Gingerbread house!

Clare and I just hung out tonight and decorated this little gingerbread house. Yup, Clare's a big girl now. She does things like hanging out decorating a gingerbread house. Can you believe it?

Halloween 2009

For Halloween this year, we traveled down to San Antonio for the Notre Dame vs Washington State game. We had so much FUN! PJ and Grandpa Dave, Marielle, Drew and Brookes and the Trent Boneau clan were all there. It was a beautiful day for a Notre Dame victory. All of the drunk college kids in Halloween costumes kept the kids amused during the game. "Who likes to Party? Penguins like to party!!" Nothing is funnier than a drunk penguin, although Rick would argue that drunk penguins are annoying.


The leprechaun twins!


Dad and Quinn


Those crazy Boneaus!


Quinn flirting with the college boys, oh oh.

Dear Quinn at 6 months

Bad Blogging Mommy! But we have had such a wonderful busy Fall filled with a long trip to Rhode Island, a beautiful wedding, and two blissful visits, first from Jesse, Nico and Juliette and then from Sunshine, Kevin, Sage and Sumner. But more on that later (although I'm not making any promises)

Back to my sweet little peach, Quinn.

At your 6month visit you weighed in at 17lb, 4oz (75%) and were 27 1/4" tall (95%). Head, 17 1/4" = giant.

You are now sitting up, my big girl! You use your hands to brace yourself and to hold up your head but you are doing it!


You roll over from your back to your tummy as soon as you are put down and like to hang out there. I'm not sure if you can roll front to back, I'm not sure if you try.

You are eating very well. You really like peas, acorn squash, pears, apples, bananas and avocado. There isn't anything that you haven't liked so far.

You still enjoy laying on the jive-a-jive (playmat) and have started actually JUMPING in the jump-a-roo. You also enjoy holding rattles and inspecting them. You also like soft toys including Clare's mermaid (uh oh.) Maybe Santa will bring you your own so that there isn't a war.

You're hair is coming in more and more and is looking brown. You're eyes are getting darker too! They could even turn brown but for now are a dark gray/blue! We'll see.

You grabbed your foot for the first time this morning. Into the mouth next?

You have given up the binkie and now suck your third and forth finger together. Even between bites of food. It's very cute (except for the food part, that's pretty gross.)

You are a drooling machine. Your shirt is constantly soaked down to your belly button. You are a VERY juicy baby!



Your favorite sound to make a deep throaty gurgle and you LOVE when we make it back to you. You also said "DA" just today!


Time is flying by my little angel. You are such a joy!

Love, Mama

Dear Quinn at 4 months

Quinn, you are baby perfection. You are so happy, you smile for everyone. You sleep through the night almost every night and have done so since you were about 1 month old. You wake up around 6 or 7am, eat, and go back to sleep for a few more hours. Sigh, bliss.

I brought you for your 4 month appointment last week and you are such a big healthy girl! You weigh 15lbs8oz and you are 26" tall, 95% for both. Your head is off the charts (just like the rest of your family.)Your hair is coming in evenly and looks very full. It looks like it might be blond like your sister's but it a bit darker right now. Your eyes are still blue, a beautiful darker ocean blue, like Tata's.



You started eating rice cereal this week and you are doing ok. You get fed up (get it) with the process pretty easily and cry harder than I've ever seen you cry at about bite 10. We tried bananas tonight and that went a little better but still ended in tears.

You are still working on rolling over and will succeed any day. I think I've stunted your progress by keeping you up on the counter away from your sister's torment. Time to bring out the playyard!

You like to lay on your back and look up at the pretty lights and butterflies on your activity mat and have begun to enjoy your jumparoo. especially the spinning toy on the side.

Just today you discovered your hands! You ball them into fists and hold them together and stare at them while you slowly turn them around in circles.



You have the cutest little feet with "pinky" toes that tuck completely under your fourth toe. So nibble worthy!

You are totally ticklish. Your neck, your belly, your sides and your feet. You laugh, laugh, laugh! It's irresistible, my sweet.


We are headed to Rhode Island on Wednesday to spend 2 wonderful weeks with the family. We can't wait for you to meet your cousin Juliette and the rest of the family and to celebrate Auntie Liz and Bruce's wedding! Too bad we will be a little too early to see the leaves turn but we will be there for Auntie Amanda, Uncle Wyatt and CeCe's Birthdays, yay!

Peace Out, Mama

Grammie is here... yay!

I can't believe that Grammie has already been here for 4 days! Time is flying. Thankfully we have many days to come. Here are a few shots of us at the Nasher Sculpture Gallery (and alot more here) yesterday. I love having people come visit... it actually gets us out to see what's going on in the big city!

Water Baby

Quinn adores bathtime with Mommy, she was smiling away! Such a nice way to spend a Friday night.

Auntie Amanda swoops into town

We had a great visit with Auntie Amanda last week. It was short but we made the most of it. I think that I actually had the most fun as Rick took both afternoons off so that I could spend time with sister. We cocktailed by the (neighbors) pool, we went out on the town, we got our nails did, we FINALLY saw The Hangover, we lunched! So much fun. We did spend SOME time with the children... here are a few pictures to prove it.

Don't Quinn and Auntie Amanda look like partners in crime? I love it.

We miss you (and your "bootiful earrings") already. Come back soon!

Summer fun!

It's been H-O-T here but we have made it outside to enjoy the yard a few times. Rick has put alot of time into keeping it looking nice... with a PUSH MOWER!! The least we can do is enjoy it.

Smiley little Quinn!

She's a poet and didn't even know it...

Clare's new thing is rhyming everything she says. for example, she just picked up the 3000 photo corners that she spilled on the floor in the office and turned to me and said... "I did it! Little Midget!" "Little Midget" is redundant but it's so funny that she called me "Little Midget" that we will let it slide.