All Better!

I'm going to go out on a limb here and call Catherine officially "all better." It's been a slow road, but the last 2 days she seems to be all the way back, playing most of the day, only taking one nap, and being unreasonably picky about eating (today she decided she no longer likes homemade macaroni and cheese or green beans, but she loves asparagus; plain oatmeal, which was a big part of her diet this past week, is totally out). She is also wholeheartedly back into the daily task of accessorising. She loves to put on and take off and make different combinations of these Mardi Gras necklaces, and a new hat that came in the mail from Grandma really completes any outfit. Side note - you can see one of her giant molars in this picture as well. Her forth one has been causing her a bit of trouble the past couple weeks.


We have had the pleasure of babysitting a friend's six-week-old son, Robert, for short periods the last couple days. Catherine is entirely intrigued. She likes to point at him, show me his hands and toes, give him his pacifier, read to him, and play peek-a-boo with him by opening and closing the sun shade on his car seat. Today she was very preoccupied by the fact that his hands kept slipping into his sleeves (she hates when her sleeves cover her hands). She kept pushing his sleeves back every three seconds until I finally rolled them up a little bit.






A big milestone for Catherine: she has finally figured out how to get off the couch feet-first instead of head-first! The couch is low enough that she can get down by herself; she has the right idea getting down off the bed, but it's a bit taller so she has some trouble with the drop still. Of course, if she has just woken up from a nap she's still apt to roll off the couch in a sleepy daze, but she no longer uses the nose-dive as her plan for getting down. We haven't tested any stairs recently to see if she will use the same method to crawl down safely - most of the time she just holds out her hand for us so she can walk down stairs on her feet.

I'm back to the basement - I have one week left to finish the drywall and get everything primed and painted before the plumber comes back to finish installing the heating system.