You're my BLUE eyed girl!

Harry took this picture yesterday of Claire and I am in love with it. Her baby blues get me every time.

Claire Bear

I wanted to share this picture. Claire is in LOVE with the I-phone. She has had a rough couple of days. Thankfully our new sitter is on vacation, so we planned for a family friend and my aunt to watch her this week. Last Thursday her sitter told me that she was super clingy and had slept a ton. So once I picked her up, we headed to the Little Clinic. The nurse practitioner diagnosed her with double ear infections. We started on her antibiotic Thursday night. When I picked her up from the sitter on Friday, I noticed that she had a few little spots on her. I decided to wait it out and see if she got worse. On Saturday morning when she woke up, she had a few more spots. I called the Little Clinic and was advised to stop the antibiotic and take her to Urgent Care if it got worse. Claire woke up bright and early on Father's Day. Her rash was now raised and had spread everywhere. We had to skip church and our Father's Day lunch with her Papa. We headed to the Urgent Care. Thank goodness we arrived 30 minutes early to stand in line. The Urgent Care doctor said that he thought the rash was viral and sent us home. That place is so frustrating! We will be seeing our pediatrician soon if the rash has not cleared up.

We had a relaxing rest of the day and had Papa Mark over for a delicious dinner. I think Harry enjoyed his 2nd Father's Day and he can't wait for next year when we get to celebrate it as a family of 4.

A much needed update: The NEWS is out!

In my last post, I was dying to share with everyone all of the ways God is working in our lives. I am so excited to share that Claire will be a big sister near the end of December. We will be welcoming a baby boy or girl on December 22nd unless he/she decides to come before. Now that we are past the 12 week point, I just want to shout it from the rooftop that we are having another baby. Now that the shock has worn off that for a few day we will have 2 under the age of 2, I am overwhelmed with joy. I absolutely love my doctor here. She is watching closely and does not think we will have the same problems that we had with Claire.
If that news is not enough, the offer we placed on a house in Collierville was accepted. We should be closing on the house July 30th. I am so happy that our children will get to grow up in Collierville. (I can't believe I am saying that!) When I went to college, I swore that I would never come back to Collierville; however, most of our family lives in the area and I want our kids (I just love saying kids) to be around family as much as possible. Also, I can't wait for our kids to grow up in the church that I grew up and married their daddy in.
I will take pictures soon and post. Stay tuned for more updates on Claire and her baby brother/sister.