Claire Bear Update - 2 1/2 years

Our little bear keeps getting bigger and bigger. It blows my mind how fast time goes by. Lately, she likes to ask questions, demand responses, and talk about the world around her. One of the things I love about her right now is her lisp. It is just too cute. Sometimes she also stutters, which seems to be normal at this age. Her little brain just can't keep up with her mouth.

Here are some of her favorite things to say:

• where is you?
• this one called? (when she wants to know someones name)
• talk about it (if you stop reading momentarily and she wants you to keep going)
• look at me
• told you! (she'll often add that to the end of her sentences)
• how do this?
• I help ya (she likes to help with everything)
• can't see my eyes (when it's dark)
• answer me
• that's mine (oh the joys of this one)
• ....anyway (she adds that word to the end of almost all of her sentences)
• beautiful Mommy (one time she told me I was beautiful and I will never forget it)
• what was that?
• two weeks, two days, two years (everything is two something)
• don't ever do again (hilarious to watch her say this with all of her determination)

Her favorite things to do are:

• watch Caillou (she used to call it the "boy show")
• eat crepes and drink chocolate milk for breakfast
• pray (before she prays she says "offer prayer"; we have no idea where she got that one. Her first prayer all by herself, with no coaching, was on December 16, 2012. I rushed downstairs so I could document what she said: "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you everything have, baby brother, Jesus Christ, Amen.")
• get ice water (from any drive-thru around)
• pretend like she is taking care of her baby dolls
• get dressed all by herself (however, she still needs help taking her shirt off)
• fill up her water bottle without help
• play pass and chase

Her favorite songs to listen to in the car are:

• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift - she knows when to say "ever" and it's especially cute when she says the part "like...ever"
• "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars - she says all of the "ooh" parts

Her favorite animals are:

• polar bears (she LOVES them; lately we've been watching the polar bear web cam at the San Diego Zoo)
• other bears (panda bears, grizzly bears - her bear that is brown she now calls 'grizzly bear' and the bear I had as a child which is white she calls 'polar bear')
• orcas (thanks to her cousin Soren who is currently obsessed with them)

Love you Claire Bear!

2 1/2 year portraits taken by muah

 

 

2 1/2 year bear picture