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| 13 months old! (February 14, 2015) |
All of a sudden it's the end of February...how did that happen?! We've been having such great weather it feels like it should be spring and that it should just keep warming up from here. But, alas, it is only February. Which means that there are still at least two months (this is Calgary) of winter left! It's colder again this week but last week we had some temps up in the low teens! Amazing! Lennon and I got out for some great walks! When it's cold I tend to not want to go anywhere. I think I need to live somewhere tropical ;)
Lennon seems more grown up all of a sudden. She is trying to say more and more words. It's adorable really. She has to say "nai nai" (night night) to just about everything in her room at bedtime. She continues to say "baaer" (bear) and "baa" (bath). Also added to her repertoire is "ball" (comes out pretty clearly as ball!) and, of course, "no." She likes to point at things we don't let her touch and say "no." Oh dear! The words most commonly (like, every two seconds!) uttered are "das" and "dat," which she says as she points at absolutely everything, and sometimes nothing, around the house. Although she does say "no" she will nod her head for "yes" and sometimes a little "ya" comes out. She loves to nod when she's excited and also answers with a nod when asked some questions. The other day I asked her if she had a dirty bum (clearly she did judging by the smell emanating) and she nodded her head. I then said "ok, let's go change your bum" and she promptly made her way over to the stairs.
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Family selfie!, Sweet face, Playing with tupperware, Playing with a cup and straw,
Practicing eating with a fork |
I haven't talked about sleep in a while, but that's because it's been going so well (knock on wood!!) Our typical day starts with Lennon waking up between 7:00 and 7:30. Sometimes she wakes and does a bit of talking around 6:30 but will go back to sleep for a bit. She then goes for a nap around 9:30. Usually this nap is only about 45 minutes to an hour. Then she has an afternoon nap around 1:30, usually for an hour and a half to two hours. And finally she's ready for bed and sleeping shortly after 7:00. It's a decent schedule. I know it will change though! But for now she isn't showing any signs of cutting down to one nap yet...thankfully. The 7:00 bed time is great for Fred and I to have the evening together but it also, unfortunately, means that he only gets to see Lennon for about an hour in the evening. That's probably why she loves to follow him around all weekend!
Other new things Lennon is doing....oh, she's starting to want to feed herself with a fork or spoon. That makes for some fun messes! She's doing pretty well though and occasionally some food makes it to her mouth via the spoon or fork. She has also learned how to drink through a straw. She is enjoying that and will spend lots of time playing around
with a cup and straw.
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Swing (not too sure about it!), First try colouring, Sweet girl,
With pal Jordan, With cousin Ashton |
For the Family Day long weekend we drove down to Eureka (near Whitefish), Montana. It was a nice drive, about four hours long. We went with Jerry, Danielle and George for a winter getaway. There was no snow around though (fine by me!) and the weather was quite mild. That made it nice for walking around. We had a great time...well, we had a great time after we got out of the stink bug infested house we had rented! Ew! We took day trips, there are some beautiful lakes around there, and cooked some great dinners at home once the kids went to bed. Overall, a pretty chill weekend!
