Claire is 9 months old now!

Hello folks! It's been over a month since our last update, Claire is over 9 months old, and all kinds of things have been going on. As far as Claire's checkup, she's perfectly healthy - in fact, we've only had one instance of her being a bit under the weather, with a two-day fever then a little bit of a rash, which cleared up great and she's back to her normal self. She weighed in at 18 pounds, 13 ounces and 28 inches tall on Monday. (Note: I corrected my typing so she does in fact weigh the correct amount now.)

Speaking of weight, I met my goal of losing 25 pounds right before Super Bowl. Everyone's support has been awesome, but of course I need to give an extra special thank you to both Tanya and Erika, who have been my best help.

I'm obligated to mention that the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, and I upheld my bargain with Friedo and wore a Green Bay jersey on Super Bowl Sunday. We had a really great get-together at his place, and Robin has a few pictures up on their blog (the link is to the right).

As far as other things, just life as normal with a few fun moments thrown in, but for now I'll just post a bunch of pictures for you all. Enjoy!

Claire tackling Dad on Christmas

Sylva protecting Claire, as usual

Claire and I cooked Tanya breakfast in bed one morning

We saw Glen for about 10 seconds before he was on the floor playing with Claire!

I'm pretty sure Claire has more men than just her daddy wrapped around her little finger

Adam asked if he could hold Claire and take a picture. So we did.

Claire getting tickled by Dad's whiskers

Claire and Tanya

Sylva and Al's dog, Gizzy

This is how the puppies fell asleep

A nice color accent picture of Claire falling asleep in Dad's lap

I left the room for about 20 seconds to get her milk bottle and she emptied out her turtle in that time...she's going to keep me on my toes!

Claire has been drinking water and juice out of sippy cups lately

She has also been working on standing and walking while holding Dad's fingers

Claire has decided to become a Rock Band player