When One Door Opens...

TerraDactyl seems to be feeling better.  She's still napping more than usual, so I don't think she's totally healthy, but when she's awake, she's much more active and getting into all sorts of things.  She's getting so good at crawling and grabbing and trying to stand up...  my productivity is pretty low.  It would be nice if I could stick her in her jumper, but she wants to be moving.  Lil' stinker.

Playing with all the toys

Trigger Warning:  If you've got a weak stomach (or are just not a fan of TMI), just skip this paragraph.  Yesterday morning we found out just what happens to a baby that's got a constantly runny nose.  I was holding TerraDactyl and she started coughing and then...  She puked up all that snot and phlegm she's been swallowing for the last week.  It was not normal spit up or vomit.  It was very viscous.  But afterward she seemed pretty happy.  Poor kiddo.  I hope she learns to blow her nose soon so we don't have to go through this again.

New skill (opening doors):  Achieved!

I've been letting TerraDactyl crawl around the bathroom when I wash my hands, brush my teeth, or go to the bathroom, but...  She's now fully capable of opening the vanity doors.  So far, she's only pulled soap out, but there's plenty of stuff in there that's straight up trouble for babies.  She's not super fast about opening the doors yet, but I'm going to have to come up with an alternative pretty quickly here.  Plus, she finally found where we keep the toilet bowl brush and she's waaaay too interested in getting to that.  :)

The following video is out of focus, but this is a fun game DH plays with TerraDactyl on days she wears leg warmers...


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