Holly Springs Christmas Parade

On December 12, Clara met her friends Braydon and Hayden and went to the Holly Springs Holiday Parade. It was a chilly morning. But they had lots of fun. Hayden even took a nap.

Clara loved the little race cars and she loved the bands. Some photos from our outing.


Clara enjoying her first candy cane.

Braydon and Hayden enjoying their first candy canes.

Clara enjoying her first starburst.

The Golden Hawks Regiment (the Holly Springs High School Marching Band).


Daddy!


The most important person ever...Santa!

The spectators taking in the sites.

Disclaimer: Don't worry the candy only stayed in their mouths long enough to shoot the photos. So they did not get to find out what sugar tastes like.

Another milestone

Writing this so I don't forget. On Monday, December 28 Clara pulled herself up to a standing position. She had just woken up from a nap (or was she just playing in the crib?) and was ready to get out of her crib and she pulled herself up.

She is working real hard to do it again and she wants to walk so bad. I am glad she has that determination to learn this stuff.

Happy New Year Everybody!

More loves and one more dislike

More loves:
her soft cuddly stuffed animals
her cat in the hat stuffed animal
sports (football, hockey, and basketball are her favorites)

dislike:
pooping (sorry, she will hate me later for admitting to the world that she does not like to poop)

And I don't know if this should go under loves or dislikes but she loves to pull socks off her feet (and others so watch out) so she dislikes wearing them (and shoes don't last long either).

I thought that was something all babies did but I don't see others pulling socks like Clara. Guess that is her fetish.

Nine Months

Clara turned nine months on December 1. Four days later she crawled and said her first word. She is a little girl now.

Her loves:
The Redskins (not a good year to be a fan, though)
her dog Bear
her security blankets
going to sleep on daddy
crawling
talking
bath time
her rubber duckies during bath time
daycare and her friends Braydon and Jack
being swung around in the air and flying high in the sky

Her dislikes:
nap time
waking up for daycare in the mornings
bath time ending

She loves to learn and just looks at everything. It is so much fun to see her take in the world.

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas!
Love the Biasi's-Michael, Katie, Clara, and Bear

First word

Clara said her first word. Saturday, December 5 around 11:30am, she said "daddy." Now she says it all the time. And when you say "mommy" to her, she just goes "daddy."

We were getting ready to go buy a live Christmas tree and she was babbling away in her carseat and I heard "daaaddyyy." And then I heard it again. I turned to Mike and said, she said daddy. So to see if she would say it again or if those two times were just flukes, I said daddy and she repeated me. So we were in Home Depot and she just kept going daddy, daddy, daddy.

And...she crawls! I'd say her first day of crawling was also Saturday, Dec 5. Before that, she would get into the crawling position and try to move forward only falling onto her tummy. Then she would roll up into a seated position or she would scute (how do you spell that word?) herself backwards.

At her nine month check up she was 16lbs 0ozs and 27 (or 27 1/2 inches). I think the height measurement is a little off, though. I think she is taller. And I realized it is all leg today as I was putting pants on her and they were short and her top was huge so her torso must be smaller. She has a small head too, measuring 16 inches. But her brain is huge as she really picks up on stuff like crazy. She is just learning about everything.

Clara, can you stay this age for awhile longer? Love you!


And a photo I stole from my brother in law (who is Jocelyn's dad). Just another cute photo of the youngest Meyer grandchildren (until my sister Sarah has her baby, due on April 8, 2010). You know I cannot post a post without a photo :) .