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I can’t believe that this is the last month we’ll be able to think of her as a one year old. With Christmas just barely behind us her second birthday is looming large. So are all the milestones that come along with it – our first Forever Family Day anniversary, our one year home milestone….wow, how the time has flown! Last year at this time our entire focus was about packing, repacking and getting on that plane to China. Cleo’s talking more and more now. She’s connecting words and giving out orders – ha! Charles is Daddy, I’m Mommy and the constant refrain around our house is “Bye, bye Mommy”, “Hi there Mommy” or “Daddy down!” (picked up after spending a day at her Nana and Papa’s house where their dogs were constantly being told to get down)...she uses the hand gestures too – ha! She’s so much fun! She’s babbling and picking up new words every day. She loves to dance and will ‘sing songs in her head’. We’ll just randomly see her sitting and humming to herself wit her head bopping away, which is just too much fun. Her first Christmas was quite the adventure. I can safely say that she had the most fun ripping the wrapping paper off the gifts and moving on to the next one, rather than the gifts themselves….”more, more” was frequently heard (much to my horror). She did get totally spoiled so the command was often met with ‘more, and more’. Sigh. She’s still madly in love with Playdough, Puppy and Elmo but has added babies and her kitchen to her list of preferred toys. Of course, when she puts her ‘baby’ in her ‘oven’ one has to worry about her future as a babysitter?? She's also suddenly into imaginative play, she loves to dress up, carrying a purse, putting on extra skirts, Halloween costumes, etc. Speaking of which, she’s started dressing herself…rather than just removing her socks and shoes she now puts them on from time to time….which is nice. She’s also still the queen of cleanup..loving to put things in the garbage. Now if only she wouldn’t get things on the floor in the first place things would be really good. Milestones this month – a get together with her friends just before the holidays, playtime with Grace and Eva over the holidays, and most of all her first Christmas here in Canada with her family!!  Our Christmas Angel?!  Kelly, Cleo and Eva...  Eva time...  Lauren and her hat?!  Grace on her car...what's she planning?  Megan...enough pictures already?!  Emma figuring out the truck!  Cleo with Grace and Jen!  Eva, can't you just see her as a teenager!?  Grace, Eva and Cleo...buddies!  Grace and Eva...snuggle time!  Grrrrrrr.....  Grace prepares to jump!  Cleo and her beads!  Santa's helper and her Aunt April!  Cleo shares a moment with her GG and Spencer!
 What can you say?  Looks at all those presents...guess who most of them were for?  Cleo and her Uncle Mike! She's helping him open his gift!  Grandma...I like your robe!  Cleo and her Grandma playing at her new table!  This was Cleo on Christmas morning!  Cleo opening gifts on Christmas Day!  Cleo gets her first ornament, a family tradition continues!
 Look at my ornament Mommy!  Putting it on the tree with Daddy!  Cleo in her new dress!  Hey! What is that lying in the clean laundry?  Sharing a moment with Mommy!  Papa, is this for me?!  Ah, the constant eater is happy again!  Cleo, her Aunt April and Spencer
 Cleo on the day she turned 23 months!  Cleo singing to herself!  Cleo snuggling with Mac on the kitchen floor!  We can't believe how big she's getting!
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