Claire's blessing...and the rest of the weekend

We had Claire's blessing on Sunday! My mom, grandma, Lindsey (sister AKA Ninnie) and Abbie (her little girl) came from California and stayed the weekend with us. I was telling them I might be ok staying in Utah if family came to visit every weekend!! Thanks to ve

Grandma holding Claire for the first time when they got here Thursday night!

Pictures from the blessing day....

All 5 of us after the blessing!
Claire and her daddy!

I was trying to get a good shot of her dress, but the lighting was bad! I made it myself!!

Mom, Grandma and Claire

Abbie, Claire and Ninnie

Ninnie, Chloe and Claire

Our little Claire is getting so chubby!!! Not surprising if you saw Chloe when she was a baby!

Great Grandpa, Grandma and Claire (in her cute red and white polka dot dress that she changed into!)

Melanie (Jeff's sis) and her family drove out from Denver to come to the blessing!

Emily (Claire's cousin) holding Claire

me and Jeff

Caleb in his Jazz gear. Jeff got ticket to the Xango suite at the Jazz game again on Saturday so he took Caleb with him and afterwards got him some wristbands (he already had the jersey!) If you ask him who is number 5 he'll say "Carlos Boooozer" in his announcer voice.

All the family at our house after the blessing

Some pictures from this morning.....

Chloe, Claire, Abbie and Caleb this morning before they left!

A day at the snow!

We had SOO much fun playing at the snow!! I'm a little behind in putting these on, they're from when Allyson and her fam were here! We found a great spot to sled, just past Sundance. I think the big kids (Tim and Jeff) had just as much fun, if not more, than the little kids!!!

Caleb was hilarious. He would take his little boogie board sled up the hill, set it down in front of him, and lay down (with his back toward the bottom of the hill) never looking back and just sled down backwards. He did it over and over and had a blast. Watch the video at the bottom

Tim and Mason...can't you just see the joy on Tim's face!

Me, Allyson and Claire. I think I'm so funny when I smile until the person taking the picture says "3" then I make a funny face!!

The Dubenko fam

Caleb and Mason

Candid shot of the Chandler fam

Chloe and her daddy...look at his face!! :)

Jeff decided to take Caleb up the hill to where it was a little bit steeper, and they crashed at the end! Caleb wasn't too happy

Jeff and Tim decided to go up the hill even farther where it was even more steep. They actually caught air on one part....this is Jeff at the bottom.

Random picture of Mason and Caleb that I forgot to post earlier. They were "making" something. I had made coffee cake and they were using all the extra stuff to create their own thing. Caleb was totally serious and concentrating.

Anyone have any secrets for getting blood out of clothes???

It was only a matter of time....

...before I'd have to take Caleb in for stitches or a broken bone. Well, today he was playing in the backyard and he ran into the bottom of the slide and cut the top of his head. I heard him crying so I went to the door and he was running up with the hood of his coat on and I said, "What's wrong buddy?" and he looked up and had blood just dripping off his head. It was dripping on the ground. At first he didn't realize he was bleeding, but then he saw the floor and kept asking "What's that?".

I am pretty proud of myself for staying calm. I wasn't really calm on the inside, but Caleb didn't know. I reminded myself before I got it cleaned up enough to see the cut, that I heard that head injuries bleed a lot and so it probably wasn't as bad as it seemed.

I took him to the doctor (thankfully they have after hours doctors there, so no emergency room!) and he got 3 staples. It looks kind of funny because it isn't covered, so you can totally see the shiny staples on the top of his head. He was a tough kid.

notice the streak of blood going toward his face!

I had a hard time getting a good one of the staples (my battery on the camera is about dead!)

But here are the after shots with the 3 staples!

Dinosaur Museum

Scary Chloe dinosaur!

The kids at the sand and water "hands on" exhibit
Caleb wouldn't get in the picture because he thought the shark might eat him if he turned his back on it!

Go PIXIES!!

I am officially a "soccer mom"...whatever that means! Chloe's soccer team, the Pixies, had their first soccer game on Friday! It was so fun to watch them. Chloe was really excited to have Aunt Allyson, Uncle Tim, Avery, Mason, Grandma and Uncle Matt there to watch her!!!

Chloe blocking a goal....GO CHLOE!

Chloe was dancing while she was goalie...it was pretty cute!

The coaches....Rick (Olivia's dad) and Jeff. The coach has to ref the game too...Rick did a great job! It's funny because neither he or Jeff has any soccer experience, they just needed coaches and nobody else could do it!

Uncle Tim, Mason and Avery

Grandma, Claire and me

Claire's first soccer game!

Chloe enjoying her snacks after the game!!

VISIT FROM AUNT ALLYSON, UNCLE TIM, AVERY and MASON!!

We had so much fun this weekend with everyone! Unfortunately Allyson was sick with a REALLY bad cold and got pink eye the day they left, so her doctor (she went in the morning before they left) told her it would be a good idea to wear a mask...so this is how she enjoyed Claire for the first couple days!

Avery, Claire and Chloe

Uncle Tim and Claire

Chloe, Avery and Claire

Mason LOVED Claire. He was so cute with her and wanted to hold her all the time. Watch this cute video...

I'll get the rest of the pictures up soon....thanks to photographer Allyson, I have TONS!!!

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Funny title huh? Remember DJ Jazzy Jeff? Get it? Jeff...Jazz game? I'm a nerd. Jeff took Cody (Monica's husband) to the Xango suite at the Jazz game last Wednesday!! Anyway, here's Jeff with Frank Layden. I guess he used to be the Jazz's coach or something. Jeff said he's really well known in Utah...obviously I'm not from Utah!

Here's Cody with him.....

4 weeks old!!

Claire is 4 weeks old today. I took her to get her pictures taken today...this is what she wore! She is getting more alert all the time and I love when she just lays there and stares at me! I've noticed she's starting to get a little chub on her thighs! Her cheeks are chubby too, but they came out that way!!!

Chloe just LOVES her and always wants to snuggle her and look at her. She always is trying to help with her and always "watches" her for me when I take a shower. Caleb is so cute with her because he'll sing her songs when she's sad. Yesterday she was in her carseat and started crying. When I went to get her, Caleb said, "I sang Rise and Shout to her" (the BYU fight song for those of you that don't know. Yes, our kids are trained young.) And he's so cute when I change her diaper, I'll throw it close to a garbage can and he always asks, "Did you miss?" and then he'll go throw it away for me!

Her eyes look really blue to me a lot of the time. I'm not getting my hopes up to have a blue eyed kid, but I'm enjoying the blueness now for as long as it lasts!

Chloe and Caleb never had blue eyes, they were always more gray and now they're a hazelish green color....still very pretty....just not blue :)!! I know I'm weird, it's just that everyone in my entire family has blue eyes, so it'd be nice to get some Thomas genes in there (and actually Chandler genes too since Jeff's the only kid in his family without blue eyes!!)