Towel?

I went to get Clara out of bed today and she was hugging a TOWEL! She had grabbed it out of the dirty laundry that is next to her crib and was cuddling with it. I am not sure if she did it late last night or this morning. She is looney that baby!

No more whining PLEASE

Clara has been whining a LOT lately. I am trying to teach her that her first instinct should not be to whine but to ask nicely. She listens... sometimes. I think her cuspids are bothering her as they come in because she has been a little cranky lately. Yesterday, she threw her first BIG fit for Heather. It was pretty funny because normally I am the only one who gets them. I was downstairs listening to the whole thing. I am not sure what started it, I think it was something like she did not want to share with Preston. She started to cry and Heather could not do much to calm her down. She finally did after a few minutes only because Monty came into the room and meowed, most likely to tell her, KEEP IT DOWN! Too funny.

Da Cat Hat

Clara's new favorite book is The Cat and The Hat. She asks for it specifically at book time, "Da Cat Hat?". Sometimes she will walk over and get the book and bring it to you. She is pretty particular about what books you read to her! I am just glad that she still loves book time with her Daddy at night.

Grandpa was just in town for a week helping with getting things ready for the nursery and miscellaneous things around the house. Clara LOVES her Grandpa. She would follow him around the house as he is trying to work saying, "Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa!" over and over and over again. One morning, she got so upset as he worked around the house and she could not follow him that we had to leave because she started to cry each time she saw him and he was too busy tasking to stop and play!

We got a lot done including reorganizing the garage, which was quite a feat! For the nursery, we painted a bookshelf we had in the garage and Matt's old changing table for the new room. Recycling at it's best.

Singing along

Clara really likes it when I sing to her. Current favorite are Twinkle, Twinkle, ABCs, and the wheels on the bus. When I sing Twinkle, Twinkle, she says the twinkle part, How I wonder, Up above and diamond. She definitely likes to sing along. She LOVES the beep beep beep part of wheels on the bus. It is so funny. Then she will say TOWN at the end of each part.

Another quirk I wanted to note of hers is something she has been doing for a long time but I just do not want to forget about it. When she is tired, she starts playing with her ears. She basically takes her pointer finger and plays with the top part of her ear. She sort of lines it with her finger. It is a telltale sign of when she is tired. She was doing it today at lunch. I took her and Katlyn to the Rainforst Cafe and she was pretty tired before she was eating. She started to yawn and lined her ear. She was a little afraid of the place. There was a tiger there that would randomly roar and it made her nervous. Plus, every now and then, there would be a thunder and lightening. She liked to look at the fishies but she was a little young for it. She slammed her Mac and cheese (or as she says, Mac cheese). She LOVED it. Thank goodness her appetite is back. She ate dinner last night and breakfast and lunch today. And her fever is practically gone. This morning she said Caca forehead better, Caca teeth better. She also has these two sores on her chin that sort of look like zits. She said Caca whiskers better. She is so funny sometimes.

My sick baby

Clara has gingivostomatitis which is a big word for swollen gums and general unhappiness. She has had a high fever for the past 5 days and I took her to the doctor on Monday for some help! She is so miserable. It hurts to eat and she often just wakes up crying from what I am certain is from being in pain. I feel so bad. Though I am so tired and a bit miserable myself since I get so tired by the end of the day carrying this big belly around and caring for her. Heather is in Jamaica this week so no reprieve!