9 Month Check In

Claire had her 9 month check-up on Friday. At 9 months and 2 weeks, Claire is 28.75 inches long and weighs in at a whopping 18 lbs 9 oz. That puts her in the 39th percentile for weight, and the 82nd percentile for height!!! Where in the world did she get that from? Not her midget parents, that's for sure :) Everything looked great at the doctor. She's right on target for all her milestones, and the doctor even predicted that she's going to be a climber. Hmmm. I probably called that one a while back.

At 9 months, Claire is into everything. She has a very hard time sitting still for any length of time. She is constantly on the move, either crawling on the floor or pulling up and cruising along furniture/walls. She is full of personality. She enjoys playing in the bathtub but hates having her hair rinsed. She talks constantly, identifies "dada" and "mama", and knows the sign language for "eat", "drink", "more", and "all done." We are working on "please" and "thank you." She sleeps ten to eleven hours at night but doesn't always do so great on her naps. She has yet to refuse any food that we've offered to her. No matter what she is doing when her daddy gets home, she speed-crawls to the door to meet him and will not let him put her down for a solid half hour. She prefers her daddy when she's scared and her mommy when she's hungry :) Those are just a few 9 month traits that I don't won't to forget.

Here is Claire studying a squash from our garden. We've only had two squash survive the bugs. We had a butternut squash that was looking really good until the landscaping man got it with the weedeater. That was a sad day.

And here are a few videos. The first one is at suppertime. We definitely discourage playing at the dinner table.

Here is our daughter being ADD.




Reading "Brown Bear Brown Bear"...

And finally, here she is practicing her new "baller" skills...