What's new?

What's new lately? Claire is 18.5 months and now can:

• drink out of a straw (juice box kind and regular kind).
• drink out of a regular cup with minor assistance.
• chew Flintstone vitamins on her own!
• force herself to cough so hard, she vomits if I give her iron drops :(
• repeat an amazing amount of words!
• "babble" in sign as we watch signing time DVDs from the library!
• look forward to story time at the library and knows right where the toys and puzzles are!
• eat fairly neatly off of Mom or Dad's plate while sitting on our laps.
• say all sorts of words like "Oh, Cool, Happy, Clock!"
• stand on one foot!
• push herself backwards in her little car.
• climb up the stairs alternating feet while holding a big person's hands.
• string a wooden bead on a rope with minimal help.
• get on and off our king bed alone!
• almost get into our tub! She can get into my parents' tub.
• ask for drinks or snacks she wants by signing or words (loves teething biscuits, dried fruit, yogurt drops, chips (yup...chips!), Valentine hearts, ice-pops)
• knock on the doors when she wants them opened.
• engage in imaginative play by feeding her babies with a bowl and spoon...so cute!