My Little Two Year Old

My little girl is turning 2 tomorrow and I can't believe it! The last two years have just flown by. I'm sure that's how it is for most of you parents out there. As crazy as they make us sometimes, their childhood still flies by way too fast. By the way, some of you may want to tune out. I might get long winded. I am trying to journal better on my blog since I learned where they can be printed very nicely in a book.

Okay, on to my little Claire Bear. I have to say that I always wanted a little girl. Having grown up with many sisters, girls never scared me. Poor Mason and Maddox have to live with the fact that I wanted them both to be a little girl. Oddly though, when they told me I was pregnant with a girl, I wasn't quite sure how I felt. At that point I had settled in nicely with my boys and was terrified at the thought of learning things all over again. Girls are just different! Of course, after my first shopping trip for my little girl, all those jitters were behind me. :-)

Claire Elizabeth Prisbrey was born February 13 at 8:18pm, weighing in at 8lbs. 3oz., and stretching out to be 19 inches long. Since that moment, she has had everyone she comes in contact with, wrapped around her finger.


Claire is sweet, sensitive, friendly, smart, independent, lovable, and beautiful. She will do anything for you if you ask her nicely. She will say I love you just to see you smile. She waves and says hi to anyone that will look at her. When her brothers start arguing, she plants herself between them and yells, "top it guys!" over and over. She says the most beautiful, sincere prayers that melt my heart every time she does. The boys will beg for Claire to say the prayer just because they think she sounds so cute. Like any little girl, she LOVES all things girl! Babies, purses, clothes, shoes, bracelets, bows, make-up, nail polish, pictures, books, and attention. Although, as a perk to me, she is also the little tom boy I have dreamed of. She climbs, kicks, throws, runs, you name it. I am surprised at how coordinated she seems to be sometimes. She does things I would be terrified to try. She took a bad fall at McDonald's tonight, stood up, and said, "I'n otay!" But wow, hurt her feelings and her tender sobs come a rolling. You just can't get mad at her without immediately taking it back and snuggling her close.



If you can't tell, Claire is everything to our little family and we would be lost with out her. We love her so much and we are forever grateful for the day she was sent to our family.

Happy 2nd Birthday Claire Bear!