Let's see...it's been 6 long months since I posted. We went on our first vacation with Gwen to visit Gramma and Happa in Colorado. Gwen did better than expected on the airplane but I wouldn't say it was relaxing. She had a great time in the playland that my mom and dad created in their house...mr. potatohead was discovered as was the berenstain bears 'The Bike Lesson' (aka 'boom boom book'). she loves that book...and I can now read it from memory.
Gwen is doing a lot more talking now...we have full blown conversations which are fun. Some of her funnier phrases are 'k-cup' (for cupcake...they are an obsession after eating the frosting off of one at her friend Abby's b-day party), 'peeez' (she knows we're suckers for the please and thank you so uses it all the time), 'sorry' (from a book with a phrase 'sorry pepper', we used to hug her when she'd say that line and now she says 'soo-rreee' at random times to get a hug), 'monkey man aye yayee yayee' when hanging from things (after the wiggles monkey man song). The other day she was coughing to get our attention and when it didn't work she started saying 'cough, cough, cough'...good stuff kid.
We WERE happy to say that Gwen was off the bottle for a good long time but just in the last week or so she has been asking for a bottle constantly. I've heard that kids go through phases when they revert back to old habits so I'm hoping it doesn't last long.
Gwen still devours, literally devours, her 'fi fi' (giraffe lovie), so I've been forced into buying 5 so we can keep a constant rotation of fresh 'fi fi's' on hand. I don't know how she does it...they are downright nasty after a day!
Here are a few photos from the last few months. Enjoy!
(Gwen with Ernie at Busch Gardens - April 2011)
(styling the shades in Colorado - May 2011)
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