November - December

The last two and a half months have flown by (and I've been slacking on my updates) and Claire is growing too fast and learning more each day. 

Since my last post, she quickly went from 9 months old to almost 11 months old in a blink. 

Some of the things she's learning (or tricks she's doing) and other milestones:

• Giving high-fives
• Self feeding with soft fruits and veggies (and still loves her puffs)

•  Is "SO BIG" with her arms up high
• Loves waving "hi" and "bye-bye" (she's very social and we joke she must think she's in a parade with as much waving as she likes to do) 
• Signing "more" and "all done"
• Loves rolling a ball back and forth
• Figured out how to sit up from laying down (and was really impressed with herself when we found her sitting up in her crib one morning).
• Blows kisses
• Plays "peek-a-boo" with her hands over her eyes
• Got TWO teeth (bottom 2 - just in time for Christmas!) :)
• Starting to crawl up on her knees finally (still does some army crawling, but gets around faster on her knees).
• Pulling herself up on EVERYTHING.  She is definitely a dare-devil and even attempts to move back and forth between objects (the ottoman to the chair, her play table to the bouncy)

 

• She's starting to point at things she's "talking" about and to (which is a lot of talking these days).
• She learned how to drink from her sippy cup - and really gets a kick out of it.  She really tips her head back to sip out of it, and gets a big smile on her face afterwards (so proud of herself).

• Sassing mommy - she has seen me shake my finger at her enough when she's getting into something she's not, that now she started shaking her finger at me!
• And for her final trick before the new year - standing up in her crib!  She hasn't started jumping in bed yet, but we know that is not far off.

Every day is an adventure with Claire, and we're loving every second.  Even if we are having teaching moments of what is ok to play with and what is not one of her toys, the challenging times are fun in their own way too.  Watching her explore and learn is worth every challenging moment with her.  It's so much fun to see the world thru her eyes now, and I can't wait to see what she continues to learn because she's teaching us at the same time.