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It's a brother!

2011-10-23T15:27:00.009-06:00

Well here I am at 20 weeks!

And here I am at 24 weeks!

We carved our pumpkin for FHE last week. We all, especially Klaira had a great time. She had no problem getting messing, as you will see in the next pictures. Blaine was the artist and carver and Klaira and I took care of the insides!

I think it turned out pretty spooky looking, thanks dad!

These are some new pajamas that Grandma Anderson made. Klaira wanted some Halloween pants because she saw some at a store. So we asked Grandma if she could handle that and she made three pair of new pajamas. Two are Halloween and the other is just cute flowers. In this picture she is where the pants with black cats. The other pair have all colors of cats that are arching their back, and Klaira won't put them on because she thinks they are too big, but actually she thinks they are too scary, which I find quite funny! So we are working on the courage for those!

This is her little pile of hair from her very first haircut! She was very excited! It wasn't much of a haircut because she just need the very back evened out with the rest of her hair. But it was her first so it was momentous and she loved it!

Always helping!

Klaira loves playing with play dough so we do it often. Lately, she will randomly talk about mustaches or bring them up. One day she even told me that some day when she is older she will have a mustache. We had to talk about that for a minute. But she does draw them in some of her drawings of other people. So the other day she had to show us her pink mustache. For this picture we tried to show her how to look like she was thinking about something really intelligent! It is so hilarious I could barely take the picture I was laughing so hard!

Our snowmen.

Klaira loves puzzles. She does them almost every day (sometimes multiple time a day). She is getting pretty good. But we have a great time helping her learn! Thanks for the help dad!

A Little Update!

2011-08-15T19:47:00.008-06:00

This is our 3 year old Klaira! She is fun, funny, and beautiful!

She got a new bike and loves it!

She had a fun birthday with family, friends, and a lot of pink!

I tried a fun new ruffle cake, and I think it turned out pretty good!

Klaira got to see and hold her new cousin Macey (sp?)! She is so cute and fun to hold, we loved seeing Mac and Jessie too!

Oh, and yes Klaira is going to be a big sister. We will post more about that as my belly grows and we know if it is a brother or a sister (in 2 weeks)!

She loves her Easter dress!

Easter egg hunt!

They love to goof around!

Klaira's First Solo Performance

2011-02-08T10:49:00.002-07:00

We recently had a primary talent show and Klaira decided that she wanted to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." She wasn't nervous at all and kept asking, "Is it my turn now?" after every performance. Then when she was done, she asked if she could sing another song. She is so cute and did a great job.

Here's a big one! Enjoy!

2010-10-09T20:33:00.021-06:00

Klaira loves to paint her own fingernails (when I let her)!

She got to go to her first petting zoo. Mostly she got to pet goats, bunnies (in a cage), and she saw (up close) chickens and other animals I can't remember right now. She loved it! Yes I broke down and bought and used a "monkey backpack" or a leish ( I totally don't know how to spell that). But I loved it! It was much more relaxing for us!

Sometimes I go overboard on the bubbles, she loves them!

In the summer, in Montana, at Grandma's, Klaira got to ride this cool tricycle that Grandma bought her.

I thought I would take a moment and show her beautiful hair. It is growing slow and steady, and I am so glad it is curly. That makes it a lot easier to do. It is a little longer now!

This cat loves to come around (from the neighbors' house) and Klaira loved it and it loved her, most of the time. Sometimes she could get a little too excited for the cat!

Cooling off!

Breakfast on the porch!

She loves to help Grandma Barrow water the plants.

This was interesting to watch!

Shaving with dad (or pretending).

These are some of Klaira's 2 year-old pictures I took, and it is definitely interesting trying to get a two year old to look and you and smile and hold still. I did get a few cute ones, and a lot of weird faces. It was fun and memorable!

Watermelon after the beach, in Aberdeen.

Fun at the beach, in Aberdeen!

She had a lot of fun that day!

