I think I realized how much fun Gracie learning to crawl is going to be. Last Monday she started to basically army crawl. Amazing to watch and scary to think about all of the additional things she could now get into. I gained an immediate appreciation for all of this when I watched her crawl over to the floor vent for the A/C and proceed to throw up into it. She looked so proud of herself as she turned and looked at me with a big toothless grin; and then the smell hit.
Fortunately it was easy enough to get the vent off and the mess cleaned up. But I can't help but picture all of the places she can get to now. I picture her on top of the fridge. I picture her crawling across the street. I picture her in one of the fireplaces. Boy do we have some baby proofing to do! We had already started to do some of it for when Avery comes and visits so the project is already started. But I never realized what a minefield a house was for a kid until I had one looking to get into everything.
Another fun thing to watch is the dog. Poor Ike! He has been so good for so long and just has to feel like we destroyed his whole world. We were
already getting the "what the hell is this thing" looks from him. And you know he goes to his support group with stories of how "it just won't quit crying". Now he has to deal with a stalker. She loves to crawl over to him to check him out, and just as she is reaching out to touch him he moves. She just turns and stalks again, and Ike looks at me like I have introduced him to hell on earth!
We also have a tooth coming in. You can see the nub just breaking the skin on her lower gum line. I don't know if I am totally ready for the teeth to come in. She looks so adorable when she hits you with one of her big toothless grins. I know she has to grow up, but I already don't like it. It is not that I see myself getting older as she grows. It is the fact that I can already see the day that all of this fun innocence is gone.
So that's a quick update. Enjoy the pics and the video.
Stay Safe,
Rob
Two things here -
ReplyDelete1. Don't over-do the baby proofing. Some "hurts" teach a good lesson and life will not be in a bubble. For example, if she wants to stick something in an electrical outlet, let her. She won't ever do it again and will be tougher for it.
2. From the looks of the video, you are about to give up control of the remote. Not good. Not good at all.
'Noid
Oh NO! I got the remote back; although she is on an everquest to get to the thing. It and all power cords right now.
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