It Won't Be Long

8 months old (Sept 14/14)

8 months old!  Wow, time sure does fly!  Lennon is growing and changing so fast.  She is now clapping and will sometimes give a high-five.  No crawling yet, but she's trying to move.  She can turn herself around pretty quickly on her belly and slides backwards sometimes.  She will also get one leg back when she's sitting to try to reach for a toy.  I don't think it will be long until she's completely on the move.  Although, I'm ok with her taking her time with that!  Then it will be time for chasing her around and gates on the stairs... a whole new game!

Bundled up for the snow

We had a September snow storm last week.  It was awful.  Lots of snow that damaged a lot of trees in the city.  Our tree faired ok since there aren't many big branches left on it anyway.  It was cold and white for a few days, it felt like December.  This week is supposed to be back up in the 20s, thank goodness.  The sun is shining again and we can get outside without bundling up!  Oh, Calgary...your weather sucks!

Sleep has improved greatly over the last while.  Knock on wood!  Lennon has given us a few nights of sleeping ALL night!  Wow, does that ever feel good.  Most often she is still up only once, usually around 11 or midnight, and will then sleep until around 7.  She wakes up very calmly in the morning.  She'll lay in her crib and babble a bit and play until I get her at around 7:30.  It's nice that she doesn't wake up crying in the morning.

Lennon is really enjoying food now too.  She loves her cereal in the morning and is gobbling down quite a bit at dinner time too.  Fred made a yummy squash, carrot, onion, and chicken stew that she just loves.  It's fun to watch her try new things.  She still makes a face when there's a new taste but after a couple of bites she leans in for it with mouth wide open.

Playing, Close up!, September snow, Crawling soon?!, Preppy baby, Tummy time

Any Time at All

It's been a while.  The past two weeks have been great.  Grandma and Gramps were here visiting!  It was wonderful to have them here.  Lennon loved having the extra attention too!  It also gave me some time to run errands on my own, take naps, and relax a bit more!

The weather started off not so great.  We went to the mall to get out - what else do you do in crappy weather?!  After the first couple of days we got some really nice weather again.  We were able to spend time out in the yard and going on walks.  Fred took an afternoon off and we all went to Riley Park where there is a big wading pool.  The water was cold but Lennon didn't seem to mind.  It was a nice way to cool off, it was 28 that day. 

We also drove up to Lacombe one rainy day to visit dad's cousin who runs a corn maze.  We had a nice visit.  It drizzled on us a bit but not too bad.  It wasn't nice enough to do the maze but we did ride the tractor train, saw the pig races, and had a tour of all the activities they have there.  It would be a great place to take Lennon when she's older - lots to do!

On the long weekend we spent an afternoon at Heritage Park.  I hadn't been there in quite some time.  It was great!  There's lots to see.  We rode the train and the boat and spent hours wandering around.  The next day we took a drive through Longview, Turner Valley, Bragg Creek (had lunch at the Italian Farmhouse - yum), Canmore, and Cochrane (where we waited 40 minutes for MacKay's ice cream!).  Another good day!

Grandma and Gramps leave tomorrow morning.  We will miss having them here!  They can come back any time!





It's back to school time and if I didn't have friends who were all teachers I probably wouldn't think much about it.  It's a little strange if I do think about it, not starting another school year.  But, I am so glad to have this time with Lennon and wouldn't change that for the world!