The Look

The past two weeks, Claire has been showing off for grandma and grandpa. She wanted to show them how she could walk behind her shopping cart. That quickly turned into running behind the cart but only on the tile floor. She showed them her skills in the water by kicking and floating even in the deep end. Just for fun she had Sheila throw her in the air and let me catch her. She is such a show off. After all that hard work, Claire now likes to cuddle up to the giant white bear that Barb and Jim got her. Some of the best pictures we have are of her sucking her thumb with her other hand wrapped around the bear. After a few painful days, she finally cut her two top teeth. She was very clingy and just wanted to be held. I'm glad her teeth came through but I did enjoy her neediness. My goal is to add some video that we took over the last two weeks. There is quite a bit to go through so it might take me a while. I'm lucky to have made it through the 499 pictures we took during the month of April. Thank goodness we invested in the terabyte hard drive. With all those pictures it is hard to imagine that we missed anything but we did. All five of us went out to eat at Santa Fe Flats for lunch and Claire was in a funny mood. She was sitting between Sheila and I and Sheila would tell her to "get daddy". She would then look over at me with a smirk and grab my leg. It was absolutely hilarious. During that same meal I got a taste of the puppy dog eyes. Claire was screaming because she wanted food so I would tell her "no screaming". She then looked up at me and the stare down began. Everyone else at the table was laughing uncontrollably but I stood my ground. She kept looking me in the eye with a look that said, "you can't be mad at me, I'm a baby". Sure enough, I broke down and Claire gloated in her established power. I need to start training so I can resist the "look".