A Whole New World

It's been an interesting few days around our house. Between Nolan being gone for his annual two week Army training, the frequent meetings with our realtor searching for a new house while wrangling the kids, and Addy's newfound mobility...things have been uber crazy. Yes, I said uber. We have been busy with park play dates, meeting up with new Lucky Fin friends, planning all of our summer trips, all while allowing Addy to explore her surroundings and making sure she doesn't eat copious amounts of crumbs and dog hair off the carpet.

Not only has Addy's new ability to scoot and crawl made it interesting for our dogs, (their daily naps have shrunk considerably...) but Keegan seems to have realized that Addy is in fact a human, and fun to play with. She even enjoys playing with his dinosaurs, a bonus for all parties involved. While her new found moving and shaking is fun for her, it adds new levels of stress and worry to my daily plate. My days of jumping in the shower while she plays in the floor are over. All showers will now be taken when said party is asleep. Living in a third floor apartment with two kids, and two dogs has also been challenging. Running the dogs down for their daily constitutional used to be a quick 5 minute break, a break to recharge my batteries and take a few deep breaths before returning to the craziness. Now, the dogs will have to cross their legs until Addy is napping or contained in her high chair before they will be able to empty their bladders. Sacrifices will be made all the way around, including Keegan having to clean up his room more thoroughly. Life is rough with a mobile little sister!

All jokes aside, it's been emotional watching Addy learning to crawl. I have spent the last 10 months of her life researching, talking to other parents with limb different children, and worrying about how and if she would learn to crawl. Would it hurt? Would she be strong enough? Would she skip crawling all together and just go straight to walking? All my questions were answered when she began her hybrid crawl/scoot across the floor this week. Tears were shed, we clapped and squealed in celebration. Even big brother proclaimed how proud he was of her (proud mama moment!).

It's been a crazy week, and I'll be spending this week doing more of the same, and counting down the days until husband's return to us.