Friday, January 07, 2005

Biz-tastic Baby

Claire Helen turned 6 months old yesterday. She has many Things to Do and Places To Go. She's getting pretty good at scooting around, still not really with her arms, though she is willing to use them to aid in getting to things by pulling. But only if it's a really important thing, like a cat. Whenever she sees one of the cats, she hops up and down on her butt, flaps her arms, and hyperventilates. We keep telling her to play it cool, but really it's probably a good early warning system for the cats. She loves to be in the water. She knows how to push off the side of the tub or pool to get to something. She loves to splash.

She loves elephants. Babar, Elmer, the pull toy of Mat's from 30 years ago, whatever. So long as it has a trunk, she loves it. She hates applesauce(homemade! Super organic!) with a passion only matched by her love of pearsauce. She likes to bang on the piano three times- "BANG! BANG! BANG!" and then look up at me, smiling. Her very worst insult, generally hurled with furrowed brow at a toy which will not get out of her hand, is "Gi!" She tries valiantly to play peekaboo with me, but it does not always work, and she is very curious as to why. When we meet someone new she looks at me to see if we like them before submitting them to a Very Thorough Inspection. If they pass, they get a smile. If they fail, they get the Icy Baby Look of Indifference.

She has a little baby friend, also named Claire, and in playgroup while playing with their respective toys, they will occasionally pause to give each other pats on the shoulder.

She is very sweet, and we love her very much.

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