She keeps you running
Amelia is quite the little explorer. She has recently become fairly fast on her feet and is always in the mood to go "walking."
Yesterday, as we were out exploring, Amelia met an 18 month old girl who lives in our complex and her grandparents. At first, the toddlers were content to glance at one another from a distance, but after a while they grew curious and started getting a little closer. Eventually, the 18 month old was following after Amelia as she walked down sidewalks and back and forth over strangers' porches. It was pretty funny to watch. Amelia was faster and more agile than her little friend, but she would sometimes slow down and look behind her as if waiting for the little one to catch up.
Today I took Amelia to the doctor's office for my baby check-up. She was a good girl, as usual, but could not prevent herself from walking around and around the waiting room. Though a cartoon show was on the t.v., she kept encircling the room, occasionally taking mommy's hand and asking me to walk with her.
I guess at some point she got tired of wandering around the same chairs because she walked right out the front door and into the adjacent hallway. I got up and walked after her and found her half-way down a hall. I was happy that at least this was a dead end, but then Amelia found a door propped open and walked right on inside like she owned the place. I rushed after her and found her in the midst of an administrative office behind a door marked, "Private."
Though Amelia's awfully cute, the workers did not seem terribly amused with her arrival. Embarrassed, I excused us and brought Amelia back to the waiting room. She was content for approximately five seconds, and then made her way around the chairs and back out the door. Ugh! I followed after her again and passed a surprised couple who were pointing after her as she headed down the hall. I assured them I was on top of things and followed Amelia past the office doors in the hallway.
This time, all of the office doors were closed, and Amelia had no where to go. I picked her up and headed back to the waiting room. On the way I was met by a nurse asking, "Are you Lisa?"
After my appointment, Amelia proved her ingenuity by dropping her pig not once but twice, knowing that by dropping her pig I would set her down to get it. She would pick up her favorite piggy and immediately start to take off toward the examining rooms. If nothing else, she sure is a clever one.
In an unrelated story, as I was giving Amelia a bath I lifted my shirt to scratch my belly (pregnant bellies tend to itch) and Amelia saw my belly button. When I put my shirt back down she said, "Up, up" to see it again. She then sat in the bath, gestured toward my tummy and said (no kidding), "Baby in there." It was very sweet and again very clever for a little girl.
There's supposed to be some rain coming in tomorrow. I hope we can get out and walk before it gets wet. Mommy and Amelia look forward to daddy's return on Saturday, and mommy especially looks forward to some help entertaining Amelia.
Lisa
Yesterday, as we were out exploring, Amelia met an 18 month old girl who lives in our complex and her grandparents. At first, the toddlers were content to glance at one another from a distance, but after a while they grew curious and started getting a little closer. Eventually, the 18 month old was following after Amelia as she walked down sidewalks and back and forth over strangers' porches. It was pretty funny to watch. Amelia was faster and more agile than her little friend, but she would sometimes slow down and look behind her as if waiting for the little one to catch up.
Today I took Amelia to the doctor's office for my baby check-up. She was a good girl, as usual, but could not prevent herself from walking around and around the waiting room. Though a cartoon show was on the t.v., she kept encircling the room, occasionally taking mommy's hand and asking me to walk with her.
I guess at some point she got tired of wandering around the same chairs because she walked right out the front door and into the adjacent hallway. I got up and walked after her and found her half-way down a hall. I was happy that at least this was a dead end, but then Amelia found a door propped open and walked right on inside like she owned the place. I rushed after her and found her in the midst of an administrative office behind a door marked, "Private."
Though Amelia's awfully cute, the workers did not seem terribly amused with her arrival. Embarrassed, I excused us and brought Amelia back to the waiting room. She was content for approximately five seconds, and then made her way around the chairs and back out the door. Ugh! I followed after her again and passed a surprised couple who were pointing after her as she headed down the hall. I assured them I was on top of things and followed Amelia past the office doors in the hallway.
This time, all of the office doors were closed, and Amelia had no where to go. I picked her up and headed back to the waiting room. On the way I was met by a nurse asking, "Are you Lisa?"
After my appointment, Amelia proved her ingenuity by dropping her pig not once but twice, knowing that by dropping her pig I would set her down to get it. She would pick up her favorite piggy and immediately start to take off toward the examining rooms. If nothing else, she sure is a clever one.
In an unrelated story, as I was giving Amelia a bath I lifted my shirt to scratch my belly (pregnant bellies tend to itch) and Amelia saw my belly button. When I put my shirt back down she said, "Up, up" to see it again. She then sat in the bath, gestured toward my tummy and said (no kidding), "Baby in there." It was very sweet and again very clever for a little girl.
There's supposed to be some rain coming in tomorrow. I hope we can get out and walk before it gets wet. Mommy and Amelia look forward to daddy's return on Saturday, and mommy especially looks forward to some help entertaining Amelia.
Lisa
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