Eve has had a very busy week or
so. Just recently she has perfected her crawling, pulled up to
a kneeling position (first on the hearth, then elsewhere),
pulled up to a standing position (first on the rocking chair,
then elsewhere) and started cruising. Just today she pulled
herself up to a standing position in the crib, which made for
difficult naps. Once she figured it out she just kept standing
up. Unfortunately she hasn’t leanred the sit down part just yet
and so she wailed until I rescued her, or else slipped and fell
face first into the crib railings. Neither are very elegant
solutions to her standing up predicament :) Just tonight, with
my grandparents watching, she went from crawling back to
sitting. First time for that one too. Also within the past week
or two she has started saying “dada” and “mama” accurately and
consistently. She did “dada” first and would call him and look
around for him when she could hear but not see him. A few days
later she started saying “mama” and now she does this sweet,
pathetic “mamama” as she crawls towards me. She’s a bit of a
mamma’s girl at the moment and doesn’t like to be too far away
from me. It’s sweet and makes me feel loved. :) Busy week, huh?
Of course all of this new activity comes with its bumps and
bruises and she has no shortage of marks to show for her
efforts, including a semi-crown of bruises across her forehead
and a small cut on her eyebrow. A small price to pay for such
skills though, right? :) I kept meaning to document each thing
here, but the milestones were coming so fast I couldn’t keep
up. Go Eve go!

Almost forgot, tonight she also
tried to crawl up the stairs. Hello 2nd baby
gate!

I’ve been kind of bummed this week because there
is so much going on, but I’m kind of trapped in the house.
Right now my entire family is on the way to SC to see Joyce
graduate from Clemson tomorrow (go Joyce!!), but I couldn’t
figure out a way to get down their myself. And Jim & Julie
had little Molly the other day and I just want to jump in the
car and go visit them, but I can’t do that either. My practical
husband says they need some time to settle in to their new life
anyway, but I say bah! And my two year old girl didn’t work
out, so it’s just my kids and our new 3mo old friend this week.
The babies are happy enough, but Lex is bored, bored, bored.
We’ve been doing a lot of baking this week, because that’s the
only project he seems to enjoy. Baking and block building. And
reading, reading, reading.

Anyway, the point of my subject line is that
sometimes I think plans were meant to be for whatever reason.
The day after I really wanted to go visit baby Molly, Lex woke
up with a very runny nose. And today, when I really wanted to
be driving to SC with the family, I ended up taking Eve to the
doctor for an ear infection diagnosis. The poor girl is none
too pleased with things today. Thanks goodness for Infants’
Tylenol! She’s actually
on the floor behind me right now, fussing, and (first time!!)
pulling herself up on the futon! In both cases I
think it was good that I was where I was and not where I wanted
to be.

So life goes on and we’ll get
through. We’ll see our lovely Clemson alumna (?) next week and
baby Molly soon enough. And we’ll figure out our days so Lex
doesn’t drive me too crazy with his boredom. Hopefully we can
get another toddler or two soon. Hopefully Eve’s ear infection
passes quickly so she can return to her usual happy, mellow
self. And on that note, I’m going to go snuggle and get
settled, ’cause I think her and I are in for a long
night.