Our Baby's 2!

The last two years have flown by.  I can hardly believe that Claire is now 2!!!  It really doesn't seem like that long ago she looked like this.....

She has grown up so fast and continues to amaze us.  She's a daredevil who likes to climb on anything and everything.....tables, counters, pianos.  She is constantly talking and always has something to say.  When we're at home, she wants to be on my hip the majority of the time (making it nearly impossible to get anything done), but when we're out she's Little Miss Independent.  She refuses to hold my hand when we walk to the bus stop and loves to run in parking lots.  She's energetic, funny, smart and challenging and we love her just the way she is......most of the time.  =)  She can hold her own with her three older brothers and loves to play outside.  She's not afraid to get dirty and loves just about anything that makes a mess.  We feel so blessed to have her in our family and love the "softer side" she's brought into our home.  She can melt our hearts so quickly with her little kisses and hugs and her, "I love you Mommy and Daddy."

Grandma Knight took her (and me and Brady) to the zoo for her birthday.  She got so excited to see all the animals and loved feeding them too.  She wasn't frightened by anything and probably would have jumped over the fences if we'd let her.

As you can tell, I had a difficult time getting her to look at the camera.  I don't blame her..... Why would she look at me when there were so many other more interesting things to look at?

We ended her birthday with presents and cupcakes.  She even blew out her own candles!