9 Months!

Time flies when you are having fun... also, as it turns out, when you work 80 hours a week but lets talk about happier things. Claire is officially nine months-old. Our little angel has blessed our lives for 3/4 of a year already! This month she has really changed. She finally babbles, not just nonsense but repetitive syllables. She has never been all that vocal and Ari and I have worried our fair share that our little preemie might be behind; have no fear, she is not! Her favorite things to say are "da da da da da" and "ya ya ya ya." "Mama" does come out when she is tired or upset; I can certainly handle that. Certainly she does not associate her ramblings with objects just yet but it is a major step forward. She also has developed a pincer grasp (she can pick things up using her pointer finger and thumb). She still is not a big fan of being on her tummy and moves mostly in circles and backwards. She does, however, pull herself up to stand on anything she can. I am thinking she may just skip crawling and be the shortest baby to ever walk. Ha! She continues to be a performer; just tonight she was banging away on her toy piano and looking up to wait for her applause. We are so blessed to have her and so many other things to applaud for.