Acting just like Grandma!

This was a merry-go-round in Rexburg! She loves them! We were able to find another one in Montana, also! I mean she loves them and we have to watch the little video clips of us riding them all of the time now! It is funny!

This is the little spray park in Rexburg (right next to the pony ride).

Eating her birthday cake in her new play shoes.

Sarah and Jeff! We miss them! But I am sure they are having tons of fun and new experiences in Washington D.C.!

She was excited about her pony cake all day long!

New play shoes, thanks Grandma!

Necklace

Great Grandma and Grandpa Beck

Plastic golf set from Grandpa!

She loved her balloons!

This is the pony cake! We looked at a lot of pictures on the internet of different cakes! Klaira just loved the pony cake, so I made it! It was pretty much just like the picture, and it was a lot of fun! The flowers were from along the fence outside. The picture had the flowers, but I didn't have any and didn't think to just go look outside! I was just trying to adjust the gummy hair to look just right, but my mom was walking around outside and found them, so we added them as a nice finishing touch! We had a really fun birthday party and summer! We love all of our family and friends!

Summer!

2010-07-02T08:31:00.008-06:00

This is just a very cute picture! I don't even remember where we were. But she was putting her hands in her pockets and she loves her flip flops with the giraffes. She calls them fleepops, it is cute!

She always likes zebras! We stayed here for a bit too! They were really cool!

We could hardly pry her away from this drinking fountain!

She loved the tigers, especially this one!

We took a little trip to Montana at the beginning of June! We had a ton of fun! Klaira loved my dad's fountain with the fish!

We set up a little pool my mom bought, and on the warmest day she played in it for about 15 or 20 minutes. She wanted to stay in but she was shivering! She loves the water!

She was pretending to be asleep!

Blaine gave her some chocolate pudding and left for a few split moments and returned to this. She was actually washing her armpits with it! Lovely! The mud bath probably felt quite nice!

I took some pictures of Klaira before church one day because she was looking so cute!

Well, she is going to be two soon, and she was being a big goober! But it was fun and turned out cute!

So stinkin cute!

It is almost summer!

2010-05-13T07:35:00.005-06:00

Yes, she put wash cloths in her shirt. She was helping with the laundry!

Our first ponytail. It only stays in while it is wet!

Klaira loves animals!

We got to see baby pigs, in Aberdeen!

The Easter egg hunt at Great Grandma Beck's.

She loved the duck she got Easter morning!

I never got a great picture of her Easter dress, and yes it is sideways, that's my fault!

Eating a hamburger with Grandpa Anderson. Klaira loves hamburgers!

Driving to Montana!

I made this skirt from one of my old shirts! It is super cute and was easy to make!

Yes, she is in the basket of the stroller!

She loves to quietly get into things! These are bandaides!

We have been having fun!

2010-02-13T07:53:00.006-07:00

This is a hat that my mom made for Klaira. She got the idea from a blog where they made a hat out of a sweater. My mom did this from Montana, so she didn't have her head right there and it might have been the wrong kind of sweater. We aren't totally sure what happened, but Klaira thought it was funny!

Klaira loves books and this day she read this book like this for a while. She always has to have her feet crossed!

She got a few babies for Christmas and loves them.

This cute rocking chair is so fun. She likes to rock her babies! During Christmas she didn't like anybody else sitting in it.

My mom and I made this skirt during new years. We were proud of ourselves because we didn't have a pattern, just what was in my head. It turned out really cute!

I am not totally sure what she is thinking here, but she loves to feed her babies.

Klaira loves to be outside. We were trying to get her to catch some snowflakes in her mouth. She thought we were pretty funny. There were really really big snowflakes right before we got out there with our camera!

Eating snowballs is easier!

I just love this picture, because she loves to push her stroller around all the time sometimes with no babies in it. She usually has her purse on her shoulder! This particular morning she was really happy and smiley!

Halloween and More!

