Claire's 3rd Summer

• Favorite phrases "I'll show you something" /I show ya sun-tin/, "here I am" /here my-mam/, "my box" /my bock-us/, "I'll do it" /I dood it/, "ride Philippe" /wide weeps/, "it's ok Abigail" /it go-Kay happygirl/, "not right now", "please, can I??", "yeah, sure", "Get my belly" /gech-ya ma belly"
• got a trampoline and loves it!
• Is very inclusive of baby sister
• She knows her birthday, and mine and Andrew's names
• Counted to 15!
• ATTITUDE!!!! She crosses those arms and furrows that brow and says "I don't like it" to pretty much anything. She also likes to say "ok? Ok! Say ok! Go to time out." She also likes to say "uuhhhhggg" and "it no fair".
• She has been talking about bunnies that came into her room and scared her every time we put her to bed. We have to tell her over and over that bunnies are nice. (Still talking about them almost 2 months later.)
• We had a consultation to repair her belly button. The surgeon thinks it's a cyst with possibly a tiny hernia underneath. He agreed that the bleeding isn't safe. Surgery will require her to be put to sleep and they will cut it out and search for the hernia to remove. Relatively short and easy procedure.
• She got to stay up past 10:00 one night, and the next day/night were a nightmare.
• She LOVED fireworks!
• We had a weekend at Bogg Springs. She caught her first fish and had the best time!
• If we are watching a movie, she spends most of the time saying "mama look"
• She really can't wait to go to the beach!!
• Anything with a loop (purses, bra straps, Abigail's playmat) she turns into Phillipe the horse. She will tug on it and say "come on, weeps!" Any kind of long material (belt, measuring tape, of unrolled toilet paper) she plays like she's catching fish or "Rapunzel's mama" where she lifts her up.
• Very into watching Up and Monsters, Inc. right now. Now it's Sing.
• If Abigail makes any noise, she's the first to respond. She'll say "it's ok Abigail" or she will tell me to get her. She's soooooo sweet and kisses her all the time!
• She was a champ on the drive down to the beach and the night in the hotel.
• She loved the beach and the swimming pool and being with her cousins. She started swimming without a floatie and with her face in the water!
• She did not do well at all when we tried to drive through the night. She woke every 30-45 minutes crying hysterically. She couldn't get comfortable, and was bound to wake the baby at any minute. At 1am we stopped and got the last hotel room in Jackson (so it seemed). She slept really well in the hotel and did a great job the rest of the way home.
• New phrase is "no. Not today, tomorrow."
• Imaginary play is so much fun!!! She likes to make toys talk to each other. When she wants to play that game she will hand me a person and say "mama say hi".
• She's super pumped to start dance.
• She has started being silly on purpose.
• My scale says she weighs 32.2lbs
• New words: "pepperoni" /pecamoni/, "oh, awesome!", "yes, perfect", "it's no fair", "okie dokie" /okie gokie/, "granola bar" /owa bar/, "be quiet" /be ci-wet/, "you so funny", "strawberries" /straw-bees/
• She spent a few days at Lolly and Papa's
• When she gets upset she says "I want to go night night", "shhhh, Abigail trying to go night night" or "I'm crynin (crying). I wanna crynin."
• She LOVES horses
• Started KDO in room A, had a night terror that night.
• She called black eyed peas "polka dots" and it was adorable
• She has randomly said "thanks, you saved my life", "lets get started! You excited?", "your green eyes are so beautiful, mama", "I like your Jammies"
• Hunting Easter eggs is still her jam.
• She asked "why" for the first time.