Evelyn is still not crawling. At least not forward. She can get from a sitting position onto her hands and knees, but the she just pushes herself backward. Hasn't figured out that whole knees-push-forward thing quite yet. But soon! I can feel it!
She can scoot around pretty well, too, getting to where she wants to go after a while. Her recent mischief includes pulling the kitchen trashcan over and getting the disc out of the Wii and trying to eat it. You will leave her alone in a room for a few minutes and she is definitely not in the same place as when you left. I know she wants to move because she loves WALKING! That's right. Not unaided walking, but walking nonetheless. She can pull herself up and cruise along the ottomans or other furniture pieces. She loves--LOVES--to hold on to someones hands and just walk around. (My poor back...I need to be 6 inches shorter for this activity.) She knows exactly where she wants to go, and she walks right to it. Her balance is the issue, but not her determination. She can almost stand for a second by herself. Maybe she will be a late crawler and early walker.
Evelyn is just such a great baby. We are working on the "waking every night to eat" situation and finding some good solutions. No naps after 3pm (when we can help it) and eating a bottle before the bath with a little top-off after the bath. She is definitely getting more stubborn and demanding, not entirely unexpected given her mother's temperament. I wish I had some pictures to post because she is just so stinkin' adorable.
We have been going to the YMCA on a pretty regular basis and Evelyn has been going to the short-term daycare. She does pretty well for about 45 minutes, and then she gets cranky. But she hasn't had an all-out "you're not my parents...wait...where are my parents?!!" fit yet, so that is good. I know the first time that happens I'm going to have a hard time leaving her. But it feels good to be exercising again. I have a little weight-lifting routing the trainer set up for me and it kicks my booty. I am weak. But not for long!
Today I am at work, but not working. Yesterday my computer was infected with some stupid virus that isn't all that damaging but really hard to get rid of. Fun. So my hard drive is being cleaned or rebuilt or something and it will take until at least this afternoon. I have a loaner laptop to use, but all I can do is check my email and surf the web. I think I will take a nice, long lunch and run some errands. Like buy the ingredients to make a root beer cake! How good does that sound? Yum!
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