2009-11-22T22:27:00.003-07:00

Klaira loves to color and write with pens and pencils!

Sometimes she can draw for a surprisingly long time!

Sometimes she tries to eat them, we are working on that!

She can be so goofy lately!

This is our "Fancy Nancy"! "Fancy Nancy" is an adorable book that she has! She really likes it and so we decided to just put all of the fancy things we had on her and let her just be so cute! Some people were guessing that she was a movie star or a diva, so sometimes I just said yes!

These are Jessica's three boys, Klaira's cousins. Klaira's glasses are crooked because we borrowed them from our friends and glued them together before she could wear them. And I must have glued them funny! But surprisingly she would keep them on for a really long time. It was funny and everyone was noticing that she didn't care to wear them!

Our trunk or treat! All of our friends dressed up so cute!

Grandma Barrow and Klaira at her ward trunk or treat/Halloween party, inside! It was fun!

Having Fun!

2009-09-25T20:32:00.009-06:00

I wanted to take a picture with Klaira, and it was cute until you take the camera out. Then all she wants is the camera. So I had to tickle her to get a good smiley picture!

Klaira is getting so big! She is having so much fun at the babysitter, too! She learns new things every day, and makes us laugh all the time!

She loves to take food to the end of the hallway and eat it. She is always so silly, especially when we go to take a picture.

This is the Sunday after the swing accident, and she is all ready for church and very hard to take a picture of.

This was about a week after the black eye went away. She got hit by an old broken plastic swing that swung back right into her face. It swelled up quickly, but we were able to keep her calm and ice it for a bit.

Her first black eye. She fell on our bed into the footboard. It was very sad, but she was okay!

We went boating, and Klaira had a lot of fun in the boat, but we left the camera in our car, so this is her afterward. She is so stinkin cute!

Blaine got a chocolate silk pie for his birthday! It was so good!

These are Klaira's twin cousins, Payten and Cooper! She loves babies, so she thinks they are pretty cool!

We took Klaira's one year old pictures and she did pretty well. We had to take a lot to get those great ones, but it was fun! These are only a few!

Klaira loves dogs! This is our friends dog, and he is super nice.

Klaira's First Birthday!

2009-07-16T16:37:00.008-06:00

Well, we had a great birthday party for Klaira! Some friends and family came and had fun with us! Sadly Klaira had had a fever all day and was not feeling well. She was almost asleep about 6:00, but didn't end up quite letting me put her down, so she stayed up (feeling miserable) for the party! As soon as she came outside and saw the kids she got some energy from somewhere and played with them! She was walking around everywhere (oh ya she is walking and has been for about a month now, it is so cute because she is pretty short). So if she looks a little sad in some of the pictures that's why. But she is better now. She is trying to get three molars in at the same time, which is a little rough!

Thanks everyone for coming and having fun with Klaira!

All of the kids were just as excited about each present (probably more) as Klaira! It was quite fun to watch them all!
She loves this book! It is big and kind of heavy, but she will carry it across the room to me!

A baby doll!

She loves this beach ball. She likes to carry it around as much as she can and then throw it.

Cool basketball hoop! Thanks Grandpa! And a new big girl car seat! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Barrow and Aunt Jessica and Uncle Nick!

The candle is lit, bt you can't really tell. I am holding it a little away from her because she was wanting to grab it as soon as she saw it! I don't have a picture of her cupcake for some reason, but it has white frosting and a pink flower on top!

We got Klaira a cute little princess keyboard that she thinks is really cool because she loves music and pianos!

Here she goes!

All messy!

The birthday girl sitting with her friends, looking very tired!

This is my best attempt at a cute butterfly cupcake cake! I think it turned out great! Thanks to my wonderful husband and mother who frosted it for me (at the last minute)!

Klaira loves to swim. She gets right in the water, cold as ever, and just splashes around. She had fun in the sprinkler too, I didn't have the camera that day. I just love her suit that I found at Target. Thanks Sue for letting us come over to play in your water!

