Wow, it seems as if all I have been writing about lately are the gifts that we have been receiving. This is another one of those posts. I cannot say it enough of how many wonderfully generous people we have in our lives. Chris, Claire and I are truly blessed. Mark & April, long-time friends, gave us the Baby Einstein Blocks, Swaddler and a $50 gift card to Target. Way too much, but we look forward to using each item. Hopefully the Swaddler will keep her nice and warm, which will result in LONG, SLEEPING EPISODES!! The pink baby outfit to the above right was given to us by Donna, who is our technology coordinator at school. Again, a very generous person. She already contributed to my baby shower earlier last week! Finally, the two brightly colored outfits below were sent from Kelly and Bekah, Chris' sister and our niece. They are certainly cute. I am sure Claire will look beach ready in each of them.
Claire is nine months old. She is such an active kid, always on the go. She no longer lays nicely when we change her diaper. It is quite the challenge. She is getting rather quick at crawling, so we have to move just as quickly to keep her out of where she doesn't belong--the fridge, cupboards, etc. Developmentally, she is right on track or maybe a bit advanced in our biased eyes. She crawls, pulls herself up, is beginning to move from one piece of furniture to another, mostly eats table food, and imitates us (both in the noises we make or actions--knocking on a door). When we hold her hands, she is beginning to take steps without much guidance. On Saturday, she made her first attempt to climb a step. Sadly, it ended with her sliding down. She has three teeth--two on the bottom, one on top with another coming in on top. Ten things we love about her: 1. her smile 2. her curiosity 3. the way she holds our hands or her own hands when she sleeps 4. her easy-goingness 5....
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