Across the Universe (or Living Room!)

Well, Lennon is officially on the move!  It started out with her figuring out that she could pull herself forward with her arms.  She spent only two days dragging herself around and then was up on her knees.  After a couple of days of a few steps on the knees followed by the legs splaying out behind her, she has figured it all out.  She now crawls consistently up on her hands and knees.  Our baby gates arrived this week just in time!  Must install right away!  She's definitely not interested in staying in one place anymore.  Her favourite thing, and what gets her to crawl the fastest, is to go for the curtains.  She's also starting to show interest in what might be up on top of the coffee table and is trying to pull herself up.  How long until she's on her feet?!?  It definitely changes the game, this whole crawling thing.  No more leaving her to play while I do something in the kitchen and knowing she'll still be safely in the same place when I return.  It is pretty cool to watch her figure out how to move though!  And she's getting quicker and quicker!  Oh boy!

Soon I'll be standing!

Happy girl!, Fell asleep this way, Planking- wow!, What a cutie!, Determined!

Mini Photo Shoot

Picture yourself...

9 months old!  (Oct. 14/14)

Visit with Uncle Steve, Mmmm beans,
Playing outside, Riding in the shopping cart, Play time,
Happy girl, First taste of curry (she liked it!), Fall walk

Plane trip to Nashville
She had to study the safety card!

Playing at Auntie Holly's (just realized we didn't get any pictures with Holly), Porch swinging with Dad,
First carousel ride!,
Playing, Trying really hard to move!

My Birthday dinner, First Thanksgiving dinner, Mmm (?!) turkey dinner

Videos:  Meeting Chickadee (Holly's chihuaha), On the move!

Twist and Shout

October already.  In a few days Lennon will be 9 months old!  A couple of days ago I turned 38 (?!?) years old.  What have we been doing in the last month...

At the end of September we took a trip to Nashville.  We first had a short visit with Uncle Steve who was in Calgary for the weekend.  Of course it was the weekend that we were leaving.  It was great to be able to see him before we left though!  Lennon did great on the flights.  There is no direct flight from Calgary so we had to connect through Minneapolis.  It was a long day.  Lennon was happy and took naps and was great.  She complained a bit on the descent into Nashville but nothing major.  We had a great week in Nashville visiting Holly and enjoying the summer-like weather!  Lennon loved Holly's chihuahua, Chickadee.  She would squeal at her and lean over to watch her walk around.  It was cute.  Chickee wasn't quite as thrilled with Lennon.  It took Lennon a few nights to get used to sleeping in her travel crib and in a new place.  She woke up a few times those first nights but then got comfortable and was up only once a night after that.  We spent some time shopping and mostly just hanging out with Auntie Holly.   Lennon rode on a carousel for the first time at the mall.  She loved it.  She had a huge smile on her face the whole time!  Fred had a conference that took up a couple of days too.  A good time was had by all.  I guess it will be a while until we see Auntie H again.  Good thing for FaceTime!

We started a swim class in September at the YMCA.  It's a baby class called L'il Dippers.  Lennon loves it!  The class is all little songs and learning different movements in the water.  Lennon kicks her legs almost constantly in the water and has started splashing with her hands too.  She doesn't even complain when she gets dunked right under!  It's a lot of fun.

We still get together once a week with the moms and babies from our prenatal class.  It's nice to get together with people who have babies at the same stage and are going through the same things.  We spend the afternoon talking, eating, and sharing baby tips.  The babies are now starting to notice each other and will soon be interacting more.  It's neat to see them start recognizing each other.

My birthday was good.  Fred made me breakfast in the morning.  The rest of the day was an average day at home with Lennon.  We went out for dinner with Fred's family that evening.  On Friday night Marianne babysat and Fred and I went out for wine and tapas.  That was really nice!  I also got to go out on Saturday night with Tami.  Lennon did fine with taking a bottle before bed.  She very rarely has a bottle so I wasn't sure how that would go, but it wasn't a problem. 

Sleep is still unpredictable.  Or, I should say, once we think there's some sort of pattern she changes it!  She was quite consistently only getting up once in the night for quite a while.  But in the last week she's started getting up a second time.  It makes for a tired mama.

Lennon has two new teeth coming through.  We noticed in Nashville that her top two front teeth were starting to come and have since poked through.  She seems to be doing well with it, no real complaining.  But maybe the change in sleep is a side effect?  She's also trying really hard to crawl.  She does not stay in one place at all.  She is constantly spinning around, pushing backwards, pushing up on her knees, wiggling herself around and sometimes can pull herself forward a bit.  She loves to pull the edges off her foam mat, go for the curtains, and pull on the side table.  On the move!  We just ordered some baby gates:)  Lennon also makes lots of noise.  She loves to babble, squeal and clap her hands!  Maybe there will soon be a "mama" or "dada?!"   She definitely likes to be heard.  Her noises are very cute, such a cute little voice!

(much later)  This post has taken me so long to finish that it's now Lennon's 9 month birthday today!  Two days ago she started crawling.  Well, moving forward anyway.  She pulls herself along with her arms and inches her legs up. 

Pictures for this post are going to have to come later.  I still need to get some off of Fred's phone.