Claire Bear is 9 months old!!

April 11, 2012 has passed and our Claire Bear is 9 months old!!

My goodness!! Time has flown! I'm usually very good at posting Claire's blog on time but April was a very busy month for us!! Claire's big sister Kiana is now living with us! Claire is no longer the only princess in the home :) We moved to a new place with more space for our growing family.

Claire loves the extra space!

Claire has been very busy too!

She now has 3 top teeth and her two bottom teeth. I think there is one more top tooth working it's way down :)

She has discovered that pulling the dvd's off the shelf is fun.

She is learning to wave bye-bye!

She is wearing size 12 clothes.

She has outgrown her socks and we had to go shopping for some big girl socks. Speaking of socks, Claire has a new thing...she likes to chew on her socks! Gross!

 

She celebrated her first Easter with mommy, daddy, sister Kiana, Nana Lina, Tio Ruben and Tia Laura.

She went to her first Sacramento Kings basketball game.

She helped momma at the Buckeye Heritage Festival representing Mexico.

 

She met Lisa Loeb and got an autographed book/cd of her silly songs at Whole Foods. Momma loved it because she loved that one Lisa Loeb song, "Stay".

We took some amazing "Mommy and Me" pics thanks to my friend Jonalin's amazing friend Sara Field! They are gorgeous!

 

She slept in her crib for a few hours and momma did not sleep a wink during those few hours ;)

She is growing so fast and is becoming such an independent little girl. She can entertain herself crawling after her balls making her squealing sounds.

She is eating so many different foods now. She's close to done with baby food and only wants to eat what we are eating.

We are enjoying her funny sense of humor and she's so dorky at times. She makes the silliest faces and laughs at the most random things. Right now she likes the theme song to The Big Bang Theory, Mr. Sandman, I'm Elmo and I know it and her new Lisa Loeb cd of silly songs.

Every stage seems better than the next yet it's sad because it's going so fast! She still loves nursing with momma, cuddling, playing with daddy and annoying her sister.

We look forward to more silly Claire things. She is amazing! I can't imagine life without her!

Well, her 10 month blog will be just around the corner since it took me so long to post her April one! We'll have more Claire stories to share.

Luckily she's pretty amazing and keeps us amused on a daily basis! See you soon!

Claire Bear is 8 months old!

March 11, 2012 and our Claire bear is 8 months old!

This time last year she was:

23 weeks gestation

About the size of a large mango

She was starting to get active and we were starting to feel her move

Now:

She is 8 months old

Weighs 19.6 lbs.

Is probably longer than 28 inches but she's hard to measure!
Her size 9 clothes is getting a little short on her and she's on to some size 12's

She still has only two visible bottom teeth
but it seems like she is working on more.
She is chewing and drooling on everything!

Claire playing with her daddy!


We finally had a nice sunny weekend and were able to take Claire out to the park!
She enjoyed playing on the swings and feeling the grass in her toes.
We had some bubbles that we were playing with and she would try and catch them.
I missed getting a picture of that. Next time.

Achoo!!

Going to the park is one of our new favorite things to do.
We took a walk along the nice trails here in Folsom
to the Folsom Kids Play Park.
Claire's too small to play on the play structure but she sure enjoyed the swings again!

New things:

Claire has an obsession with shoes!

She loves to lick, chew and play with our shoes. Gross!!

We have to hide our shoes from her now.

What a weird little girl.

The baby proofing has begun!

The outlets are covered and the baby gate is blocking the kitchen.

I can't believe how fast she crawls!

She's my little shadow and follows me all over the place.

Her sleeping has gotten a little crazy and there are days we wake up with Claire's feet in our faces!

Daddy has been head bunted a couple of times by her.

But I love waking up to her all cuddled up next to us!

She'll have plenty of time to sleep on her own later.

8 Month Pics

Here are some of Claire's 8 month pictures.

She is wearing one of the adorable hats that our friend Suzanne has crocheted for her.

Suzanne is even teaching me how to crochet. I've made one hat so far.

Enjoy!!

Hope you enjoyed our little update of our Claire Bear!

We can't believe she is 8 months already.

Soon we'll be celebrating her first birthday!

Claire bear is 7 months old!

February 11, 2012 and our Claire bear is 7 months old! 

This time last year she was:

19 weeks gestation

About the size of a large heirloom tomato

She was beginning to hear our voices and supposedly her hair was growing



Now:

She is 7 months old

Weighs 18.8 lbs.

Is definitely 28 inches long
Still doesn't have a whole lot of hair!
Wears clothes that are size 9's & even some 12's!!

Wears a size 3 diaper but has moved on to Pampers Cruisers

Has her two bottom teeth and is actively working on some new teeth
Drool is abundant and she is chewing on everything!

