Happy Thanksgiving!

This year was a wonderful Thanksgiving! We truly have so much to be thankful for. The Lord has blessed us with a healthy, beautiful baby girl and loving & supportive families. We were busy on Thanksgiving. We split our day between the the Cutting side and the McDowell side. We had so much fun both places and stuffed ourselves silly! Thanks to both of our mothers for all the great food and all the hard work that entails! Sorry... I only got pictures of Claire & Caroline from the McDowell celebration. They have definitely taken the limelight! Thanksgiving was the first time the girls really noticed each other. They were smiling at one another and Claire was leaning towards Caroline trying to get to her! It was so sweet. I can't wait to see their relationship blossom!

The Hunt

Ben wanted me to blog his big hunt. Ben, his brother Brad and dad have made it a Thanksgiving tradition to go Pheasant hunting every year. This year they "got" 8 birds. The last picture shows them preparing the birds for dinner (of which I did not partake). They said it was delicious. I'll have to take their word for it!

Family Pictures

Here are couple family pictures... I am thankful Claire is more photogenic than her father. I told Ben that his infant daughter did a better job at getting her picture taken than he did!

My Doggie!

I love my doggie! Sophie is very sweet and cuddly. I love to lay against her soft fur. She is also very entertaining and I think it's fun to watch her. I'm not afraid of her at all!! I think Sophie likes me, too! We are going to be such good friends when I am old enough to play with her! At the rate I am going that shouldn't be too long!

Look Ma, no hands!!!

4 Months Old

Last Thursday Claire turned four months old! It's so hard to believe that four months have gone by so quickly. She is getting so big!!! Claire is 14 lbs 12 oz and 25 inches long. She is in the 75th percentile for weight, length and head. She is rolling over and grasping objects. She is even starting to teeth which is definitely no fun for her. She is a "very busy" little girl as we are told by everyone that meets her, but she is so much fun and brings so much excitement to our home! We can't wait to share the Holidays with her!!

Notice something missing? It's her hair. We now have a bald baby! Where did all her hair go???????

The two pictures below show how interested Claire is in her shoes. She loves to stare at her shoes... it's so funny. She may be obsessed with shoes like her mother!?!

Meeting Uncle Brad

This weekend Uncle Brad came home from Atlanta to visit for Thanksgiving. This is the first time I got to see my Uncle Brad. I was very happy to meet him! I wish I could've met him sooner, but we are glad he is finally here!!

Family Reunion!

This past weekend we were in Kentucky for the LeMaster family reunion which is 105 people strong! The family had 4 babies born in 2006... the last of which was cousin Caroline! We also added cousin Sam to the family this summer! He is adopted from China and is adorable! Here are a couple pictures from the trip! We had a great time!

Here we go again Caroline....

Yummy... your hand is delicious!

Here is a picture of the 4 new babies and their Grandma's! Jonathan, Ian, Caroline and Claire! Too cute!

Below are pictures from the "Baby Parade"!!

So Sleepy!

Last week Ben took Claire & Sophie on a walk. When he got home I went in to see Claire and she was sound asleep! Ben didn't even realize she was sleeping! It was so cute. She was sleeping so hard she was drooling and didn't even wake up when we took her out of the carrier! How sweet! Oh... and yes, she is wearing a cow sleeper!! Isn't she a cute little cow?

Three Month Pictures!

Here are just a few of Claire's three month pictures! I love them... they turned out great. Once again it was so hard to pick!

Pumpkin Pals!!

Today my cousin Caroline came over to play with me. We had a lot of fun together. I don't know what's wrong with my Mommy and Aunt Heather, but things got a little crazy when they decided it would be "so cute" to put us INSIDE a pumpkin and take pictures of us.... and I thought the other photo shoots were bad. Things are really getting out of control when it comes to taking pictures of me and Caroline. Where will they draw the line?????????????

I think they just stuck me inside a pumpkin...

Okay... I hate to admit it, but it's kinda comfy in the pumpkin. I may just fall asleep!

Do you think if I hide they'll quite taking pictures?

I'm at a loss for words... what do you say when you're inside a pumpkin?

We have definitely had enough of the pumpkin pictures....

Daddy's Little Princess!

Ben's Aunt bought this outfit for Claire and it says "Daddy's Little Princess" so I had to take a picture of Ben holding Claire with the outfit on! There is no doubt that Miss Claire already has her Daddy wrapped around her little finger... that happened instantaneoulsy!!

Halloween Extras!

Just a couple more Halloween pics! Notice Claire isn't in her costume in most of them!!!

Grandpa with his 4 granddaughters!!

Great Grandma McDowell with her 2 newest grandchildren!

A picture of Claire not crying with the Sunflower on!

Nuna & Claire!!!!

A Family Halloween!

Every year my mom (Nuna as she is referred to by the grandchildren) makes the kids their Halloween costumes. She has everyone over before Trick-or-Treating to eat chili and take pictures of the kids in their costumes! This year was special because we had two new little additions... Claire and Caroline! Maybe next year Nuna would be willing to make 5 costumes instead of just 3!!

Aunt Kristen holding the unhappy Sunflower!

All five of the McDowell grandkids dressed up!

Connor: Annakin Skywalker (after he turned to the "Dark Side"), Lauren: Belle, Jillian: Ohio State Cheerleader (Jillian always says she "votes" for the Buckeyes!!), Claire: the sourpus Sunflower and Sweet Caroline: an adorable Pumpkin!

And yet another picture of Claire crying in her costume. Thank you Caroline for holding Claire's hand throughout the torture! She loves you!!