Grandma Anderson brought bubbles for Klaira to play with and she thought they were really fun! She was waving the wand around like crazy, usually too fast!

She loves her teddy bear, and will take it around with her by the arm, it is adorable. So I am hoping to get a good picture of her carrying it! So if anyone has some good suggestions on cleaning stuffed animals I would love to hear about them!

Playing with Grandpa Anderson, and we actually got her to say "Grandpa" while they were visiting, and she still says it!

Klaira is starting to want to do everything herself, including eating. She is getting better but still needs a lot of help sometimes, but it is really cute!

We went to a Fourth of July breakfast at our ward parking lot, and they were giving horse rides. So I took Klaira and she loved it!

We are 11 months old!!! I cant believe it!

2009-06-23T15:37:00.006-06:00

She love the park, but she loves the dirt most of all.

This is one of the many funny faces I got when trying to take her 11 month picture!

She can finally reach, barely!

She loves to play with the cars at Grandma Barrow's house.

Klaira loves her Fancy Nancy book!

She is getting so big!

She loves nectarines! She almost ate the whole thing!

This is just a random picture of us enjoying the sun. Also, she seems to not mind her hats so much, because this one doesn't even have a strap to hold it on.

Klaira likes to put things in her mouth and then go about all her other playing business. It is quite funny because some things are very large, but to her she just likes to chew!

We had to go to Montana for my Grandma Anderson's funeral. It was a very nice funeral, and we got to see a lot of family on that side of my family. Klaira got to meet some of her cousins (actually they were all my cousins kids). She had so much fun! This is a picture of Will, who was born about 4 days before her! (And I am really not sure why I look almost ill in this picture, oh well!)

She loves to swing!

Our Cute, Growing Klaira!

2009-05-03T21:16:00.020-06:00

So here is our big catch-up blog! There really are a lot of pictures, but I tried to explain most of them. We have taken two trips to Montana and my brother got married. So a lot has been going on. Oh, and Klaira is now almost 10 months old! She is growing so fast and getting such a cute and funny personality! We love her so much!

I plan on posting more often so it doesn't take me forever.

I hope you enjoy all of the pictures!

The cherios started sticking to her feet. She thought it was pretty funny!

Klaira found that the refridgerator is really cool (in Montana), and now if she can she will go right for it whenever it is opened!

Me and my brother, Mac! He is a married man! I think his new wife, Jessie, is great and seems to like us too!

So maybe some of the pictures seem out of order, but there is a lot to post and I think everyone will just have to enjoy them however I put that on!
This is something I made! It was fun and pretty easy!

This is Kim Parker! She now lives in Las Vegas, but I grew up babysitting her kids in Drummond. She is an amazing woman and a great friend! My wonderful mother is of course on the left side, and she is my hero and inspiration! I love her so much! LOVE YOU MOM!

We went through the worst storm we had ever driven through, when we were coming home on our first trip to Montana, for spring break, at the end of March! It was so scarey. You couldn't see at all, so it was like driving blind. We could see the semi that was barely ahead of us, sometimes, and occasionally we would see a reflector on the side. And it wasn't even dark. These are pictures of what our car looked like when we finally made it home! Blaine was very calm and did a wonderful job getting us home safe!

These are at the temple! I did kind of mix up the wedding pictures with the reception in Montana, but you can tell the difference!

This is at the reception in Montana! Jessie has a neice a few days older than Klaira!

Easter was fun! Since the wedding was the day before, my parents were still there! Klaira thought the plastic eggs were cool, and she didn't even know that most children got candy inside! That will be an even bigger surprise in a couple of years!

On April 11 my little brother got married in the Idaho Falls Temple. It was a beautiful day!

This is an updated pictures of our 4 generations!

We are 9 months old now! We can't believe how big she is getting!

I tried to keep her hat on her too so she didn't get sunburned, it was pretty cute!

This is the first time Klaira actually drank from her hard-topped sippy! She was so excited!

