Random Musings On a Wednesday

Walking the Dog before bathtime

One thing Margaret started doing today was walking the dog. This morning, before heading to work, Daisy pointed out to me that M was walking around the house pulling along Toby on his leash.

Upon getting home, SAM showed me how M had graduated to simply walking around holding Toby in her hand.

I suppose you can do that if it's not a real dog.

She was really into it, though, walking all over the house, sitting down and putting Toby down when she got tired, then picking him up again to move until she got tired or tripped again.

Gettin' ready to get out of her clothes
M is now into everything and everywhere at once. I swear, for someone who just learned to walk, she runs circles around us.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm tied to the coiled end of a rope with Margaret on the other end. She'll take off, and it takes a moment for her to gain some speed and for the rope to uncoil, then there I am, having to follow as if whiplashed out of my seat for fear that she'll get into some trouble.

I'm thinking Road Runner and Wyle E. Coyote here. Beep! Beep!

Bedroom antics
Thankfully, the house is mostly baby proofed, so for the most part, we can let her be unless we ourselves have put something down that shouldn't be in her reach.

We've been lucky so far (knock on wood) that the only real crying we've had has been mostly due to her not getting what she wants or us changing her.

Not to say she hasn't bumped her head, but aside from one scare where she stuck her fingers into a socket at Joy's house, our baby seems recently to have acquired a decent sense of self preservation, even able, now, to come down off the bed bum first.

Happy, clean and groomed
Fatherhood continues to amaze me with how much fun it is. I'm exhausted at the end of every day, but this is the longest period of such incredible fun that I've ever been through.

It has changed everything in how I look at the world.

I can't recommend it highly enough.