You are a busy girl. You do not sit still for anything. You hate laying down, even to drink a bottle. You are almost impossible to dress and it is a challenge to change your diaper. I left you with a babysitter last night and she said "how do you get clothes on her?" after she had the challenge of getting your pj's on. You are incredibly strong and will turn yourself over and crawl away in a second. I literally break out into a sweat sometimes when I am trying to get you dressed.
You really want to walk. You are cruising while holding onto furniture (sometimes with just one hand). I am terrified for when you start walking because you are going to be all over the place. You are going to climb. Today, you started climbing the stairs and got 2 steps up before I even knew what happened.
You started clapping this month. You are also becoming quite the dancer. You are what I call a "head bopper" and you love to join in when Julianne and I have a dance party. You also started waving this month. You haven't perfected it but you're getting really good at it. Julianne loves it when you wave and screeches out "she's waving at me!"
You went to the Dr. the other day for your 9 month appointment. You weigh 18 pounds, 12 ounces (55th percentile) and are 29 inches tall (98th percentile). You are tall just like your sister.
You've started babbling a lot more and say some things that are recognizable. I have been trying to get you to say mama and you usually respond with "dadadada" but when you are upset and crying you come crawling towards me and say "mamamama". Sometimes it really does sound like you say "hi". You are very vocal and I usually always know where you are because you are babbling or laughing.
You love to chase Julianne. She runs from you and you speed crawl after her. You both laugh hysterically.
We had a photo shoot today. These are getting more and more difficult because you do not want to sit in your chair. Good thing my camera takes pictures fast! You have started this new thing of sticking your tongue out at me when I'm taking your picture. I'm not sure why but it's funny.
Your sister is pretty territorial over some of her things but she loves you so much. She helps me put you to bed for every nap and at night. She gives you your blanket and says "night night Claire bear, I looooooooooove you"! She waves to you and turns out the light and shuts your door. When we go to get you in the morning she says "good morning Claire bear...how are you?...did you sleep good?" Nothing warms my heart more than watching the two of you play together and love each other already!
You have brought so much joy into our home Claire. We all love you so much! Happy 9 months sweet girl!
4 comments:
from the photos you can tell she is quite the character! so cute~
I can testify to the fact that she's hard to dress. She is such a sweet, happy, busy girl and I can't believe she's 9 months old already. Love you Claire bear!!!
So cute! I can tell that she has a great personality. Watch out world, Claire is coming!!!
I always love the photos of Claire in that chair!
I am sure she cannot wait to run around with her older sister!
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