This girl is everywhere. She walks at turbo speed, she is very inquisitive, and lights up any room. We just can't get enough of her.
Now that she has big girl teeth, I just think she is so "grown-up" looking. Right? She weighs about 22 lbs. now, and is in about the 90th %tile in height. Those long legs are hard to keep up with these days!
Now that the weather is nice outside, Claire will just stand by the back door (most of the time with Myko) and say "ball" or just talk loudly. She gets so excited.
We started experimenting with crayons, and they make these crayons now that toddlers can hold in the palms of their hands to grip better. She really just tried to eat them the first time, but she is starting to understand that they are really for coloring. I think she was more interested in flipping the pages in the sketch book.
Another one of Claire's favorite things to do is to get into the drawer in the entertainment center and pull everything out of it. It really should be called "Claire's drawer" because everything in there is "Claire friendly" and she loves to run around with things from that drawer. Namely, the "mo- mo" which is "remote." She is quite funny when she points it at the tv.
She looooves eating ice. She usually says "I, I, I" and I'll have to give her crushed ice when she gets it, but it's a fun treat!
Sometimes I wonder. Where did the time go?
Oh. Claire. Don't touch that trash. She sometimes will help by throwing diapers in, but sometimes it gets a little full, and she wants to take things out of it. About a month ago, I started teaching Claire what it means to recycle, and what we recycle. She's so funny about it, too. I'll say, "Claire, wanna help mommy recycle?" and she'll run to the garage door and try to open it, and then she'll reach out for the box or bottle that we are throwing about. So fun.
I am sure that in no time she'll realize how to open all of our "sealed" cabinets.
Oh and naptime. Claire is now in her toddler bed. Yay! At first (before we started putting everything in there out of reach) Claire would just destroy everything in her room during nap time instead of sleeping. You can see how that looked. Shortly after we rubber banded every cabinet and door and put baskets where she couldn't reach.
We are so proud that she loves books so much. She will come and bring you a book. Bring the baby a book, and sit on her floor and just read. Melts. My. Heart.
She's such a good big sister, too. Her favorite things to do with Lauren is to help me burp her and put L's paci in her mouth. Of course she usually ends up putting the paci in L's eye, but she tries to help, nonetheless. She also likes showing her how toys work and loves jiggling the activity mat.
Bathtime is still her favorite. If you ask her if she wants to take a bath, she'll run in there and say, "Ba.Ba.Ba." The elephant is her favorite, now, and she'll say, "EEEE" everytime she sees one.
What a joy this sweet girl is.
