Taking a stroll through the zoo
In the butterfly house
Exploring the sculpture gardens
Claire has learned how to smell the flowers
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Brookgreen Gardens
While visiting MM and Pops last weekend, we enjoyed a morning visiting Brookgreen Gardens.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Fifteen Month Check-Up
Claire received a great report at her 15 month check-up this morning. She weighs 25 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 32 1/4 inches (both 90-95th percentile). The doctor said that a female of this height right now could end up being 5'8" to 5'10". We'll see about that! Developmentally, Claire is doing great. She has the average vocabulary of a 2 year old, approximately 50 words. An average 15 month old just knows 3-5 words.
A few little tidbits I forgot in the last update: Claire now gives hugs and kisses upon request. She says "Amen" at the end of a prayer. It sounds like "Ma ma."
Matt learned the hard way why Claire isn't allowed to play in the pantry anymore. Notice the pile of Cheerios on the floor.
I guess if we gave her long enough, she'd eat all the mess and clean up herself!
Here is a video of Claire and her jack-in-the-box. She's got it figured out except she needs some help getting him back in the box!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Video
Here is a video of Claire dancing with Daddy:
And here is a video of Claire playing in the pool:
And here is a video of Claire playing in the pool:
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Fifteen Months
We are having so much fun with our little toddler! Every few weeks, Matt or I will say "This is my favorite stage." It just keeps getting better. We just love watching Claire explore and learn and experience new things every day.
Verbally, she seems to have really taken off these past few weeks. One funny new word is "stuck" ("uck"). Claire declares herself to be stuck many times a day. Usually, she frees herself or the object rather quickly on her own. She really enjoys her animal sounds and has added "meow" ("maow") to the list of ones she can say. Brooks is now known as "at," "book," and "maow." Her little sentences are usually "bye-bye ____" (dada, cat, etc) but she did say/sign "more banana" the other day. She has finally started calling me "mama" instead of "ba"! Other new words include "apple" and "Hannah." She has added, and particularly emphasizes, the "k" sound to the end of words like "book" and "duck."
Claire is super flexible with her naps. She is happy to do two naps with one around 11 and one around 4 or one longer nap starting around 1:30. Bedtime is between 7:30 and 8:00 and she wakes up in the 7:00 hour. Her wake up routine now includes the singing of "This is the Day the Lord has Made," "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory Glory," and "When ___ wake up in the morning," a Kindermusik song that goes through different animals and sounds. Claire is generally in a good mood when she wakes up, but doesn't like having to be changed right away, so the singing helps.
When he's in town, Matt takes care of the bedtime routine. Claire still really enjoys brushing her teeth ("tees!" which sounds exactly the same as "cheese" and both involve her pointing in her mouth) and her bath time. She has started lining her ducks and other toys up along the edge of her little tub.
Claire is still in 18 month sized clothes (though I don't think we'll make in through the summer in all of them) and size 4 diapers. We have her fifteen month checkup next week.
We've been keeping our summer busy so far, visiting with several friends, going to the zoo, and taking a few trips. I even took Claire to a puppet show for children this week. She was great and sat in my lap the whole time. I think she was more interested in people watching than in the actual puppets! She thought it was fun to clap when the audience clapped. We took a trip to Chattanooga this past weekend for my cousin Katelyn's wedding. Claire had a great time at the reception, visiting with family, and playing with her second cousin Dalton. She is able to eat off of our plates much more now and enjoyed trying the food at the reception and brunch. The only downside to the trip was that she decided she would not sleep in her pack-n-play. We had to resort to driving her around and letting her sleep in the bed and on the couch with us. Here are some pictures from the weekend.
Verbally, she seems to have really taken off these past few weeks. One funny new word is "stuck" ("uck"). Claire declares herself to be stuck many times a day. Usually, she frees herself or the object rather quickly on her own. She really enjoys her animal sounds and has added "meow" ("maow") to the list of ones she can say. Brooks is now known as "at," "book," and "maow." Her little sentences are usually "bye-bye ____" (dada, cat, etc) but she did say/sign "more banana" the other day. She has finally started calling me "mama" instead of "ba"! Other new words include "apple" and "Hannah." She has added, and particularly emphasizes, the "k" sound to the end of words like "book" and "duck."
Claire is super flexible with her naps. She is happy to do two naps with one around 11 and one around 4 or one longer nap starting around 1:30. Bedtime is between 7:30 and 8:00 and she wakes up in the 7:00 hour. Her wake up routine now includes the singing of "This is the Day the Lord has Made," "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory Glory," and "When ___ wake up in the morning," a Kindermusik song that goes through different animals and sounds. Claire is generally in a good mood when she wakes up, but doesn't like having to be changed right away, so the singing helps.
When he's in town, Matt takes care of the bedtime routine. Claire still really enjoys brushing her teeth ("tees!" which sounds exactly the same as "cheese" and both involve her pointing in her mouth) and her bath time. She has started lining her ducks and other toys up along the edge of her little tub.
Claire is still in 18 month sized clothes (though I don't think we'll make in through the summer in all of them) and size 4 diapers. We have her fifteen month checkup next week.
We've been keeping our summer busy so far, visiting with several friends, going to the zoo, and taking a few trips. I even took Claire to a puppet show for children this week. She was great and sat in my lap the whole time. I think she was more interested in people watching than in the actual puppets! She thought it was fun to clap when the audience clapped. We took a trip to Chattanooga this past weekend for my cousin Katelyn's wedding. Claire had a great time at the reception, visiting with family, and playing with her second cousin Dalton. She is able to eat off of our plates much more now and enjoyed trying the food at the reception and brunch. The only downside to the trip was that she decided she would not sleep in her pack-n-play. We had to resort to driving her around and letting her sleep in the bed and on the couch with us. Here are some pictures from the weekend.
Playing in Great Grandma Mynatt's Back Yard
Reading with MM
Brunch in Honor of Katelyn's Wedding
These last pictures aren't great, but Claire is wearing a pillowcase dress that I made for her. Thankfully she's cute, because my sewing has a long way to go!
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