Claire Bear: 9 months!

I have a baby and her name is Claire. She just so happens to be 9-months-old today! She very well may be the most precious 9-month-old on the planet.

We had her nine month well baby visit today. Check out my pretty ladies:

Claire was all over the place while we were waiting for the doc. But she sat still long enough for me to snap a pic. or seven.

I am flabbergasted by what I am about to type. She only weighed in at 18 pounds 14 ounces. According to the doctor's records, she weighed 18 pounds 8 ounces at six months. How did she only gain 6 ounces in 3 months? Last month when we weighed her at home, she weighed 19 pounds 4 ounces. She lost weight? Hmmm.....

Also, apparently she is 27.5 inches long (or tall). That's two inches shorter from my 8-month measurement. Someone's measuring stick is off!

This month, she's learned and changed so much. She is full-on crawling around the house. She follows me everywhere. I walk in to the kitchen, she scooting after me saying "mama mama mama mama...". I love it. She also learned to pull herself up to a stand a couple of times. 

She takes a bottle and/or nurses six times a day and eats two "meals" per day of baby cereal and either fruit or veggies. The doc advised me today to cut back on her nursing/bottle sessions down to four and bump up her meals so she starts to become more interested in "food". It hit me whens she said this that my baby girl is not going to be a baby forever. We scheduled her one year well visit today! How could that be possible? 

After Claire's doctor visit today, we had some time to kill before a 5:30 appointment so I took my girls to the park on this gorgeous day. 

 Claire was diggin' the swing and the big girls love to slide. They're fun. and cute. and I love them dearly.

Peace out,
L-Dogg.