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Mon, Jul 20, 2009 10:03 PM
No doctors appointment for us today. Claires pediatrician called out sick and they offered for us to see another doctor, but warned that the wait might be a little longer than usual. No thanks, we'll head back Wednesday.

Claire cut her second tooth on Saturday, the top right. So now she has the bottom right and top right. It is funny to see since most babies get either their top or bottom teeth first. Not Claire, she'll take one of each.

She is much closer to walking now, however, she has realized that it can be fun to fall on her butt. So, sometimes she would rather fall than walk. But she gets around with her push toys and cruises once she hits a road block with her toy. She hasn't quite figured out how to pull up on things, but she was standing in her crib last night. I guess it is only a matter of time now. Claire no longer wants to be carried around, especially home from daycare. The second we hit the sidewalk, she wants to be walking on her own. She walks the one block home holding just one finger. It takes us a while, not so much because she walks slowly, but she feels the need to stop and wave to everyone along the way. She is a waving machine (still!) and is not interested in crawling at all. She scoots around on her butt still and gets everywhere she wants to go, and she is pretty quick.

She is now saying Mama, Dada, and Bye-Bye (see the video). She knows when we are headed out the door and immediately says bye-bye. I love it!

Her eating habits have gone downhill. Fruit is OK as long as it is baby food puree or bananas. Any other fruit is out. Blueberries are hit and miss, but nothing else touches her lips. She closes her mouth and shakes her head no. Pretty much the same thing with vegetables. We are going to have to work on that. She still loves her veggie burgers, veggie dogs, chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, goldfish, cheerios, and graham crackers. Because her bathtime splashing has gotten out of control, we are working on getting a contractor to renovate our tiny bathroom and have a tub installed. Tonight we took a trip to Home Depot to try to price a few things out. I always bring Goldfish to keep Claire occupied. She was eating them up when I was holding her and then she started making a funny noise. I think Dan know what was happening because he just looked at me. Two second later, we realized that she had been eating the Goldfish without chewing them. And I know this because I was wearing half of them on my shirt and she was wearing the other half on her pretty dress. Of course Claire thought it was HYSTERICAL and couldn't stop laughing as we were cleaning things up. Glad she has a sense of humor...

That's about it for now. Be sure to check out the new videos. I uploaded a lot of them, but I often wonder if anyone is still reading this page? Hello - anyone out there??

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Kristin: I love the journals Mere - good job.

Jessie: I read and watch. Lets me grow up with you all

Peggy: I am here and read/watch everything you post. We love it!!!

Meg: Hi Mer! I still read your journals. :)

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Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:33 PM
Who is the person most slack about keeping this page up? Me!!! Sorry it has been so long.

Holy cow - where has the year (plus 2 weeks gone)? Claire turned one on June 20th and she has had her round of parties that finally finished up this afternoon. It started with a small party at daycare on June 19th. Unfortunately, we picked Claire up during nap time in the infant room so not many of the kids were awake. But they wanted Claire to dig into her cupcake anyways. She did so and was mildly interested in it. That afternoon we headed to Massachusetts, with Claire in the big girl forward facing car seat, and started a great weekend. Friday afternoon Kristin, Grandma, and Mommy took Claire for her first haircut. Gary did a great job and Claire looked like such a big kid once he was gone. That Saturday was Claires Birthday party in Massachusetts. We were worried about the weather, but the rain held out and we had a great time. Claire got lots of awesome presents and kept the crowd entertained with her waving. Everywhere we go people comment on Claires waving. The consensus is Claire will either be a politician or beauty queens. Claires cake eating experience led to Claire just waving to everyone. We even pushed her hands in the cake, but all she wanted to do was wave to everyone.

The following week we flew down to South Carolina for some more fun. We realized this was already Claires 5th flight. It is getting harded to fly with her now that she is mobile. Around 11.5 months she started walking with a pushtoy, but doesn't walk on her own yet. Anyways, back to SC....We had a great time down there, and Claire got to show off her new separation anxiety. If Dan or I are out of sight, Claire flips out. It is really frustrating and I hope this phase passes quickly. Claire also had a birthday party with some family and friends in SC. She enjoyed the ice cream cake much better and tried to stick her entire face in it. Thanks to everyone who came over to make the day wonderful. Claire loved swimming in Grandma & Grumpys pool for the weekend. Also while in SC Claire had her 1 year pictures made. I think they came out pretty good, you can see some of my favorites on the front page. We also had family pictures made with the whole Snider family. I think they came out really good.

Today, Claire had her last birthday party with her Hoboken friends. Mommy met all these ladies at the new mother support group in town. They have been an excellent source for information, and we enjoy ourselves and getting out for a few drinks every so often. I don't know what I would do without their sanity checks every once in a while!

So, what else has Claire been up to? She is getting better at eating and loves anything she can grab and put in her mouth herself. Still no crawling, but she scoots like a champion. Along with her waving, everyone comments on her scooting. She has figured out how to get herself from laying to sitting, but doesn't pull up on things yet. Once she figures out how to pull up, I think she will be off walking. Yesterday, she took 25 steps down the hall at the Hyatt! She is getting better everyday. She cut her first tooth (bottom left) on her birthday and I think she has a few more coming in. At her 1 year check up, she weighed in at 21 lb 10 oz and 29.5 inches long. She signs "more" and "milk" and I am starting to believe she knows what she is saying. She says Mama (finally!) and Dada.

Sorry it took so long to post an update. I will try to do better.

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