Where does the time go?

Claire is 10 months old today!!!!!!

I really feel like we just brought her home from the hospital yesterday! She has changed so much this month.....really the most change we have seen in her has been in the past 2 months. She is super mobile. All over the place! She climbs anything she can! She even reaches up on the table and almost pulls her little feet off of the floor! Such a strong little one. She has also become so independent. I know I have said this before, but she is seriously the most independent child I have ever seen! She is very social too! Yesterday in Music, she kept crawling to another mother and getting up in her lap! Would she ever do that with me.....no! She just loves other people! She immediately reaches for others and loves to be around a group! Claire is so much fun to be a parent to! She just talks and shows out anytime we are out in public. She is so much fun to take places. At some point, I do want her to be scared of some people, but until then, I am enjoying this time.

She is eating like a big girl now too! Yesterday we had no baby food all day! She loves all food and is such a terrific eater. Claire is also a great sleeper. She is still taking 2 naps and sleeping all night.....when her teeth are not bothering her. She only has 2 chompers, but I really think there are a few more on their way.

Claire loves the water and loves bath time!!!! She just splashes and laughs the whole time she is in there. We blew up the pool this weekend and tried it out! A big success!

When Kate and Chad were here they were so generous and gave us a membership to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art here in KC. We took Claire there on Sunday and had a great day! The grounds are terrific so we snapped a few pictures.

This is classic Claire....just smiling and laughing!

She loves to be on daddy's shoulders!!

Found a leaf............

What a wonderful baby we have! She is just the most wonderful thing on this Earth! We are so blessed to have her in our lives. I am so lucky and grateful that I get to take care of her everyday. If I could be or do anything in the world, I would want to be her mother! What a fantastic job I have!