22 Months

So we're on the official countdown to her second birthday....8 weeks and 3 days! I can't believe it every time I think about it! But if you spend more that an hour with her, you definitely know that it's right around the corner!

She is the talker of the house....never stops, always processing and constantly repeating! She loves to say anything new and is up for the challenge of something difficult. Her new favorite movie is Charlotte's Web and not only does she say and do what she sees in it, her favorite word she picked up is salutations. We laugh and think of all the words for her to choose, she decided on that one! A long 4 syllable word that she already knows the meaning of!

She is out of her high chair and sits in her new booster seat at the table for every meal, which she loves. She feeds herself with her fork and spoon and is still very adventurous in trying anything new. She loves any type of "sauce" and wants you to "dip it" for her.

She enjoys talking about and trying out her new potty. We sit on it whenever she asks to and every night before bath time. We've started a sticker chart and every time she goes, she gets a sticker and after 10 stickers she gets a prize. She is very proud of it!

She still enjoys the library, it's one of her favorite places. She will sit at the little table in the children's area and read books for hours. She and Daddy went to story hour this morning and made sock puppets for her craft. She was excited to tell me all about it when they picked me up afterwards!

She is quickly outgrowing her playroom and over the next couple of months we are going to move it into the bonus room. One for more space and two the playroom will soon become the nursery. She is excited about getting her new big girl bed and big girl room. It will be much for interesting for us to see how she adjusts to staying in a bed without rails to keep her in! We're hoping for a smooth transition and that we wont lose our 12-13 hour a night sleeper!

She still loves playing outside, taking walks and the park, however between the cold temps and all the rain, that hasn't been possible over the last couple of months! She likes to color, paint and do crafts though, so we've been filling our afternoons with some fun indoor activities.

I think her absolute favorite thing is talking on the phone...she loves to pretend and do it for real. She will tell her pretend phone all she has done that day and just talk away. And of course when she's on the real phone, it's nonstop no matter who is on the other end!

She can sing several songs, which are absolutely precious to hear! She knows her ABC's, can count to 10, and we are still working on colors, she knows them, but lately everything is red. Ha!

We are looking into preschools for the fall and are anxious to see how she does with that. She will just go 2 mornings a week for several hours. I think it will be good for us all, especially once the new baby is here.

Well there is a quick and condensed Claire update, but stay tuned for some more baby bump pictures and baby #2's gender...we're hoping to know in a few weeks!