Friday we went to dinner nearby at a shopping center that has these beautiful fountains. The fountains are an attraction for families because kids can actually run through them. Sweet baby L is a dare-devil by nature so we were sure that she would be so excited!
Here we are going into dinner. Sweet baby L looks a little cranky.
It's very cute. L will now play peek a boo with nearly anything handy. She especially likes to play with things that she can see through.
I love the breath marks on that lid. Hee hee.
After dinner we headed out to the fountains. You know, the ones that L was going to be so excited to see!
She was less than thrilled. I thought she'd warm up to the fountains, but she was sticking to her guns.
I think that this is part of a larger problem we're having lately. We are headed straight into the thick of some hardcore seperation anxiety. I think that her nervousness was due less to the water and more to the fact that the place was crawling with kids. She wanted to stay right with us and when we were just sitting, she was happy.
... but when we got close to the action, she wanted to be on us like glue.
She eventually did get a few feet from us, but stayed pretty close and well enough away from the water.
This next thing may come as a shock to most of you. It came as a shock to me. L has developed a little bit of a ... naughty streak. Seriously, if any kid has snacks in a 50 foot area around her, she knows it. She also knows all the things that she shouldn't be into, and I'm finding that she's to the age now where I have to chase her a lot more to get her out of whatever she's into!
snack stealing:
All of that is, of course, riddled with lovey times too.
Sweet baby L is officially off of baby food, formula and the bottle! She is eating just about anything. This meal was spinach pancakes, goat cheese and goldfish crackers (yum!). A friend just told me that kids develop their taste for foods between 9 and 15 months, so I'm trying to make it work to her advantage and hoping she develops a taste for things that are good for her.
Along with our newfound seperation anxiety, she is also becoming much more attached to her pink blanket. I love this photo.
On Saturday night we went to a park near our house. The park is near an airport and is airplaned themed. It was hilarious when all the kids in park stopped to point at planes overhead.
I don't know what this face says, but it's saying something.
Checking out where Daddy is:
Getting distracted by the man behind her telling his kid, "no."
And... after all that hard playing, L knew exactly what she wanted.
Starbucks! (and seriously... to the person who put a starbucks on a playground... pure genius.)
We won't be here next week, but may get something posted anyway. See you soon!
2 comments:
Great, great, great post. Pictures are amazing. And love the commentary. The park by your house looks pretty neat too. Tyler would go nuts with the airplane and truck.
Can't believe that she is almost a year! I hope that you have a great party. And look forward to the blog post of it!
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