What is better than a clean baby?...Nothing.

Clover is loving bath time.

Giving Clover a squeeze.

 This week, Clover has shown a lot of develpoment in many areas.  She has been trying to say more words and said, "I love you".  She has been trying to sign more, but seems to be using the signs that she knows for everything.  She has been eating new foods and tried a boiled egg.  She is growing so much that we have to keep adjusting her car seat.  She wont be in that one much longer.  Clover is getting closer to standing up on her own.  She tries so hard.

We continued with child proofing the house.  I sewed little cushions to fit around the columns on my mantel that cover the sharp edged base.  We also got a new entertainment center that is much safer than other one.  Clover crawled over to the new entertainment center and was checking it out.  She kept looking back at me, waiting for me to say, "No, No, No".  She opened one of the cabinets and grabbed something that was inside.  Johnny said, "no, no, no".  She continued to play with the object.  As soon as she saw him coming, she put it back.  That was the first time she had done anything like that.  She knew she was "in trouble" and corrected herself.

I entered Clover in a model search for Point Mallard.  The winner does commericals and other advertising for them for the year.  There will be 12 runner-ups that will be in a calander.  You can see her and all the other entries at http://www.pointmallardmodelsearch.com/ . Voting is not necessary and each vote costs a buck.  I'm not even sure if the money is for charity or not. 

on Saturday, we took Clover to her cousin Brian's birthday party.  He turned six!  Clover was so excited to see her family and all the kids.  The party took place at a local park.  The heat was really nasty and felt like over 100 degrees.  We gave her plenty of liquids and were there for a couple of hours.  We were all pretty exhausted later.

I've been busy planning Clover's birthday party.  I hope to get a lot accomplished this week.  Only 5 weeks to go until she is a year old.  We can't wait to share it with everyone.