The start of Fall finally kicked in the last month or so with a few colder days where you could wear a scarf without sweating. One of the colder days so far this year was Columbus Day where we had a chance to check out the Arboretum as a family of three. I knew that Lillian would really appreciate it more this year and so I'm glad that we all went together. They had their amazing pumpkin patch and a petting zoo this year so we enjoyed for a few hours and then headed home to relax. (In these same pumpkin patch photos for Lillian's first Fall it was warm enough that she was in a sleeveless shirt, but this year the cold caught us by surprise and she hardly had warm clothes in her closet to wear yet! Go figure, Texas!)
(Above: Lillian in one of many many action shots as she ran around squealing about all the pumpkins.)
(Above: Lillian headed into one of the gourd houses - she would run in one door and out the other and come around to make the loop again saying and signing "more? more!")
(Above: I try and convince Lillian to try and pet one of the animals that she's watching with such concern - they had sheep, goats, chickens, bunnies and a cow in a separate pen that you could pet through the fence.)
(Above: Michael has a little more luck getting her interested in the goat... which we are certain had to have been drugged!)
Other things that are "so Lillian" at the 20 month mark...
- She is obsessed with her baby dolls and likes taking them everywhere and reading them books and feeding them with spoons and bottles
- "Milk" - which she asks for frequently sounds exactly like "No". Why she doesn't say drink or something that sounds more like milk I have no idea.
- She has pee peed on the potty once. We sit on it several times a day but mostly after our bath for a long stretch and the one and only accidental time that she actually used the potty seemed to be a little more traumatic than exciting in spite of Michael and I both making such a positive/praising/big deal out of the whole thing.
- She loves Sunshine School, her teacher Ms. Aimee and her friends there. Adorable!
- She also has begun to love Ladies Bible Study where she can go and play with her friends in the nursery when I go to the ladies class on Tuesday - this time has been such a blessing for me mid-week and I'm so thankful that Lillian is enjoying it too.
- Laughing for attention - Lillian will laugh this big boisterous fake laugh because she knows that people are going to look at her and say "look how cute she is!" "look how funny she is!" and she works it.
- All of the ladies at Sunshine School say how 'funny' Lillian is, how much she loves music and the playground, and how they just can't imagine that she could EVER get in trouble at home. Leslie Jackson who watches Lillian during ladies bible study but also sees her at Sunshine School recently told Lillian's teacher, Ms. Aimee "I just love that Lillian she is so sweet and squishy and snuggly!"
- I think that I can see more challenging eating being on the horizon... though a lot of mealtime challenges when we are out are more to do with Lillian being tired or 'finished' before every one else. She doesn't run away but she LOVES to get out of her highchair and stand around near the table where everyone else is eating. This is an area that is a potential battleground....and so we are just trying to choose the right battles!
- This month I put a flat adult pillow in her bed and the first morning she slept until 9:15!!! It didn't continue, but she did sure love that pillow and it is now a sleeping staple. *Sigh* What a big girl.
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