Yay! Jonah and his Mommy are back from their Holiday adventures!
Another play date and more to come!
They launched right into playing
Yes, we had Piper push Jonah.
It was awesome! She wasn't nearly as fast as she usually is with the extra weight, but she did it!
Way to go Strong Girl, you Rock!
I've been trying for the better part of a week to get either a video or a photo of this new trick, but alas this is the closest I've gotten.
Piper crawls around the house with her toys in her mouth.
It's quite the scene, let me tell you - depending on what she's playing with.
If she wants to go into the kitchen, she'll put her current toy in her mouth and take it with her.
so with that...
A baby jail was in order.
I am actually anti- baby jail. I want Piper to explore the world. Yes its limiting, but we do pretty well and she plays on her own quite a bit so that helps. I actually bought this for Piper for spending the night at Grammy and Grandpa's or her Aunties.
But when it came and I set it up and she was into it...
well.
Its amazing how the things you thought you would never do change when faced with the reality. But even then, I don't think this will be a permanent fixture in the house. She likes to play a bit of hide and seek over the edge of it -
sitting and playing quietly doesn't happen in this contraption.
Girl has places to go, toys to relocate...
Yep, still a red head :)
Oh and the standing! She's been standing for several weeks, but she's taken it to a whole new level in the last few days. She'll pull to stand on you and let go. Stand there for several minutes, sometimes playing with a toy!
And now? A little wiggle here and there as she's starting to dance!
So this afternoon she would not stop it with wanting to see the horse photo we have in the living room. Something Grandpa always does with her- which is great for him, he's much stronger than I am. There's only so long I can stand holding her in front of this photo really.
But she was starting to have the beginnings of her first temper tantrum about it actually.
Josh saw what was happening when he came home for lunch and sat with her with horse photos on the ipad, and that worked for a little while...
I was about to bundle us both and go to the stables when I remembered,
Aunt Joan had given her a horse when she was first born!
Oh my goodness the delight. She was so excited she studied it for quite some time then proceeded to crawl around the house with it. Even took it up the stairs with her.
Evenings these days you can find Father-Daughter play time in our living room.
Josh was not thrilled about being taped, but I had to at least try.
Then here's one from this afternoon. It is a bit long, but you can see so much of her personality- and much of what I'm talking about in action...
