Push-ups with Daddy

Doing push-ups with Daddy is Clara's new favorite thing to do. She also does some animal noises in this video. Some of the noises are, shall we say, creative? But they are always consistent.

Snow Day

Well, SA actually got some snow. Only a dusting, but it has shut the city down. Luckily, Brad didn't have to go in so we're enjoying a snow day together. Here are some pics of Clara experiencing snow.

Pondering what this white substance could be.

Snow Bunny

The Hot Dog Dance

Clara is really into dancing these days, and her favorite song is the "Hot Dog Dance." It's from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney Channel. At the end of each episode, Mickey and friends do this dance and Clara goes absolutely nuts. She not only dances, but also sings along. Apparently, love for this song is typical among many toddlers. My nephew Jackson loved it when he was Clara's age and all of the kids in our playgroup react the same way as Clara. Here she is watching it from our computer.

New Video

Here is some new video of Clara. She is learning the names of body parts and can now point to her head, feet, belly, eyes, ears, and mouth. I've been trying to film it but it's difficult because as soon as she sees the camera, she wants to play with it. Here's a little sampling.

The Fashionista

One of Clara's favorite things to do these days is play with clothes and shoes and try to put them on herself. She is especially into putting things on her head, both hats and other articles of clothing.

The other night she was playing after dinner. She was just wearing her shirt and diaper. She brought me her white shoes and motioned to me that she wanted them on by holding up her feet. She then took a shirt from one of her PJs and put it on her head.

The finished look (complete with the perfect accessory - the pacifier).

Here are some other looks.

Pajama pants on the head.

Bloomers on the head.

Her head piece fell off right before I took this, but I thought it was a funny pic. It captures Clara's laughter perfectly.

Perhaps she's the next Vera Wang? Carolina Herrera? Donna Karan?

Clara update

Things have finally settled down a bit in the Boothby household. Brad returned a couple of weeks ago from two weeks in North Carolina. We've settled into our house, although we are constantly having to move items as Clara learns how to get into more places.



Clara has been standing on her own for awhile, but she is now able to stand for about ten seconds and is trying to take steps. Her new favorite thing is standing up from her chair and trying to walk. I videotaped it but I'm having trouble uploading video to the blog right now.

Also, Clara has really gotten into music and dancing. And she loves to watch dancing. One day I had "So You Think You Can Dance" on and she would watch routines and clap after they were finished.

We are highly entertained by our girl everyday and can't wait to see what she learns how to do next!

Happy 1 Year, Clara!

A couple of weeks ago, Clara turned 1! I can't believe how fast the year has flown by. I don' think I will be able to write a really long post about the occasion for another couple of weeks. We have had a bit of a chaotic month and will have another few weeks of it.

Last month, the owners of the house that we are renting informed us that they were going to be coming back to San Antonio earlier than they anticipated. They offered to let us stay at this house until December, but since we are most likely only going to be in SA for another year, our options were either to move into another house now (since most houses want a year lease) or stay here until December and rent an apartment for six months. We decided to move now. So after we knew that we had to move, I quickly started looking at houses. It was the worst possible timing because Brad was working nights and so couldn't really go see anyplace with me. Luckily, we found a decent house in our present neighborhood. We like the neighborhood a lot and we won't have to alter our routines at all. Clara can also keep the neighborhood pool that she loves so much.

Anyway, we move next week. We've been busy doing all of the annoying things that you have to do when you move. And during all of this, we celebrated Clara's birthday! Brad's parents and grandparents came down and we had a party with family and friends on the 4th of July.

So...I most likely won't do a longer post until a couple of weeks from now. Just know that Clara is doing splendidly. She is all over the place, destroys our house daily, and is discovering new, exciting things all of the time. She also talks nonstop, complete with hand gestures. I can't wait until I can understand what she is talking about.