The words are coming thick and fast around here. Clare has always been a little talker, but now we actually recognize some of her words. Her current vocabulary consists (as of today) of “Dada (Dad),” “Bo(book),” “yum,” “Hiiiieeeee,” and occasionally “Mama” or “Momom.” The words seem to come and go, but these are pretty consistent. She’s also really starting to imitate sounds, so more words may follow soon. If she’s not talking, she’s signing “milk” or “all done.” It’s pretty cool to see her starting to communicate with us more and more.

Besides her vocal achievements this week, she’s been very busy going from laying down to sitting up and then from sitting to hands-and-knees. I think she’s delayed crawling for a few more days while she’s practicing this new trick. She’s also starting to pull herself up to her knees and is working on how to pull up to her feet. As with the scooting, she likes to practice these new skills instead of sleeping in her crib. I’m ready for that to end 🙂

The big news this week is that Uncle Greg is visiting us from Arizona! He brought the sun with him and we’ve had some beautiful spring days while he’s been here. I don’t have any pictures of he and Clare yet (the picture below is my dad), but she’s warming up to him so I hope to get some good pictures of the two of them together. J and Greg went golfing today and have big plans to do some hiking tomorrow.

Oh yeah! Today was my first Mother’s Day! It’s been a lovely day doing exactly what I wanted to do – play with my little girl all day! We’ve kept it pretty low-key, but Clare and I went and got a new carseat (for her) and just spent lots of time playing. Then J, Greg, my Dad, Clare and I had a BBQ at our house. My comment was that “everyday is Mother’s Day” because everyday is a day with my little girl.