Things change so fast with two little kids in the house. Here's a bulleted list of updates:
- Penelope is a full fledged walker, sometimes she wants to hold my hand, sometimes she refuses to hold my hand, but she hasn't crawled anywhere except to go down the stairs in several days.
- Penelope loves accessories, just like Micah always did. She is almost always wearing mardi gras beads, and she insists on wearing any shoes or socks that she can find.
- Over the weekend, I pulled out a bunch of things we're going to try to sell at a yard sale and I piled them in the lobby. Penelope immediately climbed into the infant car seat and curled up with a toy. Over the course of the weekend, I kept finding her there, with a toy, with a book, she was just hanging out!
- Penelope apparently loves airplanes. We were in the kiddie pool last night (she also LOVES water) and we saw an airplane overhead, she pointed to it and then waved and said, "HI!" When it went out of sight, she waved again and said, "Bye!" And then she tried to climb out of the pool and when I helped her out, she sat down on the patio and looked up at the sky waiting for another airplane. We saw three more, every time she heard them before she saw them and was waiting for them to come into sight.
- Micah spent the weekend with Michael at Grandma's house. When he came home he ran as fast as he could to Penelope who was in a stroller and he practically jumped into the stroller with her, hugging her, he was so happy to see her. Several times last night, they were just hugging each other, Penelope initiated it too, they were both so happy to see each other.
- When Micah got back from the weekend, one of the first things he told me was that he was using an inner tube in Grandma's pool and he was kicking with his feet and MOVING himself through the water. He was so excited that he was learning how to swim!
- Last night as I was putting Micah to bed, we were snuggling and he wanted me to hold his hand so that he could rub my hand with his thumb like I do for him when he's feeling frustrated in the car and we have a little farther to drive. He asked me, didn't it feel nice? It was pretty cool to know that this little thing I do is meaningful to him.
We had a close call with Kaya over the weekend. It seems clear that she doesn't have long to live, but she's on some medication and I'm glad she at least made it long enough for Michael and Micah to come home and see her. I was paying more attention to her than usual on Sunday and it was apparently obvious to Penelope because she was so focused on Kaya Sunday and Monday. Every time she would see her in the yard, she would point and look at me and start panting. When Kaya was in the house, I couldn't keep Penelope off of her, she wanted to horse around with Kaya in the dog bed, she wanted to snuggle with her, she wanted to sit on her like a horse while she was laying in the family room. Kaya didn't seem to mind, at least not enough to move, and I spent a lot of time this weekend just trying to keep Penelope from bothering her! She may not have the best life at this point in time, but there's no doubt that she is loved.
