Waving Bye-Bye

Daily Activities

Sipping and Standing

Andrew started introducing the sippy cup to Claire at 6 months. She didn't want anything to do with it until close to 9 months. She still needs to work on tilting the cup, but loves drinking her watered down apple juice like a big girl. We also found shortly after Christmas that Claire understands how to use a straw. She'll take a few sips of my water when we go out to dinner.


Claire doesn't pull up to standing, but can stand well with the support of the coffee table. She moves up to her knees without pulling up on anything, so I'm wondering how long it will be until she will try to walk.

As of this morning (after the editing of my brilliant sister), I have finally finished putting together my pregnancy journal in publishable form through www.shutterfly.com. I'm looking forward to having a hard copy detailing my pregnancy to pass down to Claire. I know that no pregnancy is the same, but this will let her know about my experience and maybe what to expect if she decides to have children one day.

Treadmill Game

New Year, New Home

Andrew and I brought in the new year with champagne, a card game, a movie, and watching the ball drop on tv. Claire was not aware that you're supposed to sleep in on New Year's day, so she was up at 7:30am. I guess that wasn't too bad, but lead to our early nap at 9:45am.

Andrew and I are thrilled that with this new year, we'll be moving into a new (to us) home! It's a beautiful house still close to campus (0.5 miles to the science building) with plenty of space for us to grow. It is just over 2900 square feet with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a sun room, and a sauna. It has the charm of an older home that I was looking for, and the space and updates of a new home for which Andrew was searching. It is in a great neighborhood with children close in age to Claire, which I always wanted for myself as a child. We'll move in toward the end of March, around Claire's birthday. We were originally thinking the theme for Claire's first birthday might be puppies, but maybe it will be moving trucks.