Spring!

Spring has arrived and Lennon's been having such a wonderful time playing outside in the sunshine. She hasn't been very interested in toys, but has been helping us pull weeds, pot plants, and dig holes. Today her favorite game was pulling up handfuls of grass, putting them on Trooper's head, then pointing and giggling at him. Troopy is such a good sport and usually just stood there with his little green wig.

Lennon's Doggies

Lennon is starting to understand the concept of "gentle" so we've been allowing her to spend a little more time interacting with Trooper and Chloe. She's been chasing them around the kitchen table, petting, hugging, and kissing them. She tells them: no, out, and eat; she can also say: Bubba/Bubby, Chloe, doggy, and beagle. This morning she was even trying to "read" a book to Trooper, showing him the pictures and making animal sounds for him. Lennon loves her doggies!

Hiding

Sometimes when Lennon gets upset with me she tries to hide her face in a corner.

Lennon and Lola

Extended Rear Facing

We often get asked why Lennon's car seat is still rear-facing even though she meets the requirements to be forward-facing. Although 1 year old and 20 lbs is the minimum requirement, most car seat technicians are now recommending to wait until the child is at least 2 years old and 30 lbs to turn the seat around. We'll probably turn Lennon around when she's two, maybe earlier, maybe later. I think both of our car seats have a maximum rear-facing weight of 35 lbs, so we have quite a while (she's only 23 lbs). As for now she doesn't seem to mind sitting backwards, so backwards she will remain. Here's some good info on extended-rear-facing.

Lennon Loves the Baby

Since we moved back to Petaluma our computer has been in a non-child-friendly room, so I haven't had many chances to use it for long enough to upload videos or many pictures. We just moved the computer into the room where we spend most of our time, so hopefully I'll get into the habit of posting regularly.

Lennon is wonderful! She has started trying to repeat everything we say and is still learning new signs. Her favorite word right now is "please" (which sounds more like "peash"), because she knows that's how to get whatever she wants. Every time we see a little kid she gets super excited and yells "BABY!", then she tries to hug and kiss the kid.

Whenever I take out the video camera Lennon runs toward me and grabs the screen so she can see herself in it. In this video I flipped the screen around so she could see "the baby" in it while I was taping her. This was a couple of months ago so she wasn't talking as much as she is now, but you can see her sign: mom, sleep, all done, baby, and please.

Beach

We went to Dillon Beach last week and the weather was more beautiful than Ian and I had ever seen it there. The sun was out, but it wasn't too hot, and, amazingly, there was no wind! We splashed around in the surf until our feet were numb.


Lennon thought it was great and was laughing and running around the entire time. She thought it was especially hilarious when she would fall into a puddle. By the end of our day her clothes were soaked and she was covered in sand.