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- Claire now knows how to clap. It is so cute! She claps at dinner, she claps in her bed, she claps when Dan plays the piano, she also claps when I sing "Popcorn Popping" or "Do As I'm Doing."
- She has discovered door stoppers and loves playing with them! I had to remove the white end part or it'll go right in her mouth.
- Claire can give five. If you hold her hand out she'll usually hit it over and over lots of times.
- She can pull herself to standing usually on our ottoman.
- Claire will use her little pointer finger to point at things, usually pictures in her book.
- This past month Claire suffered her 1st ear infection. It caused a few sleepless nights for us both. Unfortunately she currently has her 2nd ear infection. They are rough!
- She has learned to army crawl and it gets her where she needs to go. Sometimes she will get up on all 4s and attempt real crawling, but she seems mostly content with going everywhere on her belly.
- Claire enjoyed her first Halloween and was a cute little bumble bee.
- She likes to smack her lips and make funny sounds. She also vibrates her lips (not sure of a better way to describe that).
- One day I was talking to my sister on the phone and she climbed right up in my face and bit my nose! I couldn't stop laughing.
- She no longer smiles for strangers, she usually just stares at them.
- Claire loves Costco muffins! She wants to eat every last crumb and cries when I throw the wrapper away.
- She is starting to eat more table foods and has become a little more picky. She will no longer eat squash or green beans.
- She "sings" along to the radio and Dan playing the piano.
- Her cousin Calvin came for a visit (he's 6 weeks older) and they had fun grabbing each other's faces and hair and holding hands.
- We got a trampoline and Claire really enjoyed bouncing on it with me.
- For my birthday Claire got to ride the carousel. She smiled quite a bit! She rode it a 2nd time when Calvin was here, but was too tired to smile.
- She also tried some of my pumpkin birthday cake and loved it! This girl already has a sweet tooth.
- Occasionally when she says "mama" or "dada" I think she is associating it with us, but still not quite sure. The other day Dan walked in the room and she looked at him and said "dada". But she tends to say those sounds a lot, so it's hard to know!
- She likes playing with this Sesame Street toy that makes sounds, she also likes her nesting cups, her toy piano, and cars.
- When she's not sick, she's a good sleeper. She still takes 2 naps (totaling about 2 hrs each day) and sleeps from 7 pm to 6 am, eats, then sleeps til 8 or 8:30.
Aside from being sick, we had a fun month! Claire is always surprising us with her new skills! We love her so much.