As I shared she is now wearing Pampers Cruisers
because she is crusing all over the place!!
She began crawling and she is so fast now!
She is also pulling herself up to a standing position on the sofa, coffee table anything she can reach.
She tries to stand up, getting in her favorite yoga position-downward dog,
but she hasn't quite been able to push herself up yet.

She is enjoying all sorts of foods.
She's had whole grain rice, oatmeal and multigrain cereals from Earth's Best.
We mix it with yummy fruits and vegetables.
She loves when we sprinkle a little cinnamon on her fruits :)
I am still making her food.
We've added:
Avocado, Pears, Yams, Green Beans, Prunes,
Green & Red Peppers, Broccoli and Cauliflower
She's also tried chicken and turkey.
Her favorite new thing so far is YoBaby yogurts!

She is now able to drink from a sippy cup.
She drinks from regular sippy cups and can also drink from a straw!
She surprised me with that one!

I forgot to mention last time that she knows her name and responds when she hears it.
She's very talkative and likes to sing along when she hears songs she likes.
We still have no clue what she is saying. Hehe!
Mostly grunts, squeals and a few different sounds.
She's also learned how to cough which she likes to do a lot.
She's finding her voice!

She loves playing with all of her toys and she has taken over our living room!

She loves blowing raspberries and making funny noises with her mouth

 Here's her funny face! She's such a nerd!!

Her serious face.

She has the most infectious laugh! I love my little Claire bear!!
She is growing so fast!
I can't believe she is already 7 months old!

It's Claire's half-birthday!! Yay!!

January 11, 2012 and our Claire bear is 6 months old! 

This time last year she was:

14 weeks gestation

About the size of a navel orange

She was learning how to squint, frown, grimace, pee, and suck her thumb

(can definitely do all of those now)



Now:

She is 6 months old

Weighs about 18 lbs.

Is about 28 inches long (hard to measure, she's wiggly)

Wears clothes that are size 9's & even some 12's!!

Wears a size 3 diaper

Has her two bottom teeth!

Sleeps through the night (as long as she sleeps with mama and daddy)

She loves to smile, has a serious face and loves to play with her toys!

She is now:

A proficient roller

Can sit independently

Gets up on her hands and knees and lunges herself forward

Scoots all over the place

Grabs at everything

Has learned how to attack the little lambs on the mobile of her swing! Too funny!! It's like she's on a hunt.

She started eating cereal (oatmeal) a few months ago and we have now introduced some fruits and veggies.

I am making her food, surprisingly easy and not too time consuming.

So far she has tried:

Pumpkin

Apples

Peas

Carrots

Bananas

She likes them all! She is a good eater :)

She has an infectious laugh and a beautiful smile! We found that she loves the Geico commercial with the squealing pig. Why?!?! We don't know, but she cracks up and that makes us crack up :)

Geico Piggy Commercial

 

She likes to jump in her jumper, read with mommy,

dance with daddy and splash in the tub.

She is amazing!

Claire,

I am loving every minute being your mommy! There are still many times that I end up with tears of joy when I marvel at the fact that you are my little girl. I prayed for a very long time for you and you came to me in God's time. I love you my little Claire Bear!

Love,

Your mommy

Ahhh....the Holiday Season is over!

This has been Claire Bear's first Christmas Holiday season and boy was it a busy one! We had a fabulous time though. Claire experienced many firsts! Here are a few of her firsts for you all to enjoy!

Claire took her first picture with Santa! She was smiley and happy the whole time.

She even pulled his beard!

Claire flew for the first time. We flew Southwest Airlines from Sacramento to San Diego. She did fabulous! We on the other hand struggled with traveling with baby, car seat, stroller and our luggage.

Thank goodness for luggage carts!

Claire met her big sisters Kiana and Sisily for the first time! Finally!! Yay!!!

 

She wore her first tutu! Tia Laura made Claire a tutu to show her Oakland Raider pride!

She opened her first Christmas presents!

Took pictures in her first Christmas dress. Isn't she beautiful?!?!? I think she is gorgeous!! She had fun eating her shoe and showing off her belly! Haha! My silly Claire Bear!!

It was great being with family! Enjoying spending time with our loved ones, having yummy food-Tamales, frijoles puercos, Tia Isabel's potato salad, menudo, Tio Jonathan's burgers and steaks and the donut shop tortas de bistec and seeing Claire with all of her family! She didn't nap very much at all while down in Brawley. She wanted to be where all the excitement was, not sleep through it. She slept the whole way back- the drive from Brawley to San Diego, flight from SD, drive from Sac to Folsom and most of the day! She was happy to be home and back to her regular routine.

She's had a great time playing with all of her new toys!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season! We definitely did!