Claire is 9 months!

My little Claire Bear turned 9 months on Father's Day! Though my "little" girl is not so little any more! She now weights in at 24 lbs and is 30.5inches long. Yes my friends, she is 3 months shy of a year and only 6inches from being 3 feet tall. Though I don't know why I'm so surprised. Like, duh! We breed them big! = )

The good news though, is we went to a ENT (ear nose throat DR) and he said if we can't clear the fluid in her ear, which has been causing her poor eye to be gunky, then she'll have to get tubes. Well we did the round of antibiotics and I am happy to report no gunky eye! This is definitely a step in the RIGHT direction!

Yes this is incredibly exciting for me, but what's even MORE EXCITING, is that Claire is now able to get from her belly to a sitting position and is moments away from crawling. She currently scoots, some how on her belly, grunting the whole way. If she isn't doing that, than she is spinning in circles. It's almost like her belly button is a pivot point. I think Kate is finally starting to realize that Claire crawling may not be such a great thing for her. Regardless, she still continues to be the best big sister ever!

Claire is also eating solids. Tonight she had rice and it truly ended up EVERYWHERE! Just when I thought I had it all swept off the floor, I felt another grain squish between my toes. Oh yum! She shoves chunks of bananas in her mouth like they are going out of style. Cheerios still remain to be a staple not only for Claire, but apparently Kate too. She has reverted back to "baby food".

At the rate Claire is going, I'm expecting to find her in the kitchen whipping up sticky rice and bananas with a side or pureed mixed veggies.