...she's not a baby anymore.
She's a toddler. A little girl. This makes me want to cry.
Here are some things Claire has done in the past week or so:
- climbed in AND out of her crib
- walked up to me, took off her clothes & said pee-pee. So, i put her on the toilet! why not? While on the potty she went pee and poo! I couldn't believe it! I know this was a fluke, but it was still crazy! I wasn't planning on potty training her for another 6 months!
- has refused to sit in her high chair, so we put it in the garage. She now sits on the chairs like the rest of us.
- now wants cereal & milk in a bowl and eats it with a spoon.
- demands to ride Kate's big girl bike
- is picking up new words everyday and Claire can take off her clothes & shoes and put them back on by herself.
-she can tell me what she wants & understands when we have a conversation.
I can't believe she is turning TWO in exactly 2 months from today.
I want to freeze time. Stop growing up. Stay a baby.
But, that is not reality.
I guess it's time to start planning her birthday party, that will make me feel better about my baby growing up. But for now, I will go drown my sorrows in a Diet Coke.
She's a toddler. A little girl. This makes me want to cry.
Here are some things Claire has done in the past week or so:
- climbed in AND out of her crib
- walked up to me, took off her clothes & said pee-pee. So, i put her on the toilet! why not? While on the potty she went pee and poo! I couldn't believe it! I know this was a fluke, but it was still crazy! I wasn't planning on potty training her for another 6 months!
- has refused to sit in her high chair, so we put it in the garage. She now sits on the chairs like the rest of us.
- now wants cereal & milk in a bowl and eats it with a spoon.
- demands to ride Kate's big girl bike
- is picking up new words everyday and Claire can take off her clothes & shoes and put them back on by herself.
-she can tell me what she wants & understands when we have a conversation.
I can't believe she is turning TWO in exactly 2 months from today.
I want to freeze time. Stop growing up. Stay a baby.
But, that is not reality.
I guess it's time to start planning her birthday party, that will make me feel better about my baby growing up. But for now, I will go drown my sorrows in a Diet Coke.
it breaks our hearts when they grow up, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteif I lived a little closer, I would march my large belly to your house with a 6-pack of DC and we could sip it together.
congrats and sorry all rolled into one.
it's hard, i know.
Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog! Your blog is absolutely gorgeous and your photography is amazing... helps you have such cute kiddos! :) Going to become a follower!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. That means Mason is just a few short months away from all of that...
ReplyDeleteNooo!!!
Way to go Claire, with going in the potty! That picture is PRICELESS. :)
I have been feeling the exact same way about my Claire! In fact, I've got a notebook upstairs with some stats and facts and memories jotted down on so that I could do a post just like this one soon. Ha, too funny. I guess our babies really do have to grow up. It makes me so sad. I just want to keep her little for a long long long time, and then let her grow up.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your Diet Coke. I'm sipping my Diet Dr Pepper right now. It's my afternoon delight.
It really isn't fair how they grow up so face! I just bought baby girl her first set of undies and I wanted to cry! Are you going to be changing her crib into a big girls bed? :( Clarie, stop growing!
ReplyDelete*sniff-sniff*
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful girl, and such a delight to be around! I've totally been doing the same thing with Sam, watching him morph from the chubby-legged pudgie pie into a lean, mean running machine. Stop it, time!
ReplyDeletemy little Noah will be 2 in 2 months too! they must have been born around the same time. I feel the same way. :( makes me so sad how quickly Noah is growing up. I think i'll drown by sorrows with a dp. :) love your blog and pictures!
ReplyDeleteumm, i have to go hug my baby now. :)
ReplyDeleteMel... I don't like this post. Really?? TWO... in two months? How is that possible? TAHOE BABY IS STILL A BABY...and so is Kate!
ReplyDeleteClaire is so pretty and looking so much like her big sister when she smiles.
She has the cutest hair accessories! That move from the booster to the regular chair is a big one. Maybe soon she'll move to a potty chair... ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, I feel the same way. this was the perfect post for me to read this morning. my daughter will be 2 on sept 7th, miss claire would be great friends with my madi claire, haha. ALthough, Madi is not so eager to use the potty.
ReplyDeleteand doesnt it just hit you like a ton of bricks?? She's adorable!
ReplyDeletei know it is a little sad, they grow up just too fast. but, i am trying to look at it this way...the best is yet to come, right? i look forward to more talks with the girls and watching them grow into good people.
ReplyDeletei can't wait to see what you plan for the birthday part!
How about temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way? Is she good at those yet? Because her little buddy is...
ReplyDeleteShe's soooo cute :-)
ReplyDeleteI think she looks so much like Kate in some of those pictures!
ReplyDeleteOh, Mel, this makes me want to cry because I keep realizing daily that I no longer have a baby but a 2 year-old; with every realization, my heart breaks a little more. Your little Claire is adorable...and I'm so impressed with the good work on the potty!
ReplyDeleteWould you like to watch as I fuck her hard in her shit filled ass so hard she does a shit then turns to me and says looks like I will have to clean you up after with my mouth and pedo loving mouth at which point she empties her bum even more as I Fuck her even harder knowing she will suck her shit of my cock whenever she is hungry all washed down with a mix of her piss my piss and the cum of a doggy
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