11 Months!

She's standing tall at 11 months!
Her favorite thing to do now seems to be a cross between walking and reading. She's taken a few steps here and there, but really likes her walker or to have someone hold her hands. It won't be long now!

She is also a big fan of peek and seek, where mommy hides on one side of the ottomans and she crawls back and forth to play peek-a-boo from the other side.

More of an update to follow later, plus pictures (finally) from the past month or so off of my phone camera. She's getting into things at the moment, so I'd better run for now!

Letting Go: Milestone Alert!

Claire took a few steps to her Daddy tonight. She was so excited to see him she didn't even realize Mommy had let go of her little hands and off she went to him. No wobbling or falling, just straight into his arms. Hooray!

Road Trip!

We left daddy behind this 4th of July weekend and went on a road trip with Nani to meet Claire's great-grandmother, Mamaw in Jackson, Mississippi! Claire likes to take a break in the car with Nani. Nani lets her pretend to drive! Claire is such a good eater. She ate so well on our trip. She ate nearly a whole grilled cheese sandwich for lunch on the way back home. Claire was so exited to play with dogs her own size for a change. Here she is crawling around with Mamaw's dachsund Bozo.Here are the four generations. None of us really felt like having our picture taken early in the morning as we were getting packed up and heading home, but as is often the case with these sorts of trips, we took the cameras and meant to take pictures, but didn't manage to really take many pictures at all.

And last but not least, a sweet parting kiss from her Mamaw! There's nothing like the love of family!