Come to Papa!

Morning play session

TerraDactyl really enjoys emptying things out.  Drawers, laundry baskets, bags...  Which means her favorite drawer in the bathroom is the feminine hygiene drawer.  There's just such a large number of items to remove in it.  Every day she gets to empty out all the pads and tampons and scatter them all over the bathroom.  Sometimes she'll even wander around for an hour or so clutching a tampon.  I'm hoping this is a sign of her having a healthy body image and plenty of confidence.  :)

So many toys!

Another favorite game right now is the "reach through" game.  TerraDactyl will reach through the slats of her crib to pull out stuffed animals.  She'll reach through the baby gate to grab washcloths or toys.  And she just discovered the futon in the basement and tried to reach through and grab... me.  I don't fit through the slats very well though.

I'm coming for you...

As TerraDactyl gets stronger, she's more interested in her larger stuffed animals.  Although some of them are still a bit heavy for her to have much control over them.

Gudetama the lazy egg

TerraDactyl is *so close* to walking.  We keep trying to encourage her to take steps.  Here's a video of DH trying to entice TerraDactyl to just take one step to him.  Just one!


While TerraDactyl is always overjoyed to see DH, she's not always so keen to spend time with me these days.  Here's a video of a new game we just started playing.  It's called "Stay in the kitchen, woman!"  Or maybe, "I just want a minute alone!".  What do you think?

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