Clara And Lucas

These first couple of pictures are a blog post I meant to do before I had Lucas, but that didn't happen, so we will start off with those!

Clara had her first ice cream cone on Memorial Day. As you can tell by the look on her face, she loved it!

I got a kiddie pool on clearance at the end of last summer. We pulled it out for Clara and she loves it. She might as well be part fish! I am sure this little pool will be in constant use this summer.

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Now onto Clara and Lucas. For the most part, Clara loves her little brother. She loves to hold him and give him hugs and kisses. She definitely has her moments when she wants things to go back to the way they were before Lucas. Those moments usually come when nap time or bedtime are approaching.

Here is Clara meeting Lucas for the first time.

Clara showing off her "Big Sister" shirt.

Right after we decided on the name Lucas, Jordan leaned over and whispered in his ear "Luke, I am your father." We have some friends, Ed and Lindsey, who love Star Wars. They got

Lucas his very own Yoda! They also got Clara an elephant. Thanks again Ed and Lindsey!

It was so nice to come home from the hospital and sleep in my own bed. Clara was also very happy to have me home. She decided to ham it up for the camera for these shots!

And she loves to give Lucas his pacifier, though we have to remind her to be gentle with him!

I can't believe this little guy is already a week old! We will try and keep the blog updated with pictures and info.

Meet Lucas.

Lucas Muhlestein was born at 8:51 p.m. June 8, 2010.
He weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces and is 21 inches long.
He is happy and healthy and so is his wonderful Momma.

I'm sure you'll hear more later, but here are some pictures.

Summer is Coming!

I've been kind of bad about blogging and taking pictures to document what we are doing, so here is a hodgepodge from the month of May! Clara is growing so much and learning so many new things, and I need to be better about marking all those milestones, especially with a new baby due any day now! I am really going to have to be better if I am going to document both their lives! Anyways, here are some of the things we have been doing...

We went to a baseball game with David and Megan (and her mom, and Harry and Wyatt of course!) It was Dime-a-Dog night, so we all enjoyed a few hot dogs, some of us more than others. I had 2. David had 12. I think I lost. To each their own!

We have been enjoying corn on the cob. Clara got her own ear of corn for the first time, and DEVOURED it! She loves corn on the cob now!

We have been playing in the backyard and gardening. As I was watering the garden, Clara decided to pick a radish, so we ate it! Do you like Jordan's Dharma jumpsuit? We both have one. They were our Halloween costumes. It is now his yardwork jumpsuit. Doesn't he look so handy?

Clara learned to smile for the camera. Usually when I pull out the camera, Clara gets very distracted by it and wants to hold it and look at it. She wont smile. In fact, if she has been smiling, she promptly stops and gets a very solemn look on her face until I put the camera away. She is now starting to smile for the camera, and of course, it is her super cheesy scrunched up face smile!

Clara sings the Jeopardy song. Jordan LOVES Jeopardy. He wants to go on the show someday. In fact, he has taken the test a few times already. We watch the show fairly often. Clara LOVES to sing the song. She has done this for a long time, but because she gets so distracted whenever we pull out the camera, we have had a hard time capturing the moment. She didn't sing it as well as she normally does in this video, but you get the idea! She also loves to sing along to the Glee soundtrack. Don't Stop Believin' and Jump are her favorites. Maybe those will be the next songs we try and record her singing!

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Clara is learning her animal sounds, and is saying a lot more words. This has probably been the most fun and rewarding thing for me to see. She has been so stubborn about talking. I know she can do it, but she has to do it on her own terms. Just in the past two weeks or so she has made a lot of progress! She used to think that all animals said the same thing. Now she is getting better and learning new ones! She also says things like Mommy, Baby, Uh-oh, hi, and bye very clearly. She says a lot of other things, they just aren't as clear! It seems like every day she makes more progress!

I couldn't decide which video I liked best, so you get both!

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Paying the Ransom

This one is for you, Heidi!

My sister told me she was holding a box of baby clothes hostage and if I wanted them I had to post a pregnant picture of myself. Well, here are two for you. Hope you enjoy the belly, cause it is getting pretty large!

Spot and Speckle

Some friends of ours had a couple of goldfish that they were looking to get rid of and they asked us if we wanted them. I wasn't too sure about taking on the responsibility of fish, but I knew Clara would love them, so we said yes. Yesterday David and Chelsie brought over the little guys, Spot and Speckle, and we set up their bowl. From the second Clara saw the fish, she LOVED them! These pictures don't really do her reaction justice. Most of that is because the second I pull out the camera, she stops smiling and turns into a different kid. I don't know what it is with her and the camera, but she has not learned to ham it up yet!

(Please excuse my messy counter. I had not yet cleaned the kitchen, nor was I expecting to have pictures of it taken!)

Clara spent about an hour just looking at these tow goldfish. She talked to them, she cried every time we told her it was time to get down, then got really excited each time we gave her a few more minutes (hence the hour of looking at them). While I am not too excited to have a fish bowl to clean out, I am glad that Clara loves these fish and that seeing them is such a treat for her. We have to work on keeping her hands out of the bowl, but other than that, she is onto a great start! We will see how long they keep her interested!