Miss Clara has been revealing herself to be quite the girly girl in recent weeks.
Her Papa (Mitch's dad), was the first to pick up on her uniquely girl-ness months ago upon observing her pick up a toy car and pretend it was a cell phone. With three sons and three grandsons prior to Clara, he noted that he'd seen many phones turned into cars, but never this!
She never lost her love for talking on the phone. It is her best game and one she plays many times each day. I've learned quite a bit about my "phone mannerisms" as a result. She answers the phone with a hi and then proceeds to babble while intermittently inserting a pause and a "yeah." She casts her eyes around while in these imaginary conversations, as though listening intently and not really seeing. She paces around, lounges, and gestures with her arms quite a bit, which I've been told I do pretty much.
What's more, she's getting into wearing pretty dresses. I tried a hand-me-down Christmas dress on her this Sunday morning to check it for size (it was too small of course... Clara's a big girl), but she got so excited anyway. She went over to the mirror and grabbed hold of it, laughing, coyly smiling at her reflection, and cooing. She proceeded to twirl and twist around, very pleased with herself. I changed her out of it. Later that afternoon she went to her room, found the dress, brought it to me to put on her. When I did she proudly wore it around all afternoon until I removed it at dinnertime.
Her other favorite girly things: talking, SHOES, her baby doll, changing clothes and shoes, and she tolerates shopping outings pretty well too. And she looks great in PINK!
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| Giving baby a hug. |
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| And a kiss. |
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| And some swinging. |
It's so cute. I always secretly hoped she'd be the girly type since I totally am. I love the bows and dresses and tights and frills, so hopefully this means she'll tolerate it all a little longer!
