For the Priesthood session of General Conference, my sister, mom and I took the kids for a picnic a the park and Gwen got in the baby swing by herself for the first time. She was not too sure about it at first, but she came to love it, and would say "Weee" when I'd push her. She is also most definitely a walker now. As of the 1st of April she was tottering around pretty good, but probably the 14th she just got up and started walking, and hasn't stopped since.
This is the story of our life. Gwen takes out ALL her toys from the cupboard, takes all the book off the shelf, and then just walks around, not really even playing with anything. So generally, the family room looks like a tornado hit. She's also taken to walking with her sippy cup. It's pretty cute. She's discovered the stairs and she loves to go the the bottom step and kneel and play with toys on it. It's the perfect height for her to sit and stand without having to do anything else, so that is one of her favorite spots in the house. She also loves to get into the fridge, cupboards, and anything else she can open/close.
On April 16th, Gwennie Girl turned 14 months old. I can't believe she's getting so big. She gets more and more fun, but I do miss her tiny days every once in a while. The Sunday after she turned 14 months, on our way to church, Dan said, in just 4 months she can go to nursery, and I almost lost it. She's not big enough for that yet!!
We have fun dressing this little princess up, and she likes it too. :)
My mom and dad have this little toy kitchen from when I was little, and Gwen loves it. She loves to open the cupboards, take out all the dishes, throw them all over the ground, and then close the cupboard, and say "Uh Oh" Her favorite dish is the teapot, and she'll just take it every where. They also have one of those wagons with the big lego blocks in them, and Dan loves to take out the blocks and put a pillow in and cart Gwen around, and she loves it! She just lays back, relaxes and enjoys the ride.
Gwen loves to hang out with Dan and Chloe, and beg for food from everyone eating. (I think she learned that from Chloe...) She loves feeding Dan, and snuggling him when he gives her a snack. We've been going to the aquarium a few times, and she loves it! She loves looking at the fish, jelly fish, and penguins. Eventually, she just ends up lounging back in her stroller, with her feet up enjoying her snacks.
More wagon times with Dad, and jumping on the tramp with Mom. She loves it. She also loves hanging out with her cousin Leo. She tries to boss him around, and sometimes he listens, but usually he just speed crawls away and she walks after him shouting orders. She is so sassy.
She really loves helping Dan do whatever he is doing. We had a small mishap with our brand new kitchen floors. We had a big decorative tile fall from the top of the cupboard and dent the crap out of a few pieces of wood. So we had to tear up about 1/4 of the new floor and replace it. Gwen just chased Dan around tackling him trying to help him hammer, or use the staple gun. When he let her "help" him, she was fascinated. It was precious. We also recently celebrated my brother Landon's college graduation. We had a dinner and good fun chat outside in the beautiful weather, and it was fun to be with the family.
Gwen is loving her baby lately. She goes over the the stroller, says "Baby" and then pushes her around the family room. She also love to gouge the baby's eyes, and then give her a love. It's fun to see her interact with it. She is so funny, and she is getting so smart every day. She is talking like crazy and knows how to say book, baby, doggie, mama, daddy, shoes, bottle, yummy, more, sure, yes, this, uh oh, and a few other ones I'm sure I'm forgetting. She is a little parrot and repeats everything I say. She calls every animal that she sees a doggie and loves her own dog Chloe.
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