Family Christmas Date--- Asheville, NC 2010

Being that Claire is an only child and grand child, she is really blessed with gifts at Christmas time. We thought it would be fun to have a Family Christmas Date rather than spend money on toys that she doesn't need. Not to mention we have been in North Carolina for almost 8 months now and still have not seen the sights, so we wanted to check out Asheville, NC before we left.

Asheville is about 2 hours north of Charlotte and is a charming little mountain town. Apparently everyone there is really health conscious as there are health food stores and restaurants everywhere! We were so jealous. In a town of 70,000 people there are like 4 health food supermarkets!

The first day we took Claire on the Rocky Mountain Railroad "Polar Express" tour, for a trip to the North Pole. Claire absolutely LOVES trains so we knew this would be her favorite part of the trip.















The next day we went to the Biltmore Estate which is a huge castle that George Vanderbilt built in the 1800's. We heard that it was amazing to see at Christmas time, with lots of stuff to do. Claire wasn't too crazy about the tour of the house, but she had a blast at the barn and petting zoo. Mommy had a blast at the Winery Tasting and Tour :)








Now off to our next adventure in Florida. Can't wait to post pictures of the beach and Disney World this coming year!

Claire putting on Mommy's makeup :)

Fall in Charlotte

We recently returned from a 4 week stay in Dallas so that I could finish up boards. We were eagerly awaiting our return back to Charlotte because we have heard how amazing the Fall weather is. So far we have not been disappointed! The weather is perfection and the leaves/trees are gorgeous. We are really going to miss this place, but at the same time looking forward to our new adventure in Naples, FL!

Happy Holidays!!!

Christmas Card pictures----check! Wanted to make sure I got these sent and out of the way early this year. Isn't she adorable? :)

Claire Bear Updates

Claire Updates:
She is a talking machine! Every day I am amazed by her vocabulary and even more so by her sweet little personality. She has been talking in complete sentences for awhile now and is just so smart :) She is constantly showered with complements on what a sweet, polite and well behaved little girl she is. I wish we could take all the credit but I think God just gave us a really good egg. She is the most polite little thing I have ever seen... every other word is please, thank you, I'm sorry, no thanks, and yes mam. Right now she loves playing with her babies, painting and drawing. She also likes to pretend she is my mommy!!! It usually goes something like this...

Claire: Mommy, you sad?? What's wrong mommy?? You have boo boo?
Don't worry mommy, I make it better. All better mommy. Don't cry, it's alright. I love you mommy. You take a nap, ok?

So stinkin cute!

The other day she was leaving with Mark to go somewhere and I was staying behind.

Claire: Don't worry Mommy, I come back. Don't be sad mommy. I love you.

She has also mastered the potty. It took 3 days of accidents but now she is a pro. She does have the occasional accident at night time and is deathly afraid of her poopy! But other than that, she has done so good with it. I have to give Mark all the credit for this too. He did a great job with her. So proud of them both!

Below are some recent pics :)

More Pictures For Nanny!

Claire

These pictures are for you Nanny! We love you and miss you!