April is in the air

Claire has taken an interest in cleaning, she decided to help Josh sweep the floor.

Deep in concentration during tummy time.

ahh...the sweet relief of a teether.

A little cat nap in between teething crying spells and bedtime.

2nd Place

This weekend Josh participated in the Benicia Education Foundation Run for Education. This organization supports the schools in Benicia, the district my mom works in. This was a family event, my mom volunteered with the Foundation to hand out goodie bags, my dad, grandma, Claire and I were the groupies and Josh ran in the race.

Claire is developing an early taste for Cliff bars, at least for the packaging. Josh got second place in his age division. Go Josh! We were getting ready to leave and he went to check his official time, they told him to stick around because he would be getting a medal. Not bad for a race he entered on Wednesday.

Happy 1st Blogiversary

I can't believe I missed this milestone. The Smithpunkinpatch blog is one year old! This year has brought many adventures and the promise of many more to come. Thanks to all of you that read our blog and join in our lives with us.

Happy 1st blogiversary.

Claire and Friends

We had a playdate on Friday with some of my friends from high school and their children and babies on the way. We were called "The Crew" in high school, I've decided to call our kids "The Mini Crew". Its been so fun to journey though this season of life with these women.

Unfortunately Claire was a crab from no nap and teething so I didn't get many pictures of all the babies.

Here's Davis, he and Claire are a week a part but he totally has in when it comes to the hair department. He also choose Mia (pictured below) as his prom date because she didn't pull his hair like Claire did. I tried to tell him it was just because Claire was jealous but he didn't believe me.

The lovely Miss Mia, every the lady and modeling a darling striped dress. I also didn't get photos of Tanya's boys because they can walk and are therefore much more difficult to photograph.

Being a Grown Up

Last night Josh and I had a date. If you want to get super technical about it, I guess it wasn't a date because Claire was there but to me, it was a date. We've decided to finish our back patio, make it into a useable space so as the weather warms up, its a place our family wants to hang out (more on that in another post). After a late afternoon stroll through Orchard nursery, Josh and I decided to make the most of the gorgeous evening (it was like 74 degrees at 5:30 at night) beautiful and the lovely town (we were in Lafayette). We had dinner at a restaurant, Pizza Antica, that I've been eyeing ever since I read the review of it in Diablo magazine.

As we lounged on the patio sipping cherry limeades Josh turned to me and said "I feel like an adult again tonight." I quite agree with him. We've been saving our money for upcoming trips, home renovations, and let's face it to pay our mortgage so its been a long time since we enjoyed an evening out. God bless our daughter, she was an angel, completely content gnawing on her teether while relaxing in her stroller and serenading the rest of the patio. After a delicious dinner (Josh rates the pizza a seven - crust was too thin for his Chicago deep dish pizza taste, I'd give it an 8, I like fancy pizza) we strolled up and down Mt. Diablo Blvd enjoying the weather, the evening and most of all each other.

Pictures from the weekend

I love daffodils...

Claire giving out some Lola love.

Oh yes, that is Claire in Giants gear!

Yeah...check out that serious drool.

This is what Claire does during tummy time...she puts her arms behind her and rolls around on her belly. Silly girl.

Lola, loving the weather and being near Josh.

Family portrait sans mom.

Rolling

I find myself continually amazed at how I am moved by Claire's little (and big) developments. Today Claire rolled over..we've been watching in expectation for months. Today she didn't disappoint. She rolled back to tummy (the harder way). She was looking at me nonchalantly and then I realized what she'd done and got all excited and she just smiled her gummy, drooly grin. My excited voice triggered Lola and she came running thinking it was play time and started jumping all over me. So, now we've got a roller.