9 months old

I have noticed how every monthly post I cant help but mention how amazing it is how fast Claire is growing, but its hard to believe how fast time flies! Now she weighs 22 lbs and is 30" long which is way off the charts for both weight and height (but by no means over weight). There is a bottom front tooth now and two more bottom molars to join soon. She loves her finger foods to put them to use, and I doubt getting her off the bottle will be a problem because she loves her sippy cup. She has been becoming more toddler like to me now. Its so cute (although trying at times) to see her personality evolve. She is still overall one of the happiest babies ever! She loves attention, walking, peek-a-boo, throwing things and playing with any object she can get her hands on (especially the remote, papers and my phone!) She is great at communicating what she wants (which is usually to help her stand so she can furniture walk). She still army crawls with much more speed and I think that she will skip mastering crawling and walk. I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful beautiful girl and I am reminded of that by strangers every time we are out in public.

Pretty little dress

Beautiful smiles

It is an absolutely beautiful day for pictures. Claire seems to love the camera too :)

Her hair seems to be coming in quickly now

A wet rag seems to keep her entertained and help with her teething

Here she is saying mama :)

Sweet little smile

8 Months Old

Claire is now 8 months old, and has been changing a lot. She loves to explore the world around her, and seems pretty smart and able to grasp new tasks quickly. She is now infatuated with walking. Before she would want to be carried around, now she wants to be walked around. She also holds herself up on the coffee table and couch. She says mama a lot and is experimenting with her voice ( it seems her favorite is a whimpering sound now). She still loves public places, and gets really excited and babbles a lot while we are out. No teeth yet but she continues drool and chew on everything.

Claire likes to pull the bumper down on her crib and see out into her room (and play peek a boo with me:) The other day Claire pulled the bumper of her crib down and fell asleep on it. Here are the creases after her waking up.

Bath Time

Beep beep

Its amazing how fast she is growing! I cant believe that she is already fitting into the jogger! Looks like she may be tagging along at the Monument Ave. 10K

More Christmas

Great Aunt Debbie sent her this rocking horse. Grandma Ginny was joking that "she got a pony already :)"