The Lord sent Claire a glorious present for her 7 month birthday - beautiful, white, fluffy snow! The three of us enjoyed the day at home (although I still had to work remotely), watching with awe as the snow continued to fall. We bundled Claire up and took her into the winter wonderland three times, only one of which she tolerated. She actually decided that sleeping was more fun than playing in the snow and took some amazingly long naps.
Daddy built Claire her very first snowman - complete with a rhinestone mouth and a cupcake hat! Too cute! After numerous attempts, we finally convinced Claire that sitting next to the snowman would be fun. And what do you know…we were right! She was in such complete amazement with him that clapping, whistling, and anything else we did to get her attention fell on deaf ears for the most part. But like everything else that gets her attention, it didn’t last that long and she then showed Mr. Snowman his punishment…
But, we had fun all the same and managed to get some cute photos. New photos, including more from rhyme time, our snow day and her 7 month “photo shoot” are in the January 2009 gallery - check them out!
No huge post for her 7 month birthday, considering that 5 days ago I wrote a novel on her growth and development. 
BUT - it is important to note that (1) she now knows where Mr. Elephant is while having her diaper changed and will reach for him immediately; (2) she can stand by herself when holding on to the sides of her jungle gym, with us close by and ready to catch her of course.
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That is the cutest snowman I’ve ever seen! It’s too bad Claire made him pay. She is always dressed so cute. I need to have a little girl soon so I can get some of her hand me downs!
By Elizabeth on 01.20.09 10:36 pm | Permalink
Hi Colleen! You probably don’t remember me, but we have some mutual friends both in VB and at Harding. Anyways I found your blog link from Jill’s wedding page and just wanted to say Hi and that your daughter is precious. Absolutely precious!
Your blog is VERY well done…hope you don’t mind if I check back every once in a while. I always love finding new blogs, especially of people I “know”.
Take care!
By aj on 01.24.09 9:41 pm | Permalink
[…] sure has changed since the last time we took her out in the snow - almost exactly a year ago! Here’s a short video clip of Claire and Daddy playing. If you listen closely, you can hear […]
By Eric & Colleen » Blog Archive » Snow Day on 01.30.10 3:57 pm | Permalink
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