Well, my class is officially over. Our presentation went well. If anyone is interested in the topic of the sacramental life for the LGBT community, I would highly recommend William Stacy Johnson's recent book A Time to Embrace. It was endlessly useful to our entire group.
While I've been in school, Alliclaus has been up to no good. Okay, she's been up to some good, but also some bad.
She's been biting and hitting my mom and pitching temper tantrums. She's doing it late in the day, so I think (and so does my mom) that she's probably just done with not having me home. These two weeks, she's spent close to ten hours a day without me. That's a lot of her, since normally it's less than five.
But she's also been using her hostility to master some skills. She's getting up to a seated position by herself and is pulling up to stand on things not human. Not only does she know nose, she now has some sense of what an ear is. Maybe.
I've been told before that it happens really fast. One day your baby's a blob and the next they do twelve new behaviors a week. I guess I just didn't think it would happen while I was away.
I've been living my life in blissful unawareness of the dangers of my home, but I guess it's time to start babyproofing.
ooh, the babyproofing. good luck with that!
Posted by: lara at February 2, 2007 12:02 PM
Ah, independence. This is the beginning of YOU learning that she is her own person!
Posted by: By Jane at February 2, 2007 02:34 PM
Oh boy, I guess this is when the fun starts--when she can get into everything!
Posted by: Jennifer at February 3, 2007 12:37 PM
You made it through your class; Woohoo! I hope you were all able to get back in the swing of things and get caught up on all the new and exciting things. I'm sure it's hard watching Alli grow up, but it's bound to happen and I've heard that babies only get more fun as they get older.
Posted by: Jessie at February 5, 2007 11:12 AM
Those milestones are so fun! She will do things while your gone and it is kind of depressing that you didn't get to see it 1st...but she will do them again and again so don't worry! I am not a fan of total baby proofing, I think its good for kid to know limits and boundaries.
Posted by: Jenny at February 6, 2007 03:55 PM
you know how we babyproof? Lady walks through the house and knocks things over, and I follow in her wake and put them back up higher. Excellent strategy, no? ;)
Posted by: Chatty cricket at February 2, 2007 10:24 AM