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I forgot to update after Clara's 15-month check-up about a week and a half ago. She is healthy and doing great! She is still on the small end of the spectrum at 18 lbs. But she packs a lot of fire into her little body. :-) She kept hitting my face the other day and I kept pulling her hand away and telling her 'no.' Then I reminded her to be nice to Mommy in which she responded with a big hug. Hard to stay angry with those loves.

This picture below is our typical morning. Every morning. Just like Brynn used to, Clara loves to watch me put on my make-up in the morning. She even pretends to dab the brush in the blush and put it on her face. Haha. Always crack me up. Or she likes to dump the entire contents of my make-up bag out onto the counter, like below! 


A little throwback Thursday action here....hopefully we don't end up in the same situation as Brynn got herself into at just a little bit older than Clara is now. :-)



Bath times! Clara gets so crazy kicking her legs and splashing in the tub. She's such a little fish:


"where's your tongue?" All clean!


We had parent-teacher conferences for Brynn last night and she had a very good report! We're so grateful that she's doing so well in school. I thought my sister had a good idea to mention the upcoming events for this holiday season on her blog, so I figured I would throw ours out there too! I am unsure on a couple of the times at this point, but if you are thinking of attending, you can let me know and I'll update you with the time once I know.

December 1st - School Holiday Concert - evening
December 19th - Holiday Piano Recital - during the day sometime
December 20th - Sunday School class sings during the 9:30 church service


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