Generations outfit

Claire is the new recipient of this "Sherbet" dress. Her great-aunt Sharon wore it around this age, then Aunt Catherine, then cousin Grace. Now it is her turn! So cute!

Time to BabyProof!

Today you have officially begun crawling! Woo-hoo... or maybe oh no?

You also love to climb things, which is so scary for mommy to watch!

CRABBING!!!!

We went to Dillon Beach/ Tomales Bay for some crabbing fun, that this year's 3rd years HIGHLY recommended. It was so much fun!

Our site:We rented two boats to get across the bay to the other side and to use for crabbing: Jeff being the "designated driver":

Crabbing is so easy. You have to string bait onto some wire baskets and float them in the bay. Then you pick them up a little while later. We weren't expecting much, but we definitely were surprised by the amount of crabs we caught!

We caught about 2 pots full and cooked them right on the campfire with sea water:
YUM!:
There were 5 families that went.

Us:

The Millers:
The Keyes:

The Tarletons:
Their son Carter was absolutely loving the water

(which felt like it was 40 degrees!):
The Osbornes:

Claire was such a great baby, too! We are truly blessed to have such a great child!

on the boat:

since she couldn't have crab, we fed her carrots:

Get your own food dad!

We will definitely do this again next year!

Mother's day!

This year, I am a mother. I am so glad to have that title. I woke up to the treat of Jeff bringing me breakfast in bed and not having to get up earlier than 8AM. It was BEAUTIFUL! We spent the evening with his local family. We got a great shot of all us NOR-CAL moms.

Stevie - Julie - Geri - Marilyn

SHE IS THE REASON I GET TO CELEBRATE SUCH A WONDERFUL OCCASION:

Claire Evelyn- 8 Months

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

HOLEY MOLAR!

Every year, the dental school holds a fun scramble golf tournament.

Jeff played with Tim, Eric, and Joanna.

Emily and I came along to cheer for our men.

Gunner and Claire played together also!


Poor little Cruise survived the wind as best as he could
while Mom and Dad (Joanna and Eric) played.
You're a trooper little boy!

Here they are in action:

Tim

Joanna

(Sorry Joanna, the best one I could get before she left)

Jeff

Eric

SCORE: 69 (2 under par)

After the round, they served a delicious dinner and held a raffle. We didn't win like jeff did last year, but it was hilarious to watch the intoxicated guys

come up and claim their prizes (which was mostly wine!)

Aside from the wind, it was very fun, and we had a great time hanging out with some friends!

Reno Visit

We spent a week in Reno and the favorite pasttime for Claire was swinging.

A.LOT.

We also went to the May Day festival and watched hawaiian singers and dancers.

Below: Grandma Susan, Richard, and Matthew holding Claire

Matthew with Claire:

Wasn't too sure about letting Claire ride the pony, but a pic was good!

Our little angel: