Five Months On...

Yesterday (March 12), Delenn turned five months old. While on the one
hand the time has gone by quickly, on the other it seems like forever.
We can't imagine life without her. Logan must feel the same because any
time Delenn is down for a nap (or if she's in another room) he asks
where she is.

This week we put Delenn in the Johnny Jump-up for the first time. She
quickly got the hang of it and was happily jumping up and down within a
few minutes. We also got a new highchair (from Intown Housing) and
Delenn now joins us for meals. She seems much happier being up to see
all the action. She has even taken to chowing down on a spoon (she
hasn't yet had solid foods, though).

BLOW OUT! Delenn had quite a doozy on Saturday... Mom had set her down
in her chair outside while playing with Logan. Daddy came outside and
got ready to pick her up. She had poo streaming down her legs. He
quickly took her in to change her -- and reported that she had poo
smeared on her back all the way up to her head! Yuck! And on the topic
of poos--Logan now exclusively poos in the potty. He even holds it
until we get home in order to go in the potty. The last thing he has to
tackle is peeing while we're out on the go (peeing in a potty regularly,
that is).

Both Logan and Delenn have come down with colds. Delenn was pretty
unhappy yesterday -- waking up early from her afternoon nap (around
1:30) and not going to sleep for the night until nearly 8pm. For a baby
who usually is not up for more than two hours, this was an enormously
long stretch of time.

Logan continues to impress us with his number and letter recognition. He
still wants to play the numbers/letters game several times a day. Not
only is the hallway covered, but much of the kitchen has letters (with
contact paper on the floor). He now recognizes a bit more than half of
the alphabet and the numbers up to 12.

Hopefully this isn't repeating what we wrote last week. Auntie Wendy
sent us some sign language DVDs called "Singing Time." Each show
teaches about 30 new signs -- but incorporates lots of music and kids
into the video. Logan and Mom really enjoy them. It's surprising how
quickly Logan catches onto the signs. We're trying to use some of the
signs in our daily conversations (Logan new about 6-10 signs when he was
a baby); hopefully that'll give Delenn some language skills in the next
year or so. Another one of Logan's favorite movies is called "Muzzy."
Muzzy is a creature from outer space who eats metal (including parking
meters). Logan enjoys the story (about a princess who loves the
gardener) -- and asks to watch it often. The catch? It is completely
in Spanish! It's appealing and he watches the entire segment. The show
includes the number up to 10, basic colors, basic greetings, some foods
and a few of the basic verbs.

Despite the kids' colds, we had a nice morning. After our walk around
the neighborhood, we ended at the big playground. Unfortunately none of
Logan's friends could come, but we still had a good time. We played
there for about an hour. Logan is getting to be a confident climber,
doing most of the more challenging parts of the equipment. Then we went
to the Araluen cultural precinct. First we visited the airplanes.
Logan was quite fascinated by the engines. Next we went into the small
natural history museum. There were all sorts of mammals, birds,
reptiles and spiders (stuffed, of course). Logan also liked the meteors
(we had just watched part of Disney's Dinosaur this morning so meteors
were fresh on his mind!). Our tour ended with a visit to the paintings.
I'm always surprised that Logan is so interested in the paintings, but
he insists on going into all the rooms (4 total).

Logan is now down for a nap and hopefully Delenn will go down soon too.