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Tonight CDF went to a quilting meeting and I stayed home with MDF. That seeminly innocent statement turned into a evening of adventure. Not quite trouble, so I’m calling them adventures.

We started out playing on the floor, pestering Dixie, and eating crumbs around the kitchen table. Then somehow we made our way back to the computer room where we discovered a little “car” (see below) that was just big enough for her to ride. Not thinking, I put her on it and pushed her back and forth. She loved it. We went through the hall, into the living room, kicked the dog out, and went back down the hall.

Ridng a Scooter

I didn’t yet realize how much she was enjoying it, that is until I decided I was tired. I tried to get her off, but she clung to the handlebars. So we went around some more. We tried to stop again, but she wanted to keep going. Finally after the third time of “driving” around the house (I think the total was now about 15 minutes), I decided that it was time to stop. She fussed and fumed for a few minutes, but calmed down when we started getting ready for a bath (one side note on that: wait until the last minute to take off her diaper).

She’s gotten big enough where I can sit her in the tub without the baby seat. I keep a careful watch on her and she’s done fine so far, but normally I only let her out of the seat for the last minute before I dry her off. Tonight I decided to not use the seat at all and let her sit in the bath by her self. She splashed a lot and even was brave enough to crawl after a toy (the water is shallow enough for that). It was actually easier to wash her that way, I didn’t have to try to get around the seat and I could turn her around if I needed to. Near the end she got some water up her nose and that was the end of the fun and so I got her out.

Whose birthday? Why MDF’s first birthday. That’s right, CDF has started planning the event. So far everything is under control, but you never can tell with first birthdays. We’ve made reservations for a shelter at Hugh McRae park, one near the tot playground. I think we have four hours starting at 3:30 pm.

The guest list is around thirty-five people(!), but we’ve yet to send out invitations and I suspect that up to half of them won’t be able to make it (that’s how it usually goes anyway). Fortunately we’re only doing cake and ice cream and won’t have to feed everyone.

We were up at my parents this weekend for Heidi’s birthday party (21!) and were having a cookout in their back yard. They set out a blanket for MDF to crawl on and she loved it. She would play for a while in the middle of the blanket and then crawl to the edge to feel the grass. She went back and forth many times. CDF and Ruth took a bunch of pictures so I’ll have to post one here.

MDF was also interested in the cats and dog that my family has. She especially liked to watch the cats. We tried to get close to both of them, but they’re really shy.

Another thing of note, when we went by CDF’s parents’ house before heading home I noticed that Sparky has become calm enough for me to let her sniff MDF. She’s actually better than Dixie in one important respect: she doesn’t lick!

She’s got the hang of it now. All around the living room, down the hall, back up the hall, into the kitchen. She is crawling everywhere. She’s not very speedy while you’re watching her, but don’t take you eyes off for long, ’cause she’ll move faster than you think.

She’s also starting to pull up. She hasn’t been successful on the coffee table seen in the picture below (as far as I know), but she can stand in her crib, and with the footstools in the living room.