I had all intentions of blogging about Claire's 9 month milestone when she actually turned 9 months, but somewhere between sicknesses, family visits, and every day life we are now a few short days from her turning 10 months. Go figure. Praise God that she is a healthy and growing baby. And I say that with full gratitude to God because lately it seems like I have seen or heard of a lot of suffering. Whether it is listening to a sermon on suffering, hearing about someone suffering, following the blog of a family in the midst of losing a baby or a mother - it is inevitably everywhere as we live in this sin cursed world. So I am thankful for God's grace of health in our lives at this time because it will not likely always be so.
So Claire, almost 10 months, went from little peanut to little chubbers. She weighed 18.5 lbs at her last visit and is now even in the 50th percentile for height! She has been crawling for a while now, pulls herself up, will even walk from her little activity table to a chair (holding on of course). She loves to crawl in spaces that are not all that conducive for crawling - like the exersaucer, under a coffee table, or under the seat of a kitchen chair which she always gets stuck in but always goes back for more. So much for the "if they do it once they won't do it again" theory. She continues to put everything in her mouth. Everything. She loves her table foods and I'm pretty certain she could just eat all day long. I am going to enjoy this phase of her eating well. I pray it lasts so that we won't have 2 picky eaters! She really is our sweet, precious blue eyed baby!
Speaking of our picky eater, she is funny as ever, dramatic as ever, growing little girl. The other week I asked her how old she would be on her next birthday and she told me "seventeen". I almost started crying. That will all come too soon! Tonight she told me that she just wanted to make farts on the toilet. Oh... dear... That comes from the Logozzo side by the way. :) There are some positive things to tell too of course - like her drawing skills. I may be a little biased here, but she can draw people!!! People with hair, and eyes, a mouth, and sometimes even an ear or 2. I'm impressed! She is also currently obsessed with sea animals. I think going to Sea World has something to do with that. Her current favorite song is Baby Beluga and if you ask her what her favorite whale is she will tell you very enthusiastically -- A KILLER WHALE!!!
Sophie's art:
A couple of weeks ago, Bill got Sophie flowers. It was super sweet and she loved them! Getting her to take a picture with them was another story - she HATES getting her picture taken, but we managed one.
Bill and I are doing well too. We've really been enjoying getting to know people at our new church here in San Antonio. God has blessed us with some new friendships, a parenting class & more. Bill's job is busy and he loves the work he is doing. And yes, we still love Toyota even with all of the craziness lately! I have been really enjoying routine lately. I like...well...normal things - cooking, shopping, play dates, working out, consistent times of Bible reading and prayer. Good things. Blessings. Thank you Lord.
