The Howards: July

Claire had quite the momentous month in July. She turned six months and within days was saying "dada" and almost crawling. Check out her six month poses that were nearly impossible to take. She will not sit still!

In the middle of the month we had lots of fun with friends and family. The Dobson's had a cookout and Claire got to hang out with all the big kids. Jon got to be a kid too with a marathon session of RockBand with all the boys. We all got to congratulate the gals on baby #2's on the way (Annie, Tina, Joanna, and Beth).

Claire and Sofia hanging out

Sofia and mom Claudia

Brett Michaels eat your heart out.

Annie, Tina, Joanna & Beth - can't wait to meet the little ones!

The next weekend Claire got to finally meet some more family. Christi's cousin Dave and his family Beth and Berklie came to visit. We had fun at our favorite carousel at Glen Echo park. It was so hot that day we had planned to see an air-conditioned puppet show, but too many people had the same idea. The girls still enjoyed each other and the carousel, then we all cooled off at the Irish pub.

Berklie and her Ostrich!?

The weekend was also Claire's first time meeting cousin Clyde who flew in from Shreveport. We all had the opportunity to get some quality family time and celebrate birthdays. Dave celebrated his 32nd and Clyde had a special milestone - his 80th! In honor of his big day we took Clyde to "Clyde's" in Ashburn. We had a great lunch and he got a special treat that his cousin Dottie came down from Pittsburgh. They hadn't seen in each other in over 50 years!