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Sun, Jul 5, 2009

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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