First, I walked into her room after her first nap of the day after listening to her talk to herself and play with her music maker. I peaked into the room and found her in the following state.
I know what you're thinking - 'so what'. But considering she has never been able to sit herself up from a laying down position, I found this to be photograph worthy. This is a huge sign that we are in TROUBLE. She was calmly sitting, facing the music maker (turned on by herself, of course), and screeching at the top of her lungs.
I had already planned to run to the store after her nap to buy baby proofing tools before this happened, but the timing could not have been better. When we returned home and I place her in her walking exersaucer, she managed to pull down the trash can by the trash bag, chase the dog into a corner, try to pull my laptop power cord out of the wall, tear through the recycling box, yank a vertical blind out of the track, and pull out a pen from the catch-all drawer in the kitchen. Oh, and she managed to pull herself up to a standing position at the end of the couch without assistance. Yikes, she's growing up fast.
By this time I was a little worried that she wouldn't survive until Jason's return, as I was obviously being a horrible parent. Not really - I'm usually only a split second away once she gets into something, and I never let her get into any near danger. But, seriously, Jason, I MISS YOU!!!
On another note, I knitted my niece a purple princess crown for her fourth birthday, which is coming up shortly. I knitted it out of crepe paper - yes! I said crepe paper. I then embelished it with ribbon and buttons. I really hope she likes it.
I even managed to get Ivy to model it for all of two seconds while I struggled to hold it on her head and flash the picture at the same time.
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Ivy really does look like a real princess. She is learning so much and growing so fast, what a fun and busy time.
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