May and June 2012

Whoa!! What is going on? Why is time flying by so quickly?!?

May and June have passed us by and I am barely updating Claire's blog!

You would think that since I am on summer break I would be on top of it but that hasn't quit worked out yet.

Well....better late than never! :)

May 11, 2012

Claire turned 10 months old!!

She loves going to the park! The swings are still her favorite!

 

She enjoyed her first time in the pool!

She is still cruising around with her toys and walking along the sofa. She has stood by herself for a few seconds but has not taken any steps by herself yet.

I love her silly faces! 

June 11, 2012

Claire turned 11 months old!!

OMG!!! Do you know what that means?!?

Next month will be her first birthday!!!

I can't believe how fast time has flown!

 

She continues to brighten my days!

She has an infectious smile and gives the best kisses!!

I love hearing her say "Mama"!

Within the last two weeks she has started talking up a storm!!

We still don't have a clue what she is saying but she seems very excited and animated when she is sharing her stories with us.

She loves to skype and talk on the phone with whoever will chat with us. Usually Tia Laura!

No new teeth, she is still eating everything! She loves green beans.

Poor baby did experience her first illness.

She got Roseola (a virus infection commonly known as Sixth Disease).

She had some really high fevers, some vomiting, not feeling herself and then the rosy rash that is the tell-tale sign of Roseola. 

It lasted about a week and it was the longest week of my life!!

We survived but I'm not looking forward to her getting sick like that again.

Other than that, life has been good.

She is spending the summer with her big sisters Kiana (16) and Sisily (12).

She gets a kick out of them and loves them to pieces!

We've gone to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, spent some time at Sly Park, swimming, the gym (daycare at the gym for Claire) and have a few more adventures planned for our summer.

Next month is the big one!!

Her 1 year post!!

See you then!!

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!