Now that Clare is so verbal, each day there is some cute or funny story to share. Here are a few to remember:

• Last week she got a balloon from a store. Her eyes lit up, she gave the balloon a big hug and said “I love you balloon!”

• She’s started to talk to the baby in my tummy. She tells me “baby is kicking you” (which is true). She also said to my belly one day “Hi Baby! You hear me? I Clare!”

• She’s still working on her personal pronouns, with mixed success. She says “My do it” instead of “I do it” and when she wants us to do something for her, like pick her up, she’ll say “pick you up” instead of “pick me up.”

• The picture below is the hose in the back yard. Clare calls it an “octopus.”