The latest on Miss Mary Clare…
She can climb up the playset ladder all by herself!
“Where is your diaper, Mary Clare?” I asked just before snapping this photo!
My sweet blueberry baby!
Mary Clare is so funny these days and so very busy. She is talking so much more. (Still not the chatterbox that McCanless was at this age, but she says exactly what she needs to say. Nothing more, nothing less.) When she does speak, she sounds like a little girl, not a baby. Each word is so precisely and correctly spoken, especially, “Yea.”
She is still an early bird, and by this I mean, she wakes up at 7 am READY TO GO. She hits the ground running. (She is a lot like me in this aspect!) She’ll often go straight to the playroom and grab her baby doll and stroller and take circles around the house until everyone is stirring.
She continues to love dressing up with her big sister, and has recently learned to remove her diaper.
She has been sleeping through the night for a couple of months now!! She loves to go “night-night” in her crib with her babies and her bottle and paci. She will point to her crib saying, “Night-Night.” She loves music and will point to the radio in the car until she hears music. (Again, pointing is her favored form of communication, and of course, we all jump when she points.)
She continues to love reading and will grab an armful of books, pull or push on our legs until we sit, then she will plop down in our laps and say, “Read.”
She can be very serious at times and so determined. She looses her temper very easily and hits. (I’m attributing this to her age right now.)
“NO” is one of her favorite words, rather, “NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!”
She is such a loving, trusting and friendly child. Just today, she grabbed the arm of an older lady in the grocery store line. Mary Clare obviously wanted to be held by the stranger. The lady was flattered and held her for a while. Mary Clare was content and happy with her.
She is my snuggle bunny and kisses and hugs so often out of the blue. She is certainly a mommy’s girl, but has completely won the heart of her Daddy, and has him wrapped around her little finger.
6 Comments
CMPENNINGTON on January 30th, 2009
I love you three. P
Kimberly on January 30th, 2009
I LOVE the pic of her looking for her diaper! PRECIOUS!!
Brandi on January 30th, 2009
When you describe Mary Clare it is like you are talking about our Sophia! Everything! Can’t get over how precious she is. You should be a party planner! You have really great ideas….that I would never think of! I like the pic of the two standing in their dress up clothes on the porch! We will have to come see you guys when we come back to HVille.
Elizabeth Hall on January 31st, 2009
We love watching Miss Mary Clare grow! I showed Sara Preston the latest entry and she said, “Mommy, that’s Mary Claire!” I know they will be great friends! Lots of kisses to our sweet friend!
Katie McKorell Liddle on February 1st, 2009
Your blueberry muffin is such a sweet’heart’!!! How lucky you and Mel are to have these 2 precious girls in your life!!!
Katie Allred on January 30th, 2009
I just love reading about sweet Mary Clare! She’s so precious. I was just thinking back to when I found your blog and it was April of 2008…Mary Clare was the same age as Maddie is now! I used to look at those pictures of her and think that my baby was never going to get that big or do that well…but she has! We surely have been blessed with our heart babies. Time has flown by and I’ve so enjoyed getting to know your family and being able to watch Mary Clare grow into a little girl 🙂 Lots of love to you guys!!!