Claire's been having so much fun and keeping us on our toes lately!
New Happenings:
- April 28th - started crawling!
- A week later - found Claire standing at the step.
- Sunken family room = perfect, built-in play area. (traps her in!)
- Much rather pull herself up and cruise along furniture than crawl. (Example: When coming over to mommy sitting on the couch, she'd crawl to the couch, but then cruise to the other end to see me.)
- Cute little crawl - left leg moves forward conventionally, right leg uses the bear crawl method. :)
- LOVES to stand at the step and watch the world around her!
- Tries to bend down while holding on with one hand to pick something up. Sometimes she can successfully grab whatever and stand back up. Sometimes still falls on her bottom - good thing she doesn't have far to go! It's cute watching her try anyway. :)
- Started letting go and standing at the same time - only 10 seconds or so at first, but now more often and longer periods of time.
- OH NO! Sunken family room = no longer trapped! Claire started climbing up the step the first day of summer with mommy. Now we close the door to the basement. And vacuum the whole house, A LOT! Amazing how many little teeny tiny things can be found on the floor when you're crawling. And let's explore them by putting them in our mouth, shall we?!? ;)
- Explores in the bathroom by opening the cabinet, then mommy closes it again - this is a game. Lately has gotten bored with the cabinet doors though and has moved over to the drawers. Also lately, has started standing next to the tub and reaching for items inside like the soap and sponge.
- Loves to explore in the kitchen, crawling around while mommy's cleaning up and cooking, and emptying the tupperware cabinet (so much for keeping that organized now!).
- Loves to be an airplane and fly around the room with Daddy!
- Loves it when mommy pretends to eat body parts - neck, knees, feet, toes, you name it! Giggles lots when we're playing this game!
- Ticklish on her neck, at her armpits, and her upper legs, even her back sometimes. Not so much on her belly though.
- Misses Sarah, Tori, and Sammy - we saw them yesterday for lunch and playing and she got big smiles on her face. Loves staying home with mommy though (or is that me loving staying home with Claire?).
- Loves playing with Sage - just 2 1/2 months younger and they're both at an age now where they love to interact. (Pictures - go to Amber and Ross' blog link.)
- Trying to figure out this whole nap and being at home thing. (Should we sleep until 5:45 or 10:30 or somewhere in between?)
Recent Events:
- School's out for summer!
- Playdates with Sage
- Hanging out with Annabelle and Mommy and Jen while Daddy and Brian spend 5 hours changing the brakes in the Mazda 6! (This should only take 2 hours.)
- Going to the dentist with mommy and NOT being happy about it! (DO NOT take your child to the dentist with you, just don't do it! My lesson has been learned.)
- Feeding the ducks at the cemetery with mommy
- Taking lots of long walks with mommy and daddy in the evening. (New jogging stroller = way easier to push!)
- Listening to lots of music: Radio, Koenig der Loewen (Lion King), etc.
- Helping mommy cook bread and pizza (more details to come in later post)
- Sleeping in! (sometimes)
- Picnic at the park with Theresa and Norah and Emily S.
- Lunch out with Sarah and Tori and Sammy, Theresa and Norah, and Emily S.
- Starting to cut a tooth (We can see that the gums are starting to pull apart.) and not being fussy about it! So ein braves Maedel ist Claire!!
- Visits from Onkel Alex and Omi
- Trip home to meet Traudi and Mandi and for Onkel Willi's pre-birthday celebration
- First time eating Bill's BBQ Ribs - The BEST ever and mommy has been going there with Omi and Opa since she was Claire's age. :)
That's all for now - this was our catch up blog so I had to be brief! I can't leave you without a picture though. :) It's a good think Onkel Alex has to come down once a month for his chiropractor appointments. We love seeing him!
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