Happy 4th Birthday Allison!!!!!!

My baby girl turned 4 today. I can't believe she is such a big girl! Alli got sick last week and tested positive for influenza A. She only had a high fever one day, but she seems fine since then. Although, she does have a cough so she has been doing breathing treatments. But, we had to cancel her b-day party we were going to have yesterday. We celebrated tonight with just us, but we are going to have another party for her next Sunday with all of her cousins and family, whoever wants to come.

She got sooo many presents already...its hard not to buy a lot for her b/c she likes everything! But she got a bike, Moxie dolls, Taylor Swift CD, a movie, some clothes, paint, baby doll, etc, etc, etc! She picked McDonald's for her b-day dinner and then we sang Happy Birthday and ate cake. I think she had a really good birthday!

Cassie

Jenna trying on Alli's new rainboots

Crazy Kids!

Alli insisted I take a picture of all of them....Cassie wasn't too happy about it :)

Fun stuff at the Clauser house....

We are already bored here this fall/winter.....this was about 3 weeks ago...now we are getting outside a bit more with our new swingset (pics to come in the future). Anyway, this is what the kids do for entertainment!

More Bathtime

The tub is a little crowded...and see all that water splashing?? That's one of the reason I dread giving baths.....I get soaked!!!

Alli kicking Dad's butt on the Wii

I think it might be time for us to get another Wii. We had one a few years ago, but we didn't play it much. But now Alli really got into it. I love her song at the end :)

Story of our Life! Busy, Busy!!!

Let's see....the past few weeks. I went to the Lake of the Ozarks with some of my girlfriends at the end of September. Jim stayed home with the kids. It was so good to get out and I had a lot of fun...although, I'm getting pretty old...it was hard for me to go out drinking two nights in a row. And I lost my voice, so that was no good. We went to a bar on the lake called Dog Days the first night. That was fun and I love outside bars with music....just really laid back. The next day, we went shopping all day at the outlet mall and then out to lunch. That night we went to a Pecker's (a piano bar). I love piano bars.....good, fun music. OH, forgot to mention we hit up a tattoo parlor the first night....that was a first for me. And NOOOOO, no tattoos for me!!!! Although 4 of the 6 of us got tattoos---ICK ;) I came back early on Sunday afternoon. Jim did get to go out to dinner and the City Museum for his friend's b-day celebration, so I don't think it was too hard for him.

Kari, Tracie, Toni, Riki, Me, Sheila

Kari and I

Having such a hard decision picking out which tattoo to get

Falling asleep/Passing out after 3 LONG hours at the tattoo parlor....at least the couch was comfy!

Toni and I shopping at the outlet mall. I had to BEG Toni not to buy that shirt!

Toni, our sober driver :) Poor girl had to drink lots of water, but she was a good sport :)

Me and Riki

Cheers!

Me and Sheila, the birthday cougar ;0)

Me and Tracie

Pecker Girls

The next weekend, we went to the Cardinal game and it was such a great game....until the end...gosh, did it suck! I haven't been to many winning games this year. Actually, tonight we got swept by the Dodgers in the NLDS. I'm glad I wasn't there for it....Jim's friend Chris is in town for the football game tomorrow (which I'm sure the Rams will lose too:)), so I let him use my ticket for the Cardinal game. Jim's family came down to hang out on Saturday. A few of us did some shopping, but mainly we just hung out and all the cousins got to play together. Kristen and Jason spent the night, so we drank a beer with them. It was actually a pretty relaxing weekend.

Our last regular season Cardinal game

Me and Ann

Makenzie and Alli hanging out

This weekend...well, we were pretty busy! Starting with Thurs, we had John and Kate's rehearsal dinner. Jim used to work with John and he asked Jim to be one of his groomsmen. It was really nice. Friday, my cousin Jenny got married to Jason. They looked soooo happy. The wedding was beautiful and everyone had so much fun at the reception. And the food was awesome! I would have had more fun if Jim could have been with there too though. He was at his friends wedding. What are the chances of a two Friday night weddings on the same date? They aren't very common. Wish they would have been on different days so we could have both went to both of them. I for sure wasn't missing my cousin's though and he was in the other one.

Jenny and Jason saying their vows

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Probst

Uncle John and Aunt Kathy
Jeffrey and Johnny
Me, Jenny, and Ann - Jennifer looked soooo beautiful!

Jackie, Kelly, Kelly, and Katie

Aunt Margie and Mom

Me and Ann

Katie and Cory

Me, Jimmy, Ann

Mom with her two favorites...Janie and Me :)
Ann, Johnny, Julie, Brian, Me, Gina

Saturday, Alli and I met my Mom and Jackie's family at Henke's for lunch before Jim went to the losing Cardinal playoff game. Here is a pic of Jackie and Bill and most of his family.
Chris, Jim, and Jon at the Rams/Vikings game. Can you guess who won???

