Happy to go to bed early?!?

Over the past few weeks Claire has become much more expressive at letting you know exactly what she wants. She regularly signs: 'more' when she wants more food, 'all done' when she is done eating, and 'up' when she wants to be picked up. The new one for today happened after a short nap at daycare.  She was a bit tired when we got home. Around 7:00 she started getting a bit whiny so we took her upstairs to play for the last 30 minutes before bed. After 10 minutes she grabbed her lovie and her sleep sack and sat down in my lap. Being that it was only 7:10, we encouraged her to keep playing since she usually goes to bed at 7:30. Two more times she would sit on my lap trying to give me the hint that she was ready for bed. Finally she took the sleep sack and laid it on the carpet then laid in it. We knew there was no holding her off...she was sound asleep by 7:33.

Here are some photos from the week from Julie's camera. Claire found my cooler in the living room and figure out how to unzip it to get a can of seltzer. 

 Claire LOVES her pasta, we plan bath nights accordingly

 Playing outside before bed