January: Claire turned 1. She got a toy pony and several other gifts. One look at the pony and she instantly knew what to do. She jumped on it right away and rocked for several minutes. She loves squeezing its ears to make it sing.
February: Claire's first day in the snow. Unfortunately, it was very windy, so we didn't get to play for too long.
March: Claire's vocabulary takes off exponentially. Her favorite thing to do is point out airplanes in the sky.
April: April is a blur. It was a very busy month for all of us.
May: Claire enjoyed taking long walks with Mommy and Daddy and playing at the playgrounds on slides, swings and see-saws.
June: We traveled to Texas for cousin Patrick's wedding. Claire had a great time playing on the slip and slide with all her cousins and friends and swimming in Aunt Shelly and Uncle Rick's pool. Claire and Berklie visited a pet farm park in Richardson and got to see real Longhorn cattle!
July: Claire learned to climb into her high-chair all by herself and fasten the buckles. Hopefully, she won't learn how to unfasten it for awhile. Claire now knows all the letters in the alphabet, but not the correct order and now plays the piano one key at a time (but in no particular order). She loves playing in the water garden at Reston Town Center.
August: Finally catching up on the blog. We went to the Montgomery County Fair on the 15th. Claire saw baby ducks, goats, bunnies, sheep, cows and some brand new baby calves that were only 3 and 24 hours old! There were baby pig, goat and duck races. She even road a real pony for the first time!
