hugging! hugging!

where to start... so much has happened since I last blogged.
Some highlights:
1. Our first Zoo trip with Joy and Aidan earlier this week was great. Claire was a champ all afternoon.
2. We are so proud of her walking abilities--she is toddling all around the house. Earlier today she followed Mom around in the living room and dining room holding a feather duster. We told her it is for cleaning up messes. She says "fluffy, fluffy, broom" and tries to help clean.
3. She continues to learn words at a phenomenal rate and enjoys adding "ing" to verbs. We've reviewed some toddler word-lists and checking off the ones she knows totals over 200 words! Her enunciation is getting better for certain words: formerly "hung-ee" is now clearly "hun-gry" for instance.

Gotta go Claire wants "hugging, hugging!"