Claire is 9 months old!

Our baby girl is now 9 months old! She is starting to look less like a baby and more like a toddler. I cannot believe how fast these first 9 months have gone, I know, I keep saying that. But it is so true. Life is just so busy, it's sad that 9 months have flown by so fast. But what a wonderful 9 months it has been.

Here are some updates on our baby girl:

Height: 29 inches (95%)

Weight: 23lbs, 6 oz (100+%)
Head Circ.: 18 7/8 (100+%)
Clothes: 12-18 month dresses and pants, 18-24 month one-pieces, onsies and most shirts
Shoes: size 4/5 or 12-18 mo
Diaper Size: 4
Teeth: 3 with number 4 on the way. The 3rd one arrived on Nov. 20! The top middle right one.
Talking: My little talker/screamer has real words with meanings! She says Dada, Baba (for her bottle which she freaks out when she sees), Mama and Eva (for Evan). When she sees him she exclaims EVAAAAAAAA. It is so darn cute!!
Movement: She's crawling. It is not in the traditional way, up on all fours moving as fast as possible. Instead she rolls, sits up, traditional crawls one or two steps, then army crawls. It's pretty amusing to watch. Whatever it is, she gets where she wants to go! She also loves to stand and can hold herself up standing for about a minute. She can pull herself up when she is holding my hands, but thankfully not pulling up completely on her own.
Favorite Books: Princess Baby on the Go, Karen Katz; Baby Faces Peekaboo

Favorite Foods: She would have to be discriminating in her food to actually have "favorites". She will eat anything you give her and prefers real food over baby food. She will eat an entire bowl of pasta with tomato sauce, loves yogurt, avocado, applesauce, bananas, chicken, turkey, ham, oatmeal, granola, butternut squash, blueberries, pears, peas, spinach, etc. Likes to play with baby mum mums and puffs.
Sleeping Patterns: You sleep from about 6:30pm to 6:30am. You either take one 2 hour nap or 2 I hour naps in the morning and then take a one hour nap around 4pm. Pretty great, no complaints here!
Favorite Songs:  Itsy Bitsy Spider, If You're Happy and You Know It
Eating Patterns: She still drinks about 24 ounces of formula along with eating 3 meals a day.

Firsts: Saw snow in Flagstaff, Arizona and went on a train and a carousel in Scottsdale. She went on her first hike in Sedona, AZ. She celebrated her first Thanksgiving with lots of family in Arizona.