Magda and I had a lovely morning. She slept until nearly 9am and we joined Jessica and crew at the children's museum after breakfast and walking the dog. Afterwards, we all met at Central Market where I did some grocery shopping and the kids got to play at the playground until Jessica's charges were ready for their naps.
On the way home, Magda fell asleep in the car, as expected. I'm usually concerned that she won't get a long enough nap when she falls asleep in the car because she rarely sleeps though transitioning from the car to the bed. That being the case, once I got home, I put away my cold stuff before getting her from the car. My concerns were unfounded today though; she woke up briefly but was more than happy to nurse back to sleep and I was able to leave her in the bedroom not five minutes after I set her down.
Here comes the "Damn Dog" part - Once I left the bedroom, I was finally able to let the dogs into the house. Homer as always was thrilled to see me, came right in, and waited expectantly for my attentions. Rose was being as sweet as could be as she waited for me to free her from the tether. I had no idea I was about to unleash the hounds of hell into my home. As soon as that Damn Dog was free of the tether she bounded into the house, ran straight to the bedroom, jumped on the bed, and energetically kissed Magda awake.
Magda didn't seem to mind her wake up call, but since she only got a 10 minute nap the rest of my day was spent dealing with a cranky little miss. Of course once Magda was up, Rose spent the rest of the day sleeping on her pillow in the living room and when Stepan got home Magda was mostly her usual angelic self. Ugh! Damn Dog!...I think I'll go see in Rose wants to share her pillow.
Elizabeth sent this link to me and I've been hooked on playing geography games ever since. I started with the US states (which I can proudly proclaim that I have mastered) and have now moved on the European countries (which I'm doing fairly well on already). I'm looking forward to doing Africa, Asia, and South America before moving on to capitals and geography. I bet if you give it a try, you'll become hooked as well.
As Stepan mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Magda has been quite insistent to "go, go, go", meaning she wants to hold onto our fingers and walk around the house or yard. Last night she really really wanted to get to Rose and I was apparently not "go, go" going fast enough for her. She actually let go of my hand and walked a couple of steps before falling down on top of the dog. I was shocked! She has since repeated the feat, going between me and Step, but she never goes more than 2-3 steps before falling into our arms. In fact, I think the game for her is the falling and not the walking. But it's another step in the right direction. I'm especially looking forward to being able to put her in dresses...I've got a couple of them that she will look adorable in!
Another first for The Girl. While we were at Elizabeth's today, I was carrying a sad, sick Kayleigh when I hear Magda giggling behind me. I turn around and catch a brief glimpse of her standing in the middle of the room before she plops down onto her tush. She giggled again and immediately tried to stand back up.
She's been able to pull up on furniture for a while now, but she hasn't been interested in standing solo. It seems backwards to me that she walks before she stands, but we all have our own drummers. The most important thing is that she is making progress and she really enjoys doing it.