It happened so quickly. From my knee to daddy's knee three feet away. Just a few teetering steps and it was done. The most momentous steps of my baby girl's life; she didn't know it, and I nearly missed it.
A few minutes later, it was coffee table to loveseat. And I still didn't have my camera at the ready. So then it was encouraging and enticing, and back and forth she went, and I got it on camera.
Fast forward a week and a half. Today I watched in awe as Mary toddled her way across the room, doing a funny cross between a strut and a hoedown. At what seemed to me to be breakneck speed. How can she be going so fast already? Wasn't it just a little while ago she was learning to roll over?
I think it's every mom's dilemma: wanting your baby to grow and learn, yet wanting them to stay small. I am just trying to cement these memories before the next big thing! Which, at this rate, is due any moment now.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Hello again, it's been a while
I knew I am an inconsistent blogger. It's been so long, that I don't even really remember a cold egg breakfast. I just can't separate that one meal from the multitudes of others. Mommies eat cold food, I figured that out now.
We moved in July. Mary has her own room, and it's slowly transforming from storage room into a little girl's federal disaster area. I have decided if she would rather have her books strewn around on the floor in there, she's welcome to it. I am busy enough with the disaster relief in the living room.
Mary is cruising with ease. And starting to climb. And is crawling all over the place. And if there is something on the floor that is small and potentially hazardous, I can depend on my little girl to find it for me. But for every beat my heart misses, there's a melting too. She is so sharp and intuitive. She's one of the most expressive babies I've ever met. And I know I am already in trouble.
I also have the most adorable nephew ever. Gas prices keep me from visiting him as often as I want to, but pictures keep me from going crazy. He's growing up so big and cute. I'm excited that Mary has a cousin so close in age to her.
Oh, my heart just melted again. I caught her hugging her owl puppet. I think I'm going to go play a rousing round of Eyes, Nose, Mouth!
We moved in July. Mary has her own room, and it's slowly transforming from storage room into a little girl's federal disaster area. I have decided if she would rather have her books strewn around on the floor in there, she's welcome to it. I am busy enough with the disaster relief in the living room.
Mary is cruising with ease. And starting to climb. And is crawling all over the place. And if there is something on the floor that is small and potentially hazardous, I can depend on my little girl to find it for me. But for every beat my heart misses, there's a melting too. She is so sharp and intuitive. She's one of the most expressive babies I've ever met. And I know I am already in trouble.
I also have the most adorable nephew ever. Gas prices keep me from visiting him as often as I want to, but pictures keep me from going crazy. He's growing up so big and cute. I'm excited that Mary has a cousin so close in age to her.
Oh, my heart just melted again. I caught her hugging her owl puppet. I think I'm going to go play a rousing round of Eyes, Nose, Mouth!
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