We know there will come a time, but we are real lucky to have Claudia as a daughter. She is a such a good girl. To be able to go to a restaurant or the bookstore and not really worry about her makes life so much more fun. She is starting to make up stories about things which is fun "Once upon a time Aunt Tootie went to the...." She is really getting into her fingerpainting and her reading. She sits for good long books now and I think we could read to her all day and she would be OK with it.

She still gets real nervous in crowds which is hard to watch but we see signs of improvement. She certainly doesn't respond when she first meets people but we try to draw her out a bit. She went to a birthday party last week and it was fun to watch her talk with the other kids ("This is a fork!"). She loves to talk on the phone with people and find out what they are doing.

I hope to get some pictures up tomorrow. Busy week at work.