Claire's First Tooth!!!!

Claire now has her first tooth!! (and the second one looks like it might be budding out too!) Todd and I worked very hard to get a picture of the now infamous tooth--so please enjoy the 2 pics out of 50 that actually show the tooth. She has had no problems with typical teething behaviors so it really took me by surprise yesterday morning. I've heard all kinds of stories of babies waking up in the middle of the night, running a fever, being fussy--but she didn't do any of that. We also took some pictures of her at church in the little tables they have with seats in them. They are so cute, and I keep meaning to get Sunday morning pictures with all the babies dressed up together.

Claire is growing up so fast!!

Claire had another good Monday with Grandma today and took quite a few good pictures while playing today. I thought I'd share a few. Claire is really getting around so good. She can climb up the entire flight of stairs now with no help, she has managed to turn on the DVD player and actually get it to open and take the DVD out, and she takes all the books off the bookshelf whenever she gets a chance. She had her 9 month check up last week (really at 10 months after having to wait for her to be fever free for a couple weeks before getting shots) and she was in the 25th percentile for weight and the 50th percentile for height. She was up to 17 pounds 2 ounces.

Boy Scout Summer Camp 2009

This past week Todd and I went to Camp Sequoyah (Boy Scout camp in Delta, AL just south of Oxford). It was my 7th year and Todd's 21st year. He hasn't missed a year since he was 11 years old. Claire got to spend the week at Grandpa and Grandma's house (Thank you so much!) while Mommy and Daddy camped out for the week. We had such a great time this year as usual and Claire got to come and visit us on Family Night (Wednesday night). Here are some pics of her in her matching scout uniform and in her swing that Daddy hung at our campsite just for her. The pictures from the week at Grandma and Grandpa's house will come later when I get them from her. In case you were wondering, I couldn't stand to leave Claire for a week so I went and spent the night with her a couple of nights during the week--the break from the hot weather in the nice air conditioning didn't hurt either.

She has started talking! and First Visit to Camp

Claire has discovered that she can talk. Last night sitting in her high chair she kept saying da-da over and over again. Since then, she has not been quiet. It's da-da, la-la, ya-ya all day long and is so cute! Today we also took Claire up to Camp Sequoyah for her first visit to boy scout camp. She wasn't feeling very good, but seemed to enjoy being carried around in her snugli while we hiked around a little bit. Here is a picture of us sitting out front of the medic hut(you can tell she doesn't feel good).

Homemade Baby Clothes

I took a couple of sewing classes while I was pregnant with Claire. In the beginners class I made a very simple a-line dress for Claire that will fit her in a few more months, and in the intermediate class I learned how to make a bubble outfit that included piping, buttons, elastic legs, snaps under the legs. Well, I never finished it during the class and Claire was born soon after. The outfit I started was a nine month outfit and I figured I should finish it before she is too big to wear it and I really think it turned out cute. Here she is modeling it before church today.

And then, here is just a cute picture Todd took while she was taking a bath the other night.

Curious Claire

Claire is definately able to get around wherever she wants to go and she has found all kinds of new things in the house. All in one day she discovered the fireplace, window, blinds, and curtains. Nothing is safe anymore!! We are in the midst of babyproofing, as she has now gotten ahold of electrical cords twice and is trying to pull up on anything and everything. She pulls her bumper down in her crib so she can see out into her room when she cries for me. This morning I found her asleep laying on her bumper like it was her pillow. This afternoon she found the stairs and was absolutely excited!! We have to run out and get baby gates immediately.

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came on Sunday morning, and Claire loved digging into her basket. Claire went to church in a beautiful pink ruffled dress (that Mommy failed to get a picture in-oops!). We ate at Mimi and Papa's house after church and then traveled to Anniston to visit Grandma and Grandpa, along with Great Aunt Ann, Uncle EB, the great grandparents, Pam, Joey, Sidney and Peyton. In Anniston we had an easter egg hunt and played outside for most of the beautiful afternoon.

Updated Pictures

So I haven't put any pics on here in a few weeks, so I thought I would share some cute ones of her eating, playing, and crawling around (okay---maybe army crawling around, she sort of drags her legs behind her as she uses her arms to pull forward).

Monday with Grandma Pictures

As usual, Grandma took some very cute pics of Claire today and I thought I would share a few of them with you all.

Highchair Eating!

Claire has now graduated up to eating in her highchair. Her first highchair experience was over at Papa and Mimi's house sitting in her Daddy's highchair that he used as a baby, and she has now used her's at home also. She did very good, but did require a good bit of towel padding since she is so small.