"Charwie Wanch Dog"

Charlie the Ranch Dog is the current favorite book of the moment...we cannot stop reading it. Every time we ask Claire what she wants to read we hear the same title..."Charwie Wanch Dog"

Thank you Grammy!

Nurse Claire

Like Mommy, like daughter...

Lil miss hollywood.

Allergies

My little trooper... We ended up in the ER at 1:30am Thursday night for wheezing and trouble breathing. Claire has been coughing at night and nap time for about a month now and the doc is chalking it up to an allergy. We were hesitant to give allergy medicine but want to rule out any seasonal allergies. We also took away all dairy :( to see if that is the culprit. Poor thing loves milk and cheese... I hope we find out what is causing all of this soon cause the entire Busbey family is suffering from night coughing an wheezing...

Story time with Ema

Happy fathers day!

Oh summer... We love you so.

Ice cream date

dress up

We had brunch at Aunt Jessie's house today with friend's Chelsea and Brett. Claire tried on Aunt Jessie's veil, and boy oh boy was that a wake up call. We are already saving for that big day....ugh.

My baby girl is growing right before our eyes. Where is the pause button?!

Just this week I have had FIVE people tell me that Claire has my eyes... and that she looks more like a Tremper these days...

oh to hear those words! I have waited almost 2 years to get even a small resemblance of myself in my daughter. I see it too... looking back at baby photos especially, our features are very similar at this age.

Now if only #2 will have some part of me show up in him as well.

cookies

Claire and mommy have been a little under the weather the last week... we just can't seem to kick this cough we have going on. And Aunt Jessie wasn't feeling well today so we had the perfect excuse to whip up a double batch of snickerdoodle cookies... do we need an excuse?

We shared about 4 cookies when we were done, and we will share the rest with Jessie, since they are her favorite.

little miss painter

I had a surprise waiting for me the other evening when I got home from work... 

Claire and daddy worked very hard to paint little brother's room!

How nice :)

"whoa dude"

teething baby + contracting mommy = lying on the couch all day watching Finding Nemo.

This is a little something we learned today.

First pedicure

Baby girl was very interested in mommy painting her toes... She helped me remove polish, file and cut, and watched closely with each coat. I asked if she wanted pink nails too, and boy was she excited! She sat on her stool the whole time and never moved! I was so proud of her. Even when it was all done she had to sit and let them dry, and she did so well. Now all we need are pretty sandals to show these babies off!

Little helper

"I too" is the new phrase... She loves to feel like she is helping.

Pony tail