It's been nine months since this angel baby arrived. She's been out as long as she was in! That's always a fun milestone. But it also makes me realize she's getting closer to being a year old. I can't handle it!
With the pandemic happening the last couple of months and everyone being home all the time, I feel like I haven't gotten the one-on-one time with her that I wanted. She's such a good, sweet, happy baby that she often gets put down to play by herself while chaos happens around her. But the second she gets attention from me or Daniel, she just beams and kicks her legs with excitement. That makes me feel both so happy, because her happiness is so infectious and life-affirming, and so sad, because she deserves all the attention all the time. I kiss her whenever I get my hands on her, and I've been trying to sit on the ground and play with her for at least a few minutes every day, but it's hard right now. *sigh*
- One of her favorite things to play with is baby wipes. When she gets one, she waves it around with a big, goofy smile on her face, and it makes me so happy.
- When I read to her, she sometimes reaches out and strokes the pages. She also likes to grab the pages and gets very upset if I pull the book out of her reach. She starts squirming on my lap, kicking her feet, grunting, and stratching/pinching my arms. But if her siblings come in the room, she immediately loses interest in the book and wants to watch them.
- She does this cute little nose scrunch and sniff, especially when she's eating. I think it's an indication of happiness, but I'm not positive. I just know it makes me laugh.
- She hates having her hand or arm held to have her nails clipped or hand wiped off. She starts really struggling and trying hard to pull her hand/arm away while grunting angrily.
- She makes this super cute tongue clicking noise. I failed at getting a video of it, but Daniel got one!
- When she's on the ground or in her high chair or bouncer, she lifts her arms up and twists her hands as I walk by, in anticipation of me picking her up. If I don't, she starts crying and breaks my heart. So then I go pick her up. I just have to.
- Sometimes she claps when she's happy or when we say "yay." Why is baby clapping so cute?!
- She also likes rough-housing. It's so weird! She's a tough one. The things that make her laugh the most with her siblings are things that tend to make me nervous. I just try to remind myself that she's not as fragile as I think (though I still keep telling the kids to be more gentle).
- She absolutely loves being held up above my head and "flying."
- She has started getting into crawling position (pushed up on hands and knees), but she has yet to crawl. Any day now, I'm sure!
- She's become a side/stomach sleeper. She tends to contort her body in weird ways when she sleeps. But hey, she sleeps! So I'm good with whatever position gets her to do that.
- There was a period of time in which she had a horrible time falling asleep. We finally had to do some modified cry-it-out. She just wanted one of us to be in there while she fell asleep. It's cute, but yeah, no.
- She loves playing any form of peek-a-boo. If there is something within her reach that she can cover her head with, she'll do it. And she gets so excited when we say, "Where's Clara?" My personal favorite was the night at dinner when she discovered she could cover her face with her bib.
- For awhile there, she wasn't as interested in her bottles. She would drink all but the last couple of ounces and then drop the bottle on the floor. If I picked up the bottle and tried to feed her the rest, she would start shaking her head really fast. She stopped doing that, but she does still drop the bottle on the floor when she's done.
- She has an absolutely amazing hair wave. It reminds me of Terk from the movie Tarzan:
Best of all, Daniel Photoshopped a surfer in it. Hehehe. I'll make the photo extra big so it shows up better...
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