Wojoski Family Blog: 14 months and then some...

This weekend was certainly a turning point for baby Claire. She turned 14 months old on Friday. Due to a crazy storm that swept through Charlottesville (and the fact that Daddy was away at a bachelor party weekend), I had an unanticipated mommy and Claire day. It was great! I do always enjoy days off with my sweet baby Claire. During the day we took it easy. Claire rested quite a bit and I cleaned house. Later in the afternoon, it was time to get out of the house! Sooo... Claire and I got ready and drove down to the downtown mall. First we strolled around and did some people watching/window shopping. Then we headed down to Friday's After Five to visit with friends. Much to my surprise... the little miss timid crawler Claire was EVERYWHERE... not by crawling, but WALKING! It was so fun!! So many of our friends were there to witness this. After a while we had dinner at Eppie's with our dear friend Catherine. It was great to spend the time with her!! Claire wouldn't eat her chicken, but loved the pumpkin bread.

Saturday Claire and I got up and went to the chiropractor. Then had brunch with Leah, Elizabeth, Lauren (and the soon to be Perpetua twins!). Bodo's Bagels was packed, but we had a great time nonetheless. It was great to catch up and girl talk with the ladies! Claire had a great time too. She LOVED the cream cheese, could have done without the bagel, but really LOVED the cream cheese! :)

Later on in the afternoon, we drove out to Joe and Rhiannon's to celebrate Joe's 30th birthday party and them buying a house!! Had a blast! Claire was a bit shy, but continued to walk as she did the night before quite a bit. We enjoyed meeting and hanging out with the families and friends.

And there's more fun to come... yes, Claire and mommy had a packed weekend! Sunday after we got up and had breakfast, we headed up to the splash park (the same one we went to on Father's Day). Claire enjoyed it so much this time! She felt more confident taking a few steps in the water on her own and enjoyed holding onto and playing with the fire hydrant sprinkler. She even put her face into the water and laughed and laughed as she drew it back. I could tell she felt as proud of herself, as I felt of her. After playing in the water for a while, we went over to the park area for some swing time... definitely a Claire favorite!

Lastly, but not leastly -- I believe Claire has found a new level of self will with this increased level of new found freedom. So much so that she insisted on feeding herself dinner. I went with it... Here is the result...