6 months

Claire is 6 months old!

• She's a little thing at 14lbs (10th %) and 25 inches (20th %), but just like her brother she's got a big noggin pulling in at around 80th %-ile.
• She's a great sleeper. She started sleeping through the night at about 2 months old. She typical sleeps from 8pm-5am, wakes up to eat, then goes back to sleep until 8am. 
• She is NOT a cuddler (makes me a little sad). Even when she was a newborn I could never get her to fall asleep on my shoulder or chest or anything. She will resist if I try and eventually start to cry unless I put her down in her own bed when she's tired.
• Even though she's not a cuddler, she is still very needy for human touch. For the first 5 months of her life I don't think she was ever happy for more than a minute if I put her on the floor by herself. I've gotten really used to doing things with one hand: brushing my teeth, making a sandwich, making my bed, eating meals, or one time when I had to take Emmett potty in a public restroom by myself with Claire in my other arm, THAT was tricky. In the last month however she has gotten much better with being left alone. (Which I think is because she is becoming a little more independent/mobile)
• She is sitting up, rolling both ways, and eating solids and everything else within reach.
• She is very quiet. I've heard in the past that girls are gabbers and they talk alot. Not this girl. She has a very quiet disposition, her cry isn't very loud, and it has taken us months to get a good belly laugh out of her (and even then its still very subtle and quiet). She is however, a very smiley and happy baby. 
• This one is probably obvious, but she is very fair. Meaning, fair skinned. My mom jokes that she is one shade away from albino. With her fair white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes she will have to accept the fact that like her mother, she will never ever tan. 
• Her nick-names are Claire-bear, missy-moo (messy-moo when she's poopy), Cleo, and sweetie pie. 

We love this sweet little girl and so glad she's a part of our family.

PS. Recognize her dress? This was her Easter dress that I bought for her that arrived incorrectly 3 sizes too big!