We take a walk to the park to swing whenever we have a nice day! Trust me, she does enjoy the swing!

Yes, it's a toothpick!

My Grandma and Grandpa Anderson just loved seeing Klaira and how much she has grown!

Klaira with her Great Grandpa Anderson, in Hamilton, MT.

While in Montana we bough this adorable swimming suit!

She didn't sleep well in Montana. She always wanted to stay up with the party!

She loves to walk around on the couch. She gets up and down really fast. She really wants to walk!

Nice red eye, but when we fix that, I think this picture really turned out!

Here she is 8 months old!

I was trying to tickle her to try to show off her top teeth. When she smiles you mostly see her bottom 2 (now 3). We just keep getting more and more teeth. And she loves to use them!

She thinks the pacifiers are chew toys. Oh, well!

These are Klaira's good friends Jack and Eliza! They love her and take very good care of her when we are all hanging out! She loves kids and is dying to run around like them!

She loves to peek around things and people to see you! It is the cutest thing!

This is Klaira at 7 months old!

Klaira with her Grandma Anderson.

Klaira with her cousin Bryson sitting on Grandma Barrow's chairs!

Christmas!

2009-01-13T22:38:00.005-07:00

Here are some Christmas pictures. We had a lot of fun in Aberdeen with the Beck's. Klaira loves her cousins and the wrapping paper!

We made graham cracker houses and had a lot of fun!

Klaira even got a little war wound while she was enjoying all of the paper on Christmas morning!

HERE IS THE UPDATE!

2009-01-13T20:56:00.014-07:00

So here I am posting a big bunch of pictures! I feel bad because I don't have much time to be posting, but when I do I end up looking at everyone elses blogs and then my time is spent. So here it is Klaira being all cute (she is the one you really want to see).

She is now 6 months, sitting up, eating some food (but lately hating it all), rolling over like a champ, and trying really hard to crawl. Oh and don't forget the three and a half teeth we are enjoying. They are super cute. The two on the bottom are visible in a few of the pictures! ENJOY!

Fun! Fun! Fun!

2008-11-03T22:08:00.011-07:00

This is our new favorite picture of Klaira! She makes the cutest faces!

She had to be all bundled up, because it is that time of year!

Klaira loved talking to her Grandma and Grandmpa Anderson!

Klaira loves to stand up and get a better view of what everyone is doing!

This is just the cutest little outfit! And she has a very weird grunting-type face on, lovely!

We took a trip up to Montana to visit all the Andersons. We had a lot of fun and Klaira got to see everybody, including great Grandma & Grandpa Anderson for the first time! They just loved her, but who doesn't?

Klaira is 2 months old!

2008-09-12T22:02:00.012-06:00

She always plays with her hands when she is content and happy!

She is just so cute in her new purple flower and fun dress!

Klaira's first pair of jeans are stinkin cute!

2008-09-12T21:30:00.012-06:00

Hanging out with my dad!

The cutest smiles ever!

She was almost laughing, but no noise would come out!

We took Klaira to the parade that kicks off the Eastern Idaho State Fair, and she loved it!

We like to play around!

Klaira has a pretty new flower and one of mommy's favorite dresses!

Klaira at a Month

2008-08-16T11:58:00.006-06:00

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Klaira was blessed on August 3, 2008!

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This is her cute little sweat suit!

Klaira is checking out her dad! She is getting sooooo big!

Every time she gets out of the car seat she stretches as hard as she can, for a really long time! It is so cute!

This is Klaira's friend Olivia Howard. They had tons of fun together, can't you tell!

2008-08-16T11:35:00.005-06:00

Just hanging out in her swing (which she loves)!

She always tries to suck her thumb. She will take her pacifier, but if that isn't available she tries for the thumb, often getting her fingers or her knuckles. This was the first time she managed to get her thumb, and no matter what I tried to do the rest of her fingers had to be just that way or her thumb would pop out!

Klaira always sleeps with her hands up and by her face, so this picture is just precious!

2008-08-16T11:22:00.006-06:00

Just a little photo shoot!

She was making that cute smiley face when the flash would go off!

Home from the hospital!

Klaira loves her dad.

Here she is...Klaira Lynn Barrow

2008-07-10T20:23:00.009-06:00

The proud father (oh that is still taking some getting use to) minutes after the birth.

Here is your beautiful daughter Mom!

Our little miracle, meant to be.

Klaira getting dressed to come home.

We sure love you Klaira!

Name: Klaira Lynn Barrow

Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz.

Height: 19 & 3/4 inches.

Time: 4:08 pm

Date: 09 July 2008

One Month Left!

2008-06-09T21:29:00.002-06:00

So here I am with only 4 weeks left! We are getting very excited for our sweet little girl to come! I have been feeling very good! I have my weekly doctor's appointments now, so we can keep an eye on how things are going!
We are trying to get things "organized" so that it won't be too crazy when she comes home. I am figuring out places to put all of the fun stuff I have been getting. I love looking at all of the little clothes and diapers. I am always wondering what she looks like (ya know, hair, eyes, lips, all of those little details). We are just so excited now we can hardly stand it!

2008-05-20T20:14:00.002-06:00

Well, I know it is late again, but only by a week or so.

This is me at 32 weeks! I can't believe it is going by so fast!

I just keep getting bigger, and I am sure you have all experienced this. It seems like you can't get too much bigger, but you do and you have to expect it!

The baby is moving around so much, I love it! She is so cute, especially in person I wish you could see her. She is probably the cutest baby in the womb!

Things are going well at school and the kids are excited for me. They are dying to know what we are going to name her and they all give me ideas for a name (usually their own)! I only have 2 and a half weeks left, until I can relax for June! That will be nice and hot!!

Getting Closer!

2008-04-19T10:35:00.003-06:00

Ok, so I know this seems like a quick post, but you have to remember that the last picture of my belly was posted very late, I got lazy!

So this is me at 28 weeks! Time is flying by now! I am still feeling very good and still sleeping on the couch! Ya, it is way more comfortable!!!! Blaine misses me, but enjoys the whole bed to himself!

Montana

2008-04-12T11:08:00.007-06:00

We took a nice trip to Montana for spring break! We had a ton of fun hanging out, visiting family, and making baby stuff! Some of my awesome friends threw me a baby shower and we a lot of fun! It was so nice to see and talk to everyone again and they are all so generous, I can't believe i! We have a bunch of cute clothes and stuff for our daughter! Thanks everyone!

We had fun playing games and we all laughed really hard!

I think everyone had a great time!

Thanks Jamie!

Here we are at 6 months!!

2008-04-12T11:00:00.004-06:00

Here we are starting to get bigger. We are really excited! I am definitely needing to get some new "fat" clothes real soon! The baby is moving more now and that is so amazing! We have a few names (that we aren't mentining) and it is fun to talk abou them and try to decide!

Half Way There

2008-02-20T20:31:00.004-07:00

Well, it might not look like it but this is Tessa at 20 weeks. Still as beautiful as ever!

It's a Girl!!!

2008-02-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to be having a girl! We didn't have school today, because of an awesome snow storm. So instead of waiting around for our 4:15 appointment, I called to see if they had anything earlier. And they did! We went in at 10:45 and had a very exciting ultra sound. Our little girl looks very cute all snug inside, and we got to see her moving her arms and legs a lot! That was crazy!

The doctor can't be 100% sure (that's my guess), but he got a lot of good angles on the baby and he sounded very confident that it is definitely a girl! On top of that she was moving her mouth a lot so its got to be a girl. That's what our guess was (along with a lot of you), so all of us were right! Yeah!

2008-01-28T18:59:00.000-07:00

Here's our beautiful, soon to be mother. She's starting to show a bit. We find out what its going to be on Feb 7th.