Quincy's BIG Birthday weekend actually started on Sunday, the day before her birthday (so it wasn't actually a weekend, it was more like "Quincy's Big Birthday Two Days"...). The first thing we did was turn her car seat around to a front-facing car seat. She reached the minimum weight requirement two months ago, but she had to be one year old in addition to the weight requirement in order to switch it. As you can see, she likes the new orientation! She's a big girl now (actually, at 90th percentile in height, she's always been a big girl).
After we switched her seat, we took her out to the country for a hay ride and a visit to a petting zoo. During the hay ride, she was sooo much more interested in the hay than the actual ride. For some reason this new substance called "hay" just fascinated her. We're going to get her some for Christmas....
After the hayride we stopped off at the petting zoo on the farm. Quincy loved all the animals...she called all of them "doggy". We have learned that she refers to any animal as "doggy", not just our actual dogs. To her, they are all the same. I imagine this is the same with all children just learning to speak.
I love this picture.
