Walking - A Video

Well, it's a week late, but here's the proof if you need it! It's been about 2 and a half weeks since Claire took those first steps and now she's walking all over the place! Granted, there are a number of wipe outs but she takes them in stride (hehee, pun intended).

As I continue taking video of Claire, I'm going to add them to my "YouTube" channel. Here's the link, add it to your bookmarks:

Claire's Baby Blog on YouTube

Walking!

Ten to twelve steps at a time, Claire is really on the move now! We're off to the county fair tonight and I'm sure we'll have some memorable photos of Claire meeting the animals there. Hopefully they'll have some giant flemish bunnies for her to pose with!

First Steps!

Claire took her first steps yesterday (Sunday, July 27) - hooray! I was in the living room with Claire and after spending SIX hours in the car she was so happy to get some floor time in. She pulled herself up on a dining room chair and then did a little two-step in place and then ventured forward with the other foot. I scrambled to find Dan so he could see, but the show was over. Fast forward to this afternoon when I was sitting on the ground and Claire WALKED from my ankles, three steps and then fell into my arms with a huge smile on her face (total distance traveled was maybe 2 feet).

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to capture Claire's first steps (contrary to popular belief, I don't always have the camera trained on her) but here are a few new snaps of her standing outside last night. In the first picture where she's showing off her crouching skills, I think she was after a bug In the second picture I gave her a nasturtium to hold...which she promptly ate. I guess the spiciness doesn't bother her! So much for my prop though <sigh>.

Long Awaited Updates!

I know, what a slacker Mom I am...almost 2 weeks have gone by without updates. I was expecting riots and got them -

"CLAIRE BEAR JUNKIES OF THE WORLD, UNITE! WE NEED MORE PHOTOS ASAP!" - Aunt Annie
"Update your blog!" - McManda
"Austin says that he won't come out to play until there are new pics of his cousin, Claire." - Aunt Annie

Especially from Aunt Aunnie...but can you blame her baby fever? Her first grandchild is due TODAY, boy oh boy!

In my defense, my hands have been busy helping Claire toddle about. Claire is so enamored with walking right now. When we were on LI last week she happily pushed her stroller around the hospital dining room for hours at a time, and did she ever sleep well those nights! Back home, Claire is walking behind her little car or attached to our fingers waddling around the living room (screeching half the time).

I felt badly that she didn't have much maneuvering room in the living room so I had to rearrange the furniture a bit, which led to more child-proofing...you get the picture.

Claire is standing for long periods of time, waving her arms around and shaking toys while standing too. She'll be taking those first steps any day now. I'll get outside and take some photos of her standing today - and post them tonight, I promise.