Bedhead

These pictures are so hilarious, that they get their very own post. Make sure to click on them and take a close look at Claire's hair.

Claire wakes up with some beyond serious bedhead every day. I call it her "Kate Gosselin" look.

Hair Bands and Barrettes!

Well, Claire has officially started wearing hair barrettes! She has also been enjoying wearing some costume jewelry from my late Grandmother.

I love this little tuft of hair, but she still pulls it out a lot...of course...to play with it!

And, I also have some tiny little hair bands and can make a little pony tail on the top of her head.

"I'm very happy to report that my Mommy has stopped washing my hair with Nair." OH...UM...and if you believe that you have 1.) Never priced the stuff or 2.) Tried it on your legs and felt your skin burning off along with your hair...not exactly baby stuff!

"I SEE! I SEE" Claire shouts this every time I take a picture. I made the mistake of showing her the picture I took of her. NOW she wants to see them EVERY TIME! It's kind of fun though and I think it's a good way for her to learn about the awesome art of photography! I need to come up with some way to publish this blog into a babybook...ideas?

Holly's Birthday

Claire had some fun with Tante Holly. She got her first professional hairstyle.
Holly also got to open her Bday gifts as her Bday is in December!

See, Claire does have hair! She looks kind of cute, here, huh!?! :)

Isn't this the cutest wrapping paper ever!?! It's from the movie A CHRISTMAS STORY http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/

Bad Hair Day

Check it out: She has enough hair to see. YAY! It's just really blond and very fine.

Here she is doing something goofy with her tongue. She loves to go on walks. She will go over to her stroller, pat it and say, "ALK!" I think she's trying to say walk, of course. She has some other "words" that I can recognize, but I'm not sure if others do, like "Dtop" for drop when she wants me to pick up something for her. I hate that game. Hate it. I do like this perfect fall weather for walking. I like putting her in the infant seat in the stroller still, as you can see she's too big for it in the car, but I like it for walks so I can see her face. :)

A whole year without my Oma?

One year ago today, Claire was 3 weeks old, as seen below. One year ago today, my dad's mom, my Oma Irma passed away. :( She and Claire never got to meet in person.




One year ago today, Claire had a little infant acne going on, and she also had a lot of darker hair. Somewhere about month 4, it started falling out and by month 6 she was a baldy.




I still can't believe how fast she grew. She now has 4 teeth. Look at the difference in hair color!

A mere fluke, it looks like Claire is signing "I love you." However, she can sign for milk, more, and eat. She waves bye-bye, gives kisses, blows kisses, plays peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake, and give hugs. There are a lot of other things she imitates, but these are all things I've notice her repeatedly initiating.

She isn't walking alone, but cruising well, and able to climb up all the stairs with us walking behind her. She can also climb up onto the couch and soft chairs alone. She now can pull up against anything, like just the walls or against anything semi-tallish. Her new thing is climbing on top of packs of TP when they are on the kitchen floor when we unload the car after shopping. I imagine that they are nice and bouncy.

In the video below, Daddy is helping Claire walk. She is still pretty wobbly, but she has stood alone for a few seconds now before sitting down. Any day now... Also, notice you can see her hair really good in this one because of the way the light is. It's really light hair!!!