Claire

I have declared Claire our lazy baby. She is so funny. She has no desire to ever walk I think. Just recently she will stand as we hold her hands and she will take a couple steps as we guide her. Then she will just give up and go back to crawling. She does love her walker and her baby stroller but she walks around with them on her knees. Her poor pants are all ruined and worn out in the knees. I think she partly knows that if she can be held she can mostly tell us where she wants to go by pointing and grunting. Most of the time she points to the backyard swings or to the table for food.
She recently learned how to crawl up the stairs. I put her down in the basement with Ben and came up to use the computer and 2 minutes later she was at my feet by the computer. She was so proud of herself. She crawls up the stairs frequently then she just screams, letting me know she is at the top of the stairs and she is stuck up there. She thinks it is hilarious for me to find her at the top of the stairs.
She is quite the screamer. Everyone thinks she is a quiet little girl. Heavens no. This girl has just found her voice and has figured out how to use it.
She thinks her brother and sister are hilarious. Whenever they laugh she does a big belly laugh too. She obviously has no idea what they are laughing about but she loves to mimic them.
I just started reading books to her more. I know, I seemed to forget about things like this. We collected all the baby board books around the house and she loves them. She knows when you ask her to go get a book to go to the rocker and pick one out. She loves to pretend to eat things and point at the different pictures. It's so funny to see.
Still, this is how you will find her most days... being held by me!

We just turned her around in the carseat forward facing. She loves it! The first time she looked really confused and kept looking around. The big kids sit behind her so she has always just sat and watched them so I think she was looking for them. I love watching her, she was so excited in the first car ride. She could see all these new things. She could also see me eat so she wanted whatever I had.