• Mommy got an injury that made walking nearly impossible, but the chiropractor has healed her nicely
• Solenne got pink eye.
• Solenne got a horrible stomach flu virus which she shared with Mommy and Daddy, making for one of the worst sick days of our lives (poor little Solo was our nurse!)
• Cousin Kate was in a terrible accident (but is on the mend very nicely. Thank God!)

On the more positive front, Solenne celebrated her 15 month birthday. She has started to do some very cute new things:

• She likes to jump up and down
• She likes to “conduct” certain songs
• She likes to point to herself
• She has discovered how to stick her finger up her nose

She is also chattering away a lot, saying “Hello” to complete strangers and asking the names of everyone on the subway or the bus.

Here are some new words we heard this month:

• See you 
• What’s Up?
• Who’s there?
• Who is that?
• Ear
• Lindsay (her daycare provider)
• Jo-Ann (weird, since we rarely call Mommy by her name)

And at last, here are some photos. The first batch is from Grandpa’s birthday/St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

And here are shots from Easter weekend.

In this class, the kids celebrated Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year and Mardi Gras.

Here are some pictures from the last class.

Aiden, Solenne, Morgan and Isaac. Isaac is a possible new romantic interest.

Big Kid Addison, Solenne, Bridget and Grace play with scarves.

Here are Isaac, Solo and Grace checking out Sophia’s windchimes.

Solenne loves to eat and one of her favourites is baked beans. As you can see above, she is a messy eater…

She has also started to use a lot of random words. Here are some we heard in the last month:

• I know
• Not that
• Don’t
• No Way
• Tickly
• My sister (??)
• Kids
• Go away
• No more
• A key
• Nobody
• Sit
• I go bye bye
• I mommy (when holding her doll)
• Michael (a friend from daycare)
• Lindsay (daycare provider)
• who’s that
• Bus
• Row, row, row

And yesterday, we heard the first utterance of “Solenne!”

Solenne dressed in her cute little pink ensemble.

Mixmaster Solo was in the house.

She spent some time strutting and signalling.

Solenne enjoyed hanging out.

It was a Family Day to remember!

Here’s Adric. What a big boy!

And here’s William with two drinks.

Here are the three munchkins hanging out.

Solenne was a very good girl on the subway.

I love daycare! I have some great new friends: Emma, Michael, Katie and Baby Kate (who is also one). It is so much fun that I get quite tired.

Now that I am a big girl, there are things that I like to do:

1. I like to help out with the housework. This pleases Mommy.

2.  I LOVE to sort laundry. And I like to scold it too.

3. My favourite new word is “Hello.” I say it a LOT.

4. I like spin in circles, jump up and down and squint my eyes for fun.

Mommy and Daddy threw her a party with family and friends.

Solenne saw her first candle on her Dora the Explorer cake.

Solenne ate her first cupcake, and it was yummy.

Solenne opened her presents which included a rocking horse, a Winnie the Pooh scooter, a soft caterpillar toy, a wooden wagon and a baby doll.

Solenne was happy to see cousin Daniel again.

Here are some little birthday facts about Solenne:

1. She now weighs 25 pounds, 8.5 ounces. She is just over 30 inches tall.
2. Her favourite new word is “giggle.” She is also saying “yes,” “okay,” “see” and something that sounds like “what’s this?”
3. She loves gyros. It seems appropriate since we live in Greektown.
4. She just started daycare and is having lots of fun with all her new friends.
5. Solenne has learned to dance and loves to lead Mommy and Daddy in singing sessions.

Solenne got a pink stroller which she used to push around a teddy.

She got a cellphone too.

Solenne helped Grandma open presents and rode around on Daddy’s shoulders.

Solenne presented her Daddy with a framed picture.

Solenne learned about a new tradition: sharing the Oplatek. Dzia-Dzia showed her what to do.

Solenne got to hang out with (left to right) Trisha and Holly, Basia, Darek & Jasmine (who has electric blue hair right now).

The big kids sat around and showed off all their new techno-goodies. Katie can be seen third from the right.

Dzia-Dzia posed for some artistic shots.

Solenne got a new baby doll.

Solenne was thrilled to get a new UglyDoll named “Bop and Beep” from Cousin Joey and Cousin Colin.  She already has two: Jeero and Moxy.

Here is Solenne showing Aunt Kathy how UglyDolls work.

Solenne met JoJo the dog and was VERY excited.

Solenne also hung out with Cousin Kate.

She is running around the house, and has recently acquired the following skills:

1. After months of shaking her head and saying “no-no-no-no,” she can now NOD her head;

2. She can tune the radio to a channel of her choice. Sometimes she picks good stations!

3. She has started trying to say “kitten” and “duck.”

4. She has stopped drinking formula from a syringe. She now drinks milk from a sippy cup.  Solenne is no longer breastfeeding, which makes Mommy sort of sad.

Solenne strutted around in her diaper.

She kept her tongue out a lot of the time.

She woke for an early breakfast.

Solenne wore a lovely mushroom and hedgehog outfit for cross-border shopping.

She practiced carrying one of Grandma’s many purses.

Solenne went for a quick run down the path. She looked very silly!

And then she headed back home to Toronto!

As per usual, Solenne does her own thing while everyone else sits nicely with their caregiver.

Here’s the baby pileup: Jaelynn (in purple), Florence (in white) and Aiden (in orange), with Graham (in brown) lurking in the background.

And here is Solenne with Teacher Erika and her baby Florence.

Solenne discovered that king-size beds are the ultimate in comfort.

Solenne got to breathe some Muskoka air and sit in a Muskoka chair.

On the 31st, Solenne went trick or treating at Muskoka Heritage Place. It was a little bit scary!  She prepared for the evening at one of our favourite family-friendly restaurants, East Side Marios.

Solenne was supposed to be dressed up as “Glenn Ghoul” but ended up just being a little skeleton with her ghoulfriends Ghost and Monster.

Here are some of Solenne’s current hat fashions…

Here’s Solenne with Grandma, reading about the latest must-have shoes.

Here’s Solenne keeping a tambourine away from Gaelen.

Here are Solenne and Morgan. Baby Ben is in the background.

Solenne always enjoys a good book. She is surrounded by babies: (left to right) Theo, Nathan, Harper and Gaelen.

Here is Solenne with her teacher Sophia.

This is Solenne’s favourite drum!

John and Chris played some lovely music while Solenne accompanied on the bongos and ukelele.

Here’s Uncle Chris and Aunt Julie.

Solenne always like to try on a new hat.

Here’s Uncle John and Aunt Imee.

Solenne showed Grandpa how she drinks formula and eats broccoli.

Grandpa taught Solenne how to share toys and how to pour from one cup into another.

They went to the park and played on the swings.

Solenne showed Grandpa her latest library book.

Solenne spent some time getting to know Cousin Paul.

Solenne played some piano with Daddy…

And went for a walk in the forest. Solenne played with her first red maple leaf.

Daddy took some sweet black and white photos of Solenne.

Solenne also had a great time playing with her new toy: Fuzzy Wuzzy, the rocking bear.

Solenne spent some quality time with Cousin Holly.

She played peekaboo with Trisha.

Solenne demonstrated her wacky pointer finger…

And showed everyone where she would prefer to sit on the ride home!

She is now proud owner of seven teeth (four on top and three below).

To celebrate her birthday, Solenne got a new guitar from Daddy (more on that later) and Mommy bought Solenne some snazzy maracas.

Solenne gave herself an attractive bruise while doing a nude backflip into some furniture.

She played the piano for them, showed off her fangs and demonstrated her disturbing ability to climb the stairs.

Here she is engrossed in one of her latest library finds.

We now have a way to get formula into Solenne: with a medical syringe!