Magda had her first away trip last week. G came down on Wednesday to babysit while Jennifer and I went to see the Dialogues of the Carmelites (our second date that week - after David Sedaris on Monday). The next day, Magda went with her to Ft. Worth to spent the night first at Rita's place and the next one at her Abuelito's.We were a bit apprehensive, but she had a blast. There were only two times when she wanted to go home, but apparently these were very short lived. It was great being able to video skype with her every evening before bed time.
On Saturday we went picked her up and then went to my cousin's in Dallas where we babysat their son Martin. Magda wasn't too thrilled with the prospect ("Martin's as Pest") but they had a blast playing at home and at the playground. Martin's amazingly social and it takes him no time to hook up with kids and get into games and Magda was pretty good about playing along and getting involved.
Simone has been taking advantage of her new found mobility and is crawling up a storm. At the playground she spent most of the time sitting and playing with the dirt (I mean "wood chips") and observing the kids. On Sunday, she also crawled up to a chair and pulled herself up into a standing position for the first time on her own. And then didn't quite know what to do next. :-)
I got home from work and was talking to Jfer when I see Simone approaching me on the carpet! Apparently she had started doing during the day...
She'd been scooting around (mostly backwards) for weeks now, and has been practicing her "down dog" position for a while, too. Well, she finally figure out what was missing and is now officially crawling.
The technique is interesting. She does this crab-like thing on one foot, one knee and hands, but it works quite well. And she knows how to get to a sitting position from lying on her belly - that should reduce some frustrations.
So we're excited for her. But now that her sphere of influence has grown, we need to get serious about keeping all small things off the floor and our eyes on Homer when she's roaming.
She'd been scooting around (mostly backwards) for weeks now, and has been practicing her "down dog" position for a while, too. Well, she finally figure out what was missing and is now officially crawling.
The technique is interesting. She does this crab-like thing on one foot, one knee and hands, but it works quite well. And she knows how to get to a sitting position from lying on her belly - that should reduce some frustrations.
So we're excited for her. But now that her sphere of influence has grown, we need to get serious about keeping all small things off the floor and our eyes on Homer when she's roaming.
