August 21-28

This week we have definitely made the most of living in Florida!  We went to the beach or pool every day!  The hurricane missed us, we only got some wind.  Claire was excited to see the big waves it made in the Gulf.  We moved Claire's nap back an hour this week as well since she never seems tired and was really fighting going to sleep.  It's worked like a charm!  She cracks me up everytime you lay her down b/c without missing a beat she always says, "bye, bye, see you later, happy birthday, happy valentines day"  :)  She's so comical!

Claire and Daddy racing to the ocean

Claire riding the waves made from the wind of the hurricane.

She kept squealing everytime a wave crashed by :)

Baby penguin (check), sippy (check), a good book (check), my hollywood shades (check) all ready for a ride in Daddy's Grand National to a car show in Fort Myers :)

She loves to help mommy peel the corn on the cob :)

We found one of Claire's old pacifiers today and she thought it was hilarious to use it for a bit.  She dropped it and we told her it was covered in Cassie hair and was gross so we had to throw it away. 

So we took our eyes off Claire for about 30 seconds and look where we found her! 

She is still such a little monkey!

Claire's first time using scissors.  She did great and was so proud of herself!

Looking Beautiful all ready for church :)

Claire's 2 year pictures

It is absolutely amazing to me that Claire is already 2 years old.  She is such a fantastic little girl!  She definitely keeps us on our toes.  Claire is very determined, extremely comical, and always full of life!  Some of Claire's accomplishments at 2 years old include the following:
*knows all the colors and shapes
*counts to 17, but skips 14
*has an amazing vocabulary and speaks in 9+ word sentences
*sings ABC's, Wheels On The Bus, BINGO, Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle Twinkle, and MANY more songs word for word.  She loves to sing and be sung to.  She definitely gets this from mommy :)
*can read the words mommy, daddy, Claire, Cassie, Mamaw, & Papaw
*knows 17 uppercase letters
*she loves to read books, play babies, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Dora
*she also loves playing with Cassie, even if Cassie is trying to get away from her :)

being very serious

Daddy's Girl

Mommy's Girl

Claire and her best buddy Cassie

Cassie kisses :)

Claire visits with her cousins

We went to Matt's Aunt and Uncle's condo to visit with his cousin Beth and her adorable kids.  Claire had a blast swimming and playing at the beach with these two!  Matt's parents met us over there and we all had Uncle Ron's yummy BBQ for dinner.  We are already looking forward to the next time they come down to visit!

Grant, Sophia, & Claire

fun in the sand

Claire absolutely LOVES Sophia!

Claire, Matt, and Grant burying Sophia

Claire showing her swimming skills :)

Orlando to see Aunt Jessie

We took a road trip to Orlando to visit my best friend since I was 5, Jessie.  It was a late night trip and Claire's first time staying in a hotel.  She loved it!  In the morning we had breakfast with Jessie and Chris then spent the morning playing in the water and visiting.

We brought Claire's potty seat on our trip and she would tell us when she needed to pull over.  She never had an accident the whole trip there and back.  She is doing AWESOME!  And it was pretty hilarious when she'd yell to tell everyone who wanted to hear that she went potty.

She loved the hotel bed, but asked me where the living room was.  LOL :)

 

Daddy, Claire, & Papaw Rick

Claire and Aunt Jessie

Claire showing Jessie how she swims.

Mommy, Daddy, & Claire

Jessie, Claire (eating her pepper) & Mary