OK, so Leslie is about 16 1/2 months now, I am a little behind. I feel like Leslie has grown so much in the last month that I need to post about it even if it is a little late.
Leslie's vocabulary has grown a bit. In addition to her previous words she now says Mommy, she (shoe), ow (out), mo (milk), and mo (more). She is really good at communicating with head nods and hand gestures or signing when she doesn't have a word for something. For example; patting furiously to get you to pull her into your lap or onto the couch and holding her hands out to the side when you ask " where is ....." She also continues to use sign to communicate please, thank you, drink, eat, help and more. Her favorite word, however remains to be "no!" We joke that she says it with a southern twang.
Leslie is a climber. Oh my, does she climb. Early on she would stand up in her highchair with no fear, this was only a precurser for what was to come. She learned how to stand on her sister's stepstool, she pulled herself up on the coffee table, she got herself into the rocking chair by pulling it down to where she could get in, she started climbing into dinning room chairs a couple of weeks ago, and then a couple of days ago she got herself on a very unsteady, empty cardboard box that I had to get rid of because everytime my back was turned she was on it! The girl will climb on anything that isn't moving.
She is quickly moving from being a baby to being a little girl. A transition that Lance and I would like to slow down. When we see everyone in Washington over Christmas, I think everyone is going to be surprised at how much she's grown since the last time they saw her. Even if that was only a few weeks ago.
Lindsay is learning about Christmas as we get closer to our trip. It has been fun to have conversations with her about Santa, Jesus and what they mean. Last week I took the girls through our Church's Christmas Journey. It was a drive through depiction of Jesus' life. WOW! It was really cool. Lindsay got to sit in the front passenger seat while we listened to a cd that described each scene. She was so excited and asking lots of questions. Some serious, some quite funny. An example is that I had told her that her friend Reese's dad was in the Last Supper scene. When we got there, she said "Is that where Reese's daddy works? Is he at a meeting? The night was very fun and since then Lindsay and I have had some interesting conversations. It is so fun to have an inquisitive little girl around to keep me on my toes.
Lindsay is counting the sleeps until we go to Washington. Today she woke up and asked me if that was the last sleep, I had to remind her that there are still 5 to go. So close but so far away!
See y'all soon!
