and I can get her to say it all the time when she wants something but I'm still struggling with saying thank you and sorry when she is mean. She does get jealous of Shay sometimes and has shown how she doesn't like when she is wiggling too close to her so she hits her.

Shay

As of today she is 6 months old!! I am amazed at how time has flown since having her and how fun she is becoming with giggles and smiles and so many wiggles. She does this funny thing now when she is pushing up from the floor that looks like she is doing a plank to work out her abs. She also likes to suck on her bottom lip or the top of her onesie and gets her cloths very wet so if you're ever around to pick her up beware of the front of her cloths. She sometimes sticks her tongue out at me and stairs as I do it back. She likes to look at herself in the mirror or on the phone during church which makes it hard to pay attention but so fun too.

 Treehouse Museum

I have too many pictures of the Treehouse so I made a new section just to show some more off because my girls are too cute. Claire played dress up for the first time with a firefighter outfit and a komono but didn't get to do any princess stuff while we were in the castle area. She did 'play' some chess and move some of the pieces around and I got her to stand in a square for the pictures. She loved playing with the dolls and doll house making one sit in a chair at the table and putting a salad in front of it entertained her for a long time for some reason. After a long day playing in the Treehouse we were all worn out but Claire is a ball of energy that never quits and I'm just glad I got some cute pictures of the sisters together. Chris even wore a pink shirt to match the girls in his life and I think it was a great day.