To infinity and beyond!
She pointed at a dandelion so I plucked it and handed it to her. She thought it was pretty cool. She sniffed it at first, but it was a high pollen flower. Her whole nose was yellow orange. It actually looked like she had rubbed the powder from mac and cheese on her nose. She held onto the flower for the longest time. Scott managed to put it behind her ear. She kept knocking it off, but eventually kept it in place.
She was soon sidetracked by a flock of geese and their goslings. They were everywhere! The goslings ranged from newborns to almost adults. I couldn't believe the size difference. We got hissed at by several geese, but they were on one side of the fence and we were on the other.
When she stopped holding our hands, Scott picked her up and put her on his shoulders. She started giggling and smiling. We were able to pick up our pace too. We were once again slowed by another animal, a squirrel. I seem to have passed on my love of squirrels to Adia. She'll stop dead in her tracks when she sees one, point and yell, "Squirrel