7 months

Claire is now 7 months. Time to start planning her first birthday. I wish that I was kidding, but I have already started a pinterest board for her. It's been an event filled month with Claire's developments. She started clapping which I think is so so adorable. She sits on the floor and just claps. Also she interacts more with Lilybelle and Sophie. Sophie is really good with her too. Claire is also getting more independent. We can put her on the floor and she plays with her toys and then rolls around to get to different things and places. The other night I put her on the living room floor while I did the dishes and when I went to go check on her she had rolled into the dining room at one point and then the next time I checked on her she was starting to roll into our bedroom. Granted all three of those rooms are REALLY close in our house, but I was impressed nonetheless. 7 months also meant that Claire had enough hair for a bow. I was excited. It's not like Lilybelle has hair enough for a bow. sigh.

Now onto the picture. The real reason I think that my parents read my blog. This is the first picture that she doesn't look like a deer in the headlights. It's so funny to take her picture compared to Lilybelle. Lilybelle was so smiley for the camera. Claire smiles all the time except for the camera. So I finally got a half smile from her this month. It's not a great picture, it has shadow, but I love her expression in it so I chose it.

 I'm also going to post some photos of our photo shoot because everyone got involved in it this time. Lilybelle helped Claire smile, helped me with choosing the spot, and Sophie was my warm up pose. Poor Sophie. At one point she was the star in my blog photos, and now not so much.

Things are getting busy in our house. I went back to work full time for the start of tax season. I'm glad that it will only last until April, because I miss my part time schedule. I've been studying for the second part of the Enrolled Agent exam and hope to pass it at the end of February. If all goes according to plan I should pass all three parts of the exam by July. Until next post, which if I don't procrastinate will be Tim's 30th birthday post.