Claire at 12 Months!

Our little lady is a YEAR OLD. I can't believe it. It feels like I was just pregnant...gag me. What a great result to those awful 9 months though!

First, the stats:

1. Height: 29.8 inches (73rd percentile)

2. Weight: 18.6 pounds ( 13th percentile)

3. Head circ.: 17.9 inches (64th percentile)

So she's a tall skinny little munchkin with a medium sized head :)

Here are a few things she's doing right now.

1. Claire does NOT understand any part of the word "NO." She gets into everything anyway.

2. Claire doesn't seem to like to eat her vegetables sometimes, but is fully interested in eating drywall. Loves it. Caught her 3 times. Finally taped up the small hole we need to patch in the wall.

3. She walks now! Just like Frankenstein. (my dad started that one) No joke.

4. Claire absolutely loves getting into drawers and cupboards, of course, like all kids her age! She opens the drawers, proceeds to chucking all of the drawer's contents on the floor, and in this case, she gets in:

5. Her favorite thing to do is feed other people. I gave her a fruit snack at Walmart the other day, and she was offering it to a little kid like 6 feet away. It was cute. She's definitely into sharing...on her terms at least! :)

6. And this is how she eats: When I put small pieces of food (cheese, turkey, little vegetables, etc.) on her tray, she will put one in her mouth, then take another and chuck it on the floor. (it's like "I'll eat this piece of cheese, but not that one) This will go on with her eating one, chucking one or two, etc. etc. until she's done, at which time, she will pull on her bib like she wants to strangle herself, to tell me to take it off and get her out.

7. Also about eating: she will try something, spit it out, put it back in her mouth, spit it out again, put it back in...and on and on. Until it either ends up on the floor or she's swallowed it. That is how she gets to know new foods I guess!

8. And again about eating: She LOVES Gogurt. And loves to eat it, get her hands all sticky, and rub them all over in her hair. This usually means more than one bath a day. But it's funny, when I just try to wash her hair out, or comb it with a wet brush instead of bathing her, her hair smells like "cotton candy" all day long...it's a great shampoo alternative. Here she is below, not with Gogurt in her hair though (fortunately, this was dinner, so bath time was inevitable afterward), but some nice greasy pasta... (sorry not a great quality picture)

So I guess if you want to know what Claire's had for dinner, all you have to do is smell her head.

9. Claire sometimes cries when Daddy goes to work. :(

10. Claire has really started to get attached to her little pink dollie and pink teddy. She wants them in bed with her, and likes to give them loves :) It's very cute. In this picture below, she is giving loves to her little barking puppy. One of her favorite Christmas presents!

11. Claire loves playing in her car seat. Hates getting INTO it to go places, and cries half the time, but loves just playing in it at home, rocking it back and forth, etc.

12. Claire knows where her bellybutton is, and will point to it when you know, is not on the SPOT :), and she SOMETIMES knows where her eyes, mouth, and nose are.

13. Words: Claire can say Daddy "dah-eee," and says Mama, eyes, and ya! Pretty sure she has NO idea what she's saying, but it's still fun :)

14. She now drinks whole milk and is drinking more and more of it. Her appetite is increasing as well, so maybe she'll pack on the pounds soon! I am weaning her now, and she is down to one feeding in the morning and one at night. Hopefully will drop the morning one next week to get her weaned completely pretty soon.

Anyway, enough TALK, here is a nice little video of Claire's best and funniest moments of late:

We sure love our little baby girl. She is the sweetest, cutest, most amazing piece of our lives.

*Stay tuned! Birthday post coming up next!!