Beach!

YEA for the beach! My parents bought a beach house in Galveston, and the whole crew went to celebrate! We all had a really good time helping my parents set the place up! It is a super cute place, and I know the kids will enjoy having a place at the beach to go to! I took these pics from my sister in laws blog b/c I haven't had time to download mine! In this pic my niece just jumped right up in my lap and snuggled with Claire and I.
My pretty girl really enjoyed the beach!
Corbin doing some artwork! I had to spend some time scrubbing marker off the counters thanks to Claire.
It is really funny how kids entertain themselves. The kids spent a lot of time running up and down the deck at the house. They would skip, run, crawl and laugh the whole time! I love how Junie is covered from head to toe, and Corbin is in shorts and a t shirt.. maybe that is why we are always sick around here.
playing!
Here are the smallest two little cousins.. Natalie was watching the little ones while I was doing something else.. she just put both little ones in the bouncer and they bounced away! Shelby and Caroline will be running around with the other 4 in no time! Soon I will get my pics posted!

What do you do when...

What do you do when 2 of your three kiddos are sick and you are stuck at home... Corbin and Claire have been sick this week. Corbin has strep throat and Claire has pink eye... That was a fun doctor's trip Tuesday morning.. they tested them both for strep which means they both got giant q-tips shoved in their mouths... FUN TIMES!
this is the first dress Caroline fit into. She looked so cute. The bow only lasted for the picture. Claire wore this dress on Valentine's day when she was 7 DAYS old.. It fits Caroline at 6 weeks!
You get to eat a lot of candy when you are home sick and mommy is in charge. Basically anything goes.
Corbin, Claire and I built this impressive zoo...
Corbin liked staying home from school... this particular day he spent part of the morning dressed at Batman and part as some star wars guy. He was playing battle with the animals...
Sometimes when your kids are throwing fits you can only sit back and laugh. This particular fit was because Claire wanted a bottle... is she 2. Yes. Does she still drink bottles . Yes. Do I want any comments on why she shouldn't be drinking them? NO.
She drinks one at night, which is fine with me.. Whatever is comforting and makes you happy.. But, this day she wanted them all throughout the day. Did I give in, YES.
Little snuggle buggie
Corbin and his best pal dog dog taking a snooze.
Even though the kids were sick, the weather was nice so they played outside a lot. They had a fun picnic lunch with their stylish sunglasses.
They dug holes looking for worms.
sweet little 6 week old baby girl.

Happy Valentines Day!

Today the kids and I made some special Valentines day cards! It was nice and messy, but super cute.
Hollywood Claire
Corbin made this picture of our family today. I am guessing he learned how to draw people at school, because I did not teach him. I thought this was the most precious thing in the entire world. I might just frame it, and enter it into some contests!
My beautiful girl... Beautiful, bossy demanding little girl I might add. When this little princess in the making is awake she wants to be held... No putting this one down until she is in a GOOD DEEP SLEEP. Don't try to put her down right after she falls asleep, she knows that trick and pops right up.. AMAZING just how spoiled a baby can get in six short weeks! Love this baby to pieces...
Love this boy!
Happy Valentine's Day to all of my valentines... Chris, Corbin, Claireb and Caroline! I love you all very much, and you fill my heart to the brim with happiness and love. I am so lucky to have each of you! I couldn't love you more!!!!!

Happy February!

Sleepy day here at the Barrow house. Earlier this week I got both big kids to nap at the same time! AWESOME! As you can see Peanut and Chippy were in on nap time too.
The kiddos playing outside in their jammies. I think It was Monday that the weather was so nice, the kids really enjoyed being able to play outside. The rest of this week the weather has been so gross that we are going a little stir crazy!
Small little princess turned 5 weeks old!
So cute! Look how light her hair is!
Little Caroline can't do much without Corbin and Claire getting in the middle of it. Here Caroline is trying to enjoy her toy, but Corbin and Claire decided they wanted to be babies and play too.
Sister love!
Hmmm Claireb... are you a baby too?

Sweet Claireb is 2!

My sweet baby Claire,
It is really hard to believe that you are two years old. It is amazing the amount of happiness your sweet little self brings to so many people. You are the sweetest, sassiest little princess. You know you are just too cute for words. You are such a beautiful little girl, with such a huge heart. You love to make people laugh, and you laugh a lot yourself. You love to shop, you love to be out and about, and you love to play. The way you say certain things, the way you brush the hair out of your eyes, the way you fight us when it is time to change your diaper, the way you LOVE BABAS, are just a few of the reasons you are so precious. You are the best sleeper and the best eater. It is amazing how active and strong you are. It is unbelievable that you can pretty much keep up with Corbin. Whatever Corbs does, you always at least try. I love how much you love Caroline. You make us laugh every time you look at her and say oh baby baby... The kisses you give are priceless... You have your daddy wrapped around your finger, you are and will always be his little princess. You are so smart, and you are so energetic. You get so excited about the smallest things, and that to me is precious. You still are missing quite a few teeth, but you don't let that stop you from eating anything and everything.. your favorite being CANDY!
Little girl, I love you more than you will ever know. I know just how much you love us too, because you always are saying " I love you so much". You make me so very proud. You three kids have made me the happiest person in the world. I love you, and always will take care of all of you. I am the luckiest mommy in the world!
Happy birthday Princess Claireb Charlotte!
Love,
Mommy
Today we had a super fun party for Claire at pump it up! She was surrounded by all her friends and family, and had the best time! She got some of the most precious gifts!
Kaci and Claire in the birthday chair
Brian and Corbin doing some wrestling moves
Junie tunes having fun at the jumpy place
Soph loved the slide!
Jumping around!
Briley and Corbin
Claire, Nana and Chris
PawPaw and CB
Maw Maw and my Mom
My three babies !
Corbs and Claire... They were so super tired! They didn't nap today, then ran around for two hours! All I can say is they went to bed SUPER early tonight... Princess Caroline is holding her own though, and making sure Chris and I don't get to sleep too early...
Caroline and Shelby enjoying the party from their front row seats.
JUMPY PLACE!
Corbin loves the slide too!

Yum!
Claireb on the slide
Chris and Corbin on the slide
Claire's princess cake. Let me just say that Sam's did an awesome job on this cake. It was really good, and super reasonable!
All in all today was super fun, all the kids had a great time! I have a lot more pics that I need to go through and post. Thank you everyone for coming and helping Claire celebrate her second birthday! Thank you for all of her nice things! It is like Christmas all over again!