Happy 2nd Birthday Sully!!! Tomorrow we are celebrating at Brian and Gina's house for his b-day party and baby Sam is getting Baptized

Newest addition

See.....way back there in the background of all the pics? We finally have a new fence. Its been up for about 2 weeks now. I love letting the kids run around without having to chase them too far. Next on the list is the swingset b/c they are getting pretty big for this swing. And there is only one, so lots of fighting over it. These pictures are from last Thurs (9/17) just playing out in the yard.

Alli LOVES pictures, loves being the center of attention, and pretty much just loves life. She is such a good girl and is so much fun. She's my little best friend. We like to go to Bread Co together, and shopping too. She is such a good helper too. Last week, I was downstairs and I heard Jimmy just screaming upstairs. When I came up, I saw Jimmy sitting in the Elmo chair. I said, "Alli, why is Jimmy crying? What is wrong with him?" She said, "Well, he is crying b/c I put him in time out and made him sit on the Elmo chair." I said, "Why?" Her reply...."well, he was being bad...he got into your purse and was taking stuff out, he got into my markers in the kitchen....." Too funny! I told her that Mommy would take care of him, but thanks for helping me out.

Here she is posing by the tree

In this picture, she really wanted me to take a picture of the back of her. She is so crazy!!!

Jenna loves the swing. She doesn't like to get out. All of the kids just started shaking their head "no" when they mean it. Helps us out when we ask a question, at least we are communicating a bit. Jenna always shakes her head "no" when asked if she's ready to get out. She also lets us know when she likes something....after she takes a drink or a bite of something, she says "um, that's good!" I call her the leader of the pack. She is always climbing first, showing the others how to do it. She seems to talk the most out of the 3. Still very much a mommy's girl, but she doesn't cry cry/whine as much as she used to. But she still is very clingy to me. She has the cutest little curls in back too!

So pretty!

Alli wanted me to take this picture too....she thought she was funny. I think she is :)

My Jimmy!! Poor guy is always getting into trouble....he is all boy! Maybe I'm not used to it, but I don't feel like the girls get into as much stuff. I guess he is just curious and wanting to learn. He has the cutest smile and laugh, but he would not look at me for a picture in the swing. He loves it. I think he was trying to be silly though. Him and Jenna love to climb in the play house, climb out the window, onto the arm of the chair, and then flip/jump off.

I caught him smiling here....slamming a door...he loves doing that!

And Cassie...still my funny baby. She is very reserved around people and takes a while to open up. She is always the last one to try something and is just sort of scared to try stuff. She can be stubborn and does not like the word NO. She runs away and gets on the floor and pouts. Sometimes its hard to get a smile out of her...she just gives you that look, like, yeah...whatever...not going to give you the satisfaction. Not even sure why she is so funny...she just makes Jim and I laugh all the time. This past Saturday, she didn't go to sleep with Jenna and Jimmy, so I got her back out of bed and we hung out and had some quality time together. She snuggled and was so sweet.

Slacking on posts and pictures

Sorry for the delay on updates...I haven't been taking too many pictures and I know that is what everyone wants to see :) So, lets see...the triplets are finally starting to watch TV. It stinks that their two favorite shows are Yo Gabba Gabba and Teletubbies, but they at least sit in front of the TV for 10 mins. Here they are enjoying their suckers and they love to sit on a blanket with big sister.

Here they are in their strollers.....they weren't happy with the ONE doll stroller we have, so I brought in their strollers. Well, they still fight over who gets which one....I don't even think they care, they just like to annoy each other :)

Alli really wanted her picture taken with her laying on the couch with her bear, her baby, and Barney.
This is long overdue, but our friend Carmen (that sits behind us in our bleacher seats) made Alli the cutest little tutu when she started dance class. I took pictures of Alli in it right away, but didn't have my memory card in the camera. Sooooo, I finally caught her dancing around in it and snapped some pics.

Lets see...we attempted another baseball game. I thought it might be better b/c almost my whole family was there, but the kids still won't leave my side (or Jim's). They were better than the one over the summer though. I guess they just still aren't ready for the game yet. I think we made it 3 innings. Maybe next year. I wanted to get some cute pics, but had a kid on each leg, so couldn't even get my camera out. But thanks Jane for getting all the tickets for everyone :) Alli really had a great time!

Here is Cassie when she actually got off me for about 5 mins.

Jim looking very happy to be there :)

Brian and Gina, Sam and Sully - First Cardinal game for the boys

Family pics leaving the stadium and in front of the All-Star Arch.

Welcome to the World, Daniel Joseph and Christopher James

Ann and Tim had their babies yesterday! Twin boys (AGAIN!). Daniel Joseph weighing in at 7lbs even and Christopher James weighing in at 7lbs 110z! Them some BIG babies!!!!!! Everyone is healthy and doing great. Matt and Mike now have two little brothers to pick on. So, everyone who reads this has probably already seen the pictures of them either on Ann's blog or on Facebook, but here is a picture of ME (their favorite aunt!) holding them.

Daniel and Christopher