Baby on the go - that's what Colleen is calling Sequoia these days. It is almost as if she can climb straight up walls like Spiderman. Well I might be exaggerating about that, but for a baby who can not crawl yet, she is mobile beyond belief.
Sequoia has no intentions of sitting still and has started giving us a glimpse of the little adventure traveler that hides within. She is very close to real crawling, but does not let that keep her from getting around. She rolls, squirms, slithers and occasionally walks (not really) to wherever she wants to go.
Diaper changes have become an adventure that resembles trying to put pants on a river otter. She is a wiggling, giggling little clown on her changing table and on more than one occasion I have ended up accidentally putting her outfit on backwards while attempting to keep all the legs and arms straight. Colleen enjoys pointing that out whenever it happens.
As you can see, she has mastered the art of looking back over her shoulder to see if we are going to catch her before she launches off over new horizons. Her parents really hold her back from some pretty cool stuff. In this picture it includes keeping her from doing a forward flip into the laundry basket...we think we are pretty good parents, she thinks we're a couple of buzz kills.
On other fronts, Sequoia and Colleen joined a bunch of their friends from their Peninsula Mommies group to volunteer down at the assisted living nursing home in Gloucester. The basic idea is that the residents get to play with our kids and our kids get to see where their parents will be living in a few years....I might have misread the mission statement, but it was something like that. Anyway Sequoia did not have her nap today and was not exactly miss smiles and sunshine today when Mr. Kelly attempted to make friends with her.
One of the highlights for Colleen and Sequoia was meeting a Bone-a Fido movie star. That's not a typo ... the movie star was Zelly the dog (short for mademoiselle). Evidently Zelly starred with Ingrid Bergman ('s daughter...) in the classic "Zelly and Me". Nope - never heard of it either, but that does not mean it's not interesting. I plan on Googling it to see what I can find out about the star caliber of Zelly. It has the makings of a made for TV movie...
And quite honestly, my favorite part of the story is the fact that Sequoia's friend Brooklyn showed up sporting a pony-tail. That is pretty cool stuff for a little girl who has obviously been envious of Sequoia's flowing locks for quite some time now.
2 comments:
Sequoia reminds me of her Aunt Cathleen at the exact same age....I always had to hold her down with my left hand while I dressed her with my right. Whatr a daily challenge! Sequoia's Great Grandmother Pedersen came to visit us at the time and finally believed what I'd told her about how squirmy Baby Cathleen was...one had to experience it to believe it. AND it's obvious that Sequoia is exactly the same....as far as squirminess goes, anyway!
So much fun, isn't she, Colleen and Leo? What lucky guys you all are! Sequoia is lucky to have such neat and wonderful parents and you two are more than lucky to have such an amazing little daughter!
We love you guys! Grandmom and Granddad
ha! I loved the part about visiting the nursing home! I forgot all about your blogs... thanks for doing these and keeping us posted. Miss you all (babies and the furries included).
Post a Comment