Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Signing Time, Wheat Harvest and Lots of Appts

First of all, fellow bloggy peeps...I miss you!  I've gotten behind on both reading and commenting and I feel so out of touch. 

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This past weekend we got to meet Rachel Coleman of Signing Time fame.  We are all huge fans and when we found out she was going to be in Denver, we knew we wanted to be there.  The show was held in a beautiful park.  The park had tons of water for the kids to play in, and if we'd known, we would have come better prepared.  There were both fountains and a lazy river type water feature.

It was HOT.  We covered Claire in sunscreen and fed her (and let her spill all over herself) tons of water.  I felt so bad for Rachel in her sweater though.  The poor girl had to be just miserable.




During Turtle Rock Rachel accidentally invited everyone up on stage.  She went with it and everybody had a great time dancing around.


After the show we got to meet Rachel and Hopkins.  Claire was not a fan of Hopkins and kept glaring at him over my shoulder.  My camera was on some strange setting and this was the best of the pictures.  Some of the ones with Rachel, Claire and I would have been cute, but they ended up totally blurry.

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After the Signing Time show we headed to the farm to "help" with wheat harvest.  This year harvest was very late due to all the rain we've had this spring.  Claire got to climb into the combine with her uncle, but was pretty unimpressed with the whole process. 




Claire preferred the mower to the combine.  Daddy let her drive, and she was happy to practice her car noises.


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Claire turned 18 months last week, and our calendar is full of all of her appointments.  Today was her well baby and she weighed at a whopping 21 lbs 5 oz.  Next week is her blood work and eye appointment.  We were supposed to go back to her ENT too and have her tube checked, but her dr was able to see that it is clear and open, so we're going to skip that one.  After we get all those appointments completed we'll head back to the Sie Center to make sure everything checks out.

Even though Claire isn't toddling, she feels like a kid, not a baby anymore.  She is such a little sponge.  And she is constantly on the move.  The only time she will settle down and snuggle is when she is very tired.  These quiet times are the best.  She tucks her arms in and just melts into your side. 

This handful of grass didn't end up in Claire's mouth.  Which may sound silly, but I keep hoping we are reaching the end of that stage.  And then she finds paper, or cardboard, or anything resembling paper, and she can't get it into her mouth fast enough.  Maybe I need to feed her more fiber...

Claire's new favorite sign is cracker.  She signs cracker from the moment she wakes up until she falls asleep.  While I know she loves her goldfish crackers, I think part of the appeal is that the signing actually does something.  She was like that when she learned to sign milk too.  She didn't really want  a drink, but loved that she got something from us.  So, I keep telling her she's doing a great job signing cracker, but unfortunately, that's not what we're having for breakfast.

Other than that, things are good.  Just busy and good.

13 comments:

  1. I'm melting just looking at that poor woman in her sweater. I don't know if you are suffering from the heat wave that has attacked Indiana, but good Lord it is awful. Wheat harvest up here wasn't great, and now the rest of the crops are starting to fry. I'm charmed by your story of Claire being obsessed with signing for crackers. She is totally getting it! That is like kids saying nothing but "no"!

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  2. So glad to catch up! Sounds like life is great right now!

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  3. Looks like you are having a fun summer so far! Little Claire is so cute!

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  4. what a great thing meeting Rachel form signing times!! so fun..our favorite sign is cereal...it is just fun! and so great to be able to communicate...you all had a way busy weekend! Claire is to sweet! love the pix...Maddie is also a paper eater..not good..but I think the one that scares me the most is the hair..scary! smiles

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  5. Such cute photos!! She's getting to be such a BIG girl! Rachel Coleman performed at our Buddy Walk 2 years ago (and will again this year), but it was the coldest, rainiest, most miserable day EVER, and hardly anyone ventured out of the covered tent long enough to go and hear her. I felt really bad for her then. Glad we weren't the only ones subjecting her to crap weather. LOL

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  6. Claire IS getting big! Great little update :)

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  7. Cute pictures....I guess we can forgive the lack of posting...

    Now I want a cracker...

    Brooke Annessa
    www.TheAnnessaFamily.blogspot.com

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  8. I love how Claire always has a "I got this, Mom" look on her face.... Except when it comes to the Hopkins photo...then she's all like, Ok, umm, Momma, time for you to take one for the team, look... Either way, she's absolutely beautiful.

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  9. I promise not to type so much :-)
    You got to meet Rachel of Signing Time!!!! Jealous! Claire is just darling and I love the pics. Ellie signs "more" and "all done" in the same breathe. She just likes signing. Oh and "baby" with a head shake.

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  10. Oh sweet, sweet Claire. If only I could reach through this screen and kiss that precious face.

    Getting so big and so smart and I am so proud you, you little darling child.

    Big love coming from California.

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  11. Oh boy! Rachel Coleman AND a wheat harvest! Awesomeness, galore. I'd absolutely love to be on a combine. I've only read about them...
    Moxie's like that with the paper and stuff. I actually have to check her mouth several times a day to clear out wads of pulp.
    Good to catch up - xx

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  12. I hate it when I have my camera on the wrong setting and miss what would have been cute pics! I love the farm pics!

    Jesenia just had her 18 month appointment yesterday and she's 20lbs 8 oz I think. She wouldn't stay still on the scale!

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  13. nice pix....Claire is getting so big!

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