Not nice, you might think, to name your kid after a drunk, but I like that it's a funny name with lots of personality. And that's how Claire is. Other people who've seen her in action call her "a trip," "a toot," "a hoot," and "a bundle of fun." The list goes on.
Borracho recently turned two. Here are some snippets of her.
- Favorite words: "Do it" or "Me do it." She wants to do EVERYTHING by herself.
- Chad says she has a lot of integrity in her actions. You might also call her persistent or stubborn. Once she has an idea in her head that she's going to do something, she will insist on it for WAY longer than most adults have patience to protest. For instance, she wanted to wear her nightgown on her birthday, to the park, and I immediately caved.
- She can dress herself head to toe. She's almost able to put on a diaper by herself.
- For as tough as she sometimes behaves, she's a real softie. She loves to cuddle and put her head on our shoulders. While sitting on my lap, she'll often take my face in her hands, squeeze my cheeks, and say "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy."
- Claire loves her blanky. When she's tired, frustrated, or hurt, she calls for "Banky, banky!" Here she is with her blanky sharing a cookie and a sweet moment with me on Opa & Nana's deck.
- She LOVES animals. Any animals. Dogs, cats, ducks, cows, birds. The kid's a little obsessed. And she's very sweet with them.
- She's good at riding a bike with her feet... like Fred Flinstone. Pedals, not so much. But with foot power, she's fast.
- Hanging on things is a favorite sport. She hangs from kitchen drawers that are fully extended, the clothes bar in her closet, and the edge of the kitchen table.
- She can do great diving forward rolls on the floor. I can't wait until she takes a gymnastics class.
- We've had to call poison control 3 times in the past 6 weeks. The kid is into e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. One visit to the ER later, we now have all unfriendlies under lock and key. Including toothpaste. Who knew that ingesting large quantities of strawberry toothpaste from Whole Foods could be toxic. Trust me, it is.
- Belly laughs happen often around Claire. Whether she's dancing, making faces, or doing physical comedy, the kid is a crack up. When we took photos of the some of our cousins at Reunion, there were about 10 adults watching. Claire started making faces at us while keeping a very straight face herself. I almost peed my pants.
- Claire loves her baby sister, Charlee. She calls her "Chew-eeeeee." It's totally freakin' cute how Claire will repeat "Chewee, Chewee, Chewee" while smiling at her sister.
