A few weeks in toddlerhood

Since going on a picture snapping frenzy for Claire's birthday, I took a little bit of a hiatus for a few weeks by unintentionally forgetting my camera everywhere we went (hence the missed post last week).  I hate to admit it but it was nice having a week off from uploading, editing, and blogging.  That being said, I really miss having a photo library of what we did the past few weeks so I'm excited to get back into it this weekend when we're at the beach.

In the meantime, here's a slim snapshot of what she's been up to since her party.

She's been having a blast playing with all of her toys.  Some of her favorites are this little Monsta her friends Gavin & Maddie gave her.  It looks like a little gremlin and makes a pretty creepy little squeaking sound but she absolutely loves it.  As soon as she gets cranky, we push his belly and no matter how mad she is, she breaks out in a huge grin.  Here she is hugging the little fuzzball.

She also loves putting her coins in her piggy bank.  I'm super proud of how fast she picked up on how to do it.    

She's also loving all of the books she got.  Her personal fave is the one with "Da-da" in it.  :)

Besides playing with all of her cool stuff, Claire also got to spend lots of time with family.  2 weeks ago, Mommy had the honor of being a second time Godmom to Claire's sweet little cousin, Bridget.  

(I would like to point out that I'm wearing 3.5 inch heels in this picture)

Claire had a blast hanging with all of her cousins as she always does.  This past weekend, we had lots of parties to go to...Daddy's Aunt Mary Jean and Uncle John's bbq on Saturday, Claire's friends Emma & Addi's Dad's bday party on Saturday night, and Mommy's Aunt Marcy's birthday party on Sunday.  Claire couldn't decide what to wear on Saturday....this is what she picked out and put on while Mommy was getting ready.

Once she finally settled on an outfit, we headed out for the festivities.  Claire enjoyed playing some ladder golf with Daddy.

I think she thought you won points for getting them around your neck which is why she kept piling them on hers.

These are about the only pictures I took.  A sweet little interaction between Claire and cousin Luke saying hi.  

Claire couldn't wait to give him a kiss.

She got so excited she fell down.  Luke tried to catch her and help her back up...

But that didn't go so well.  Haha.  At least you tried little buddy.

It was a wonderful few weeks of family and friends...and eating some grass too. 

Guess she's getting ready for that delicious sand next weekend :)