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Though she prefers crawling, Claire is quickly moving along the house on her own two feet. We can thank Mary for this. Mary works with Claire on this feat every day that the two are together. We sometimes barely give her practice time. Nonetheless, Claire has made amazing progress since our trip to New Mexico, when she could barely keep her legs beneath her long enough to stand upright. Now she's heading down the hallway with a big, knowing smile on her face.



She also knows what to do with a toothbrush. Sarah taught her. She let Claire watch as she brushed her own teeth. In minutes, Claire was doing the same. She does it on cue, both verbal and visual. "Brush, brush?" will do the trick. So will getting in vicinity of our tooth brush holder. We consider this a major breakthrough. If her memory and interest holds, we hope this helps us avoid Civil-Rights-era-like protests against teeth-brushing during the Terrible Twos. At least, that's our strategy. What do we know?



Yep, Claire keeps getting bigger and bigger, if not in weight, then in our own minds. Look out neighborhood. Look out CeeCee and Moppet.