I Can Use a Straw! Sort of...

(I hope it works this time...)

Bye, Bye Bottle

It's official London is off the bottle. She's been taking all her liquids from a sippy cup for about two weeks now. I hope telling everyone doesn't result in relapse:) So proud of our big girl!


Showing Off Her Skills:)

So Thirsty!

Preparing for our evening walk

Playing with "her" doll that was mine when I was her age

Mommy's Sippy Cup

Grandpa and Swimming

This week London's Jojo Bernard came to visit her all the way from Kenya. Jojo means grandpa in Meru. She has spent the week being spoiled with gifts and lots of love. She has been showing off all of her new tricks and telling him lots of stories. She wasn't even sitting up when he saw her last.
Today she officially opened the pool for the summer with her first ever swim! She enjoyed it thoroughly but was less of a fan of water in her face. We laughed at her in her floating swimsuit-she looked a lot like a turtle especially on her back:) The cutest little turtle I've ever seen! She also took two steps today! Wow, it won't be long and we will really be chasing after her...

May

Wow it's only ten days into May and it has already been eventful for the Kinoti's namely London. This past weekend London took her first plane ride to Los Angeles to see her Aunt Smita, Uncle Kim, and cousins Luke and Laila. It was a practice run for our big trip later this year. It wasn't terrible. It wasn't great. She didn't scream and cry the whole time but it was exhausting. She did sleep some on our return flight thankfully.

While in L.A. we went on a surprise 5th birthday trip for Luke to Legoland in Carlsbad, California. The kids were so good in the car! London and Laila were born best friends too. Laila was so sweet and gentle with London giving her kisses and holding her hand. The funniest theme of the weekend was Laila thought that London was a little boy from her preschool named Collin. I guess she looks a lot like him:) "Collin" she would say in the sweetest little voice. It was so hysterical and sweet. We tried to correct her but she would insist "Collin". So we just started calling her Collin too-lol! I wonder what she had to say at school this morning about her weekend with "Collin":)
Our little Collin grew leaps and bounds this weekend too. Not only did she say her first words "uh oh", and "hi Laila" (twice) she learned to give "high fives" and she is standing without holding on for a few seconds! Thanks big cousins!
We also celebrated Mother's Day-my first. We ate breakfast at a very tasty pie shop near Legoland. We spent the remainder of the weekend hanging out and touring some of the sites at Venice Beach and dinner in Malibu.I only wish I would have taken more pictures. Thanks Kim and Smita for a wonderful weekend!

Good Bye Single Digits

Last Sunday London turned 9 months old. So of course we celebrated by going to see Dr. Cheng on Monday morning. Fortunately no immunizations this time but we did get our finger pricked for an iron check. London was such a big girl-not a single tear! London stayed steady in weight staying in the 95th percentile dropped off a little in length to the 90th percentile

London Kinoti August 1, 2010
7lbs 15 oz 20 inch long


London Kinoti May 2, 2010
22lbs 11oz ; 28 3/4 inch long

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