catching up and big news!

I cannot believe I have gotten so behind on our blog... Oh wait, yes I can. I have been busy with Corbin and Claire enjoying summer break! Corbin and Claire have something they would like to announce... They are going to have a little sister or brother in January! We are all really excited... Well, Corbin and Claire are a little bit clueless about the whole thing, but soon enough they will get it. Here are some pictures to catch you up on the last month. We just got back from a week at the beach, and had a wonderful time! I will try to be better about posting. Try is the key word... I hope all is well with everyone, and we will post baby updates soon....


playing on the beach
Claireb feeding the birds... we fed the birds a lot!
my cute little man
Claireb trying to give Corbin a kiss...
playing in the sand
Claire in her usual beach attire. she wore a diaper most of the time we were in the house.. no clothes... just a diaper... it was her vacation outfit...
Claire looking like she is up to something!
Most precious boy
My niece Sophie turning one!!!
Claire showed all the kids up on the bouncie thing
playing hard at sophies party
Corbin at this last little gym class. Claire came to watch him graduate from the class. she joined in the fun... yes she is dressed like snow white, she insisted and if you know claire... you know you pick your battles... clothes is not currently one of them.
my two beautiful babies!!!! soon to be three... no worries...we plan on our family being complete at 5! Chris, Sara, Corbin, Claire and new baby... if you have any suggestions on names that begin with C, send them our way!

I'm back..........

We have been busy around here lately! We are back in action though! With summer a few days away the kids have been busy swimming and playing outside! I can't wait until summer break when we get to sleep in and do whatever we want all day long! Sounds pretty awesome, huh! the pic above is Claire eating ketchup.. one of her new favorite things to do is dip....
We went to Clay's with Paw Paw. The kids loved feeding the animals...
Toilet paper anyone????? Thank you Claire!
Grammy painting with the kiddos!
Claire helping Grammy feed her cousin June! What a good helper!
Poof, PawPaw, Nana and the kids!
My big man blowing out candles on Mothers Day
Corby poolside
Here is Corbin in his usual attire. He loves the movie Ghostbusters. He makes anything and everything into a back back like they have on the movie. He fights all the bad guys... We went and got him a real back pack last week which he LOVES!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mothers Day to all you mama's! I am so lucky to be the mom of the two most precious, loving, amazing, smart, awesome kids. They are the world to me and show me each and everyday how much I mean to them too! Chris got me the most BEAUTIFUL diamond necklace for Mothers Day this year. It was very thoughtful and I love it very much. I am very lucky to have Chris, Corbin and Claire. I love them all with all my heart. This was a very fun weekend and all the fun is not even over yet! Friday night we went to Aunt Natalie's house and she took AMAZING pictures of the cousins. Seriously, she is the best.. Then Saturday for lunch Chris and his dad mad a WONDERFUL Mother's Day lunch for Debra, Poof and I. I was really good! Then Sat night the kids had a super fun birthday party to go to. They partied like little rock stars. They had a blast with all their little friends! This morning Chris, Corbin, Claire and I went swimming... It was a super fun! Now the kids are napping and getting ready for the next party! Tonight we are going to my mom and dad's for another awesome mother's day celebration!
I will post mother's day pics soon! These pics are all the ones Natalie took on Friday!
Happy Mother's Day Mom! I love you very much and I am very lucky to have you as a mom!!! Thank you for everything you do for us!
My two precious babies!
Claire and her BIG sucker
My little man.. I could stare at his beautiful eyes all day long!

Real men play dress up with their sisters!!!

I was off a few days this week b/c of the flooding... So, the kids and I went to our favorite place Target. They each picked a toy. Claire picked new high heels, and Corbin wanted some fish and farm animals. The kids love hearing the dress up shoes clank on the wood floors. They run around and chase each other in them all the time. You would really be impressed at how good Claire is at walking in them.
We decided to build a fort and hide.....
Here are the kids about to race down the hallway. Please notice Corbin made his shoes more manly with his manly batman shirt and manly basketball shorts. Don't forget the manly socks with footballs on them... Claire just looked like a little princess...
Corbin couldn't find matching shoes in the toy box, so he settled for two left foot shoes... I think this picture is hillarious.. I am sure Chris does too... :)
Corbin and I made cupcakes.. Both of my kids like to only eat the icing... I can't blame them!
I didn't take many pics this weekend, but we had a good done. The kids swam, shopped with us and went to the park.... Summer is soooo close!

Portraits by Nat..........

Have I told you lately that I have the most talented sister in law ever. Not only is she the most amazing artist I have ever seen, she is an awesome photographer too! She has painted the most awesome pictures of my children. They are seriously so very special to me. Nat had a play date at her house for Born in 2008 babies. Here are the pictures she took of Claire. Since Corbs was born on 2006 he didn't get to come.. No worried though... Corby and Daddy had an extra special boy day!
If you are interested in Natalie painting for you check out her website www.portraitsbynat.com.. Like I said, she is amazing!



I love these pictures of my baby so much!
*** Update on Corbin! Still no PACI!!!!!!! Tonight COrbin and Chris went on a daddy and Corby adventure to the movies. It was his first movie at the theater. Chris said Corbin was scared at first, but after a bunch of video games and junior mints he was great. They went to see the animated movie Aliens and Monsters...

Playdate and swimming with the cousins!

Today was a super fun Saturday! First, I would like to say that Corbin has been 100% Paci free for 24 hours!!!! WOOO HOOO BIG BOY CORBIN!
Today Natalie hosted the Born in 2008 Play date! Claire and I went and had a great time. Nat took pics of all the babies in her awesome studio! They turned out sooo cute! Then tonight we had a cousins swimming party at Grammy and Pa's house!! I love getting all the cousins together. The kids are all so lucky to have each other to play with! Here are some pics from today!
Sophie and Claire swimming and playing. The best thing about having the pool at mom's house is that we filled it with warm water from her outside sink. It was like they were swimming in bath water which was great since the weather was kind of gross today!
Corbin and Claire playing in the float that Aunt Natty brought...
Pa brought out Popsicles for all the babies... They loved them. Notice how Claire is dunking hers under water...
June and Claire
Here is one of the pics Aunt Natty took of Claire... Yes, those are real ducks! One of the playgrop mom's brought live chicks and ducks for the pics. SOOOO CUTE
Here is a cute pic of My little niece Junie! She was not so sure about swimming, but after a little while she loved it!
Corbin, Claire and Sophie! Sophie LOVED swimming! It was so precious!!!
My Big boy!
My baby girl! Claireclimbed in and out of the pool a million and five times. I bet her legs are going to be sore tomorrow from all of that climbing!

Batman is a MEANIE!!!

Tonight we told Corbin that Batman was came and got all of his paci's and took them to new babies. He was mad for about 20 minutes, but a trip to Target did the trick. A few toys later and he is happy for now! I am really hoping we stick to our guns and are done with the paci. His teeth really need a break from it. His mouth has formed to it. I told him that Batman didn't need his Dog Dog, so he was happy about that. The paci and Dog Dog went hand in hand though. He has done well so far and I am proud of my big boy.
Today after we got home from school the kids ate suckers and played in the backyard. They love being outside. Claire went through 3 suckers because Chippy kept taking them from her. She FREAKED out all three times. I got mad and yelled at Chippy, then Corbin got mad and yelled at me for yelling at Chippy. Sounds like fun huh?
Here is Corbin riding his bike! He kist really learned how to do this! He thinks he is super cool, we do too!
Here is Claire coming to let me know Chip has taken another sucker. Poor baby!
Big brother to the rescue! Corbin had to pry all the suckers out of Chippy's mouth!