Happy 2010 from the McPhersons! We rang in 2010 with snores – and were glad of it! I think I was in bed by 9:30. On New Year’s Day we had brunch with my parents and then went over to a friends house to watch the Rose Bowl. The Ducks lost (oh well) but it was nice to spend a relaxing day with friends and family.
As you can see from the pictures, Clare is quite the little sitter these days. She’s a little bit unsteady, but she loves to sit up like a big girl. She’s also just starting to wiggle around more on the floor and act like she wants to roll over. She has rolled in the past, but in general she’s pretty happy being stationary. However, I think her stationary days will soon be behind her. Guess we better start thinking of baby-proofing.
The picture below was taken on New Year’s Day. My mom gave Clare an apple chunk to chew on. Clare hasn’t warmed up to solid foods, so we’ve put them on hold for a while. We’ll try again in a few weeks. Until then we’ll do things like what Mom is doing here, giving her pieces of fruit to explore the tastes and textures. Maybe then when we try food again she’ll be more receptive. Our girl has a mind of her own and is, in the words of Mary, “a very strong-willed little girl.”
Tonight we gave Clare her first hair cut. We didn’t cut off to much (after all, her long hair is her signature style) but I wanted to get it out of her eyes. The picture below is right after the cut. She’s wearing the cutest little outfit from Grandma T with matching sparkly Nike’s from Auntie Kathy and Uncle Jon. She looked pretty stylin’ with her new hair do and her snazzy clothes.
A few things I want to remember about 5.5 months:- She’s still VERY verbal and loves to talk/listen/sing/shriek/roar. Our friends have a little guy who is 3 weeks older than Clare. When we saw them on New Years Day Clare shrieked her familiar greeting and promptly made her little friend cry. Every time she would talk he would get scared and cry. I joked that she was saying something mean to him in baby talk. Her Daddy is secretly proud of her for making the boys cry already.
- The ABCs are no longer the cure-all to get her to smile. Sigh, it was nice while it lasted.
- She’s starting to hug us back – it rocks!
- She’s all about her feet right now and gets annoyed with us during diaper changes when we try to take them out of her hands.
- She’s particular about people. When she really loves someone her whole body just convulses with joy to see them. So far only J, myself and Mary get this response. She likes certain people (generally women) and they get smiles very quickly (her Aunties Debbie, Beth, Kathy and Grandma and Grampa), but in general she watches people intently first and then, maybe, she’ll smile.
- We’ve started teething. Nothing has broken through yet, but there’s been a lot of hand chewing, drooling and crying. J and I feel bad for the poor little kiddo and we both hope it will be over soon.