Big Clayton's Birthday

The fam on Big Clayton's B-Day!



Ok, the cake...there is ALWAYS a story about the place where we order birthday cakes...you would think that we would not order from this place ever again...but we do!!! My mom called and asked for a cake that had a "car" on it...not a cake for a 50something year old man that resembled the movie "Cars!"



Clayton, Granna, and Big Clayton



Mmmm...that tastes good!



I want another bite...yummm...



Please don't call CPS...yes, Big Clayton is feeding her cake off the end of the knife he was using to cut the cake...and nobody realized it until we saw the pictures!! It was just a "butter" knife!


Getting another bite from Aunt Ca-Ca!


Look at that SAD face...Mommy said "No more cake!"



Clayton enjoying opening Big Clayton's present with him!


Check out that nose...she doesn't look like Rudolph any more! It has almost healed completely...just a little red still because of the new skin growning!

The Sunday afternoon before Halloween, we took Clayton to Kiddie Kandids to do some pictures! We hadn't been to get her pictures made since her birthday, so I had no idea what I was in for...in case you didn't know, Clayton had professional pictures taken EVERY MONTH for the 1st year of her life!! Can you tell she is the only grandchild??? So, we just wanted some pictures...here they are...and we worked HARD for these six shots, I promise!

By the way, we had to take ALL of these pictures with the pumpkin because she would throw an absolute FIT if we tried to take it away from her!

Trick or Treat?!?

My Little Ladybug!



Clayton and Daddy!


Clayton, Jane, Vance, and I going to the neighbor's house to "trick or treat!"



Clayton getting to pick her own candy...as if she was actually going to get to eat any of it!


The actual "trick or treating" next door!


Clayton waving at everyone!


Clayton giving Vance his Elmo basket...and telling him "Thank You!"


So cute!


Clayton and Vance playing...We went to Bob and Jane's (our next door neighbors) before we went trick or treating...and we went together around our neighborhood (to two other houses!) They had their grandson Vance, so we thought we would go together again this year!





Look at that poor little nose!







Clayton playing around after trick or treating!



Silly girl!


Clayton posing with "Grandma Jane"





And then Clayton figured out that she had a bow in her hair...two seconds later...no bow in her hair!!!

The Football Game...

Thursday night, we went to Irving to watch Ashleigh cheer for the JV football game. Clayton was so excited to get to see "Assseee!" As soon as we got there, Clayton got right up to the fence and started yelling for Ashleigh to come see her. She had her "baby," and she was trying to give it to Ashleigh through the fence. It was hilarious...especially because she was getting so frustrated because Ashleigh wouldn't come get it. Of course, she didn't understand why Ash wasn't running over and picking her up and playing with her! I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story...until the end, which you have to read in order to understand the Halloween pics that I will post tomorrow!

Look at that JUMP! Wow!

Sisters!



Yeah, I'm not sure what Ash is doing there...I think she's watching Clayton throw her baby on the ground!




Clayton "cheering" along with the cheerleaders!





A little "action" shot...


Clayton was mesmerized by the cheerleaders...have we found her future?


Clayton trying to show off for the cheerleaders!



Another action shot...



Clayton banging on the metal bleachers...trying to get everyone to look at her...



Is she interested in the cheerleaders or what?


Talking to Ash through the fence...


Clayton cheering with the cheerleaders...



"Go, Ashleigh!"





Okay, this is the beautiful, happy face...before the disaster! Please look at the perfect little nose because in the next pic, you WILL NOT SEE IT!!!
Ready...




Okay, here's what happened...no, she didn't fall from the top of the bleachers...and yes, her parents were watching her! She was on the cement...bending down (as all kiddos do for like hours on end) and she was playing with her baby...she lost her balance...AND FACE PLANT!! It was absolutely the WORST feeling that I have EVER had with her...even worse than when she somehow locked herself in the car at Chili's with the car running (a story for such another time!!!) She cried harder than she has ever cried before...and Mark and I felt SOOO helpless. What was an amazing time at a football game changed within seconds...her little nose and upper lip were bleeding...and her forehead was scratched up...and now she looks like "carpet burn" Rudolph...it is awful. She has, however, been a REAL trooper. Once she got her 5 minutes of crying out at the game...she was fine. We've been keeping Neosporin on it...which she, of course, wipes off within a minute of the application...but even tonight I thought it looked a little better. You will see have truly awful it is in the Halloween pics I post tomorrow...