Life Lately...

It's been almost a month since I posted, where did August go? Lots going on that carries over from my last post. The basement is ALMOST done and Claire has been at her new school for a month now, plus we have just been BUSY! Another family wedding, Mom turned the BIG 6 - 0, and Pi Phi has been keeping me busy with recruitment going on. I am feeling well and Baby Girl Hochberg is getting busier and busier and I can feel her moving around often. Claire's transition to school has had it's ups and downs. She really does like going and is learning so much! However, the fuller her class gets the more she is struggling with napping and comes home just exhausted and over stimulated, making for some not fun evenings. All Eleven kids have started, and I am hoping as they they all get settled, Claire will get back into her groove as Mom and Dad can't take many more of the evenings we have had over the last week. It didn't help that she had an ear infection and twisted her ankle so on top of "the transition" she hurt as well! Claire reminds us what a BIG girl she is everyday! She says more and more everyday, and remembers and knows how to do so much!She has really started to love coloring, and is something she will sit and do on her own multiple times a day. The table and chairs she got for her birthday is getting great use, and the two of us usually have breakfast there each morning. Claire has always liked her books, but she really likes to be read to now, which has been fun as we can get out many books that have been given to us like Madeline, Going on a Bear Hunt, etc... She is doing GREAT with the potty and once I am brave enough to commit to a weekend of potty training, I know we will be done with diapers, who knows, maybe this weekend?! The teacher thinks she is ready and I know she is because when we take her on a regular basis she always goes int he potty and keeps her diaper dry! Claire has been taking her shoes off for awhile, but now she put them on too all by herself. We need to go shoe shopping as we are pushing it with her current size, but really hope we can make it through summer and just buy fall shoes in the next size. Here are some pics and a video from the month. The video really sums Claire up, make sure to notice the little things like her closing the drawer on her way down the hall, she is purposefull in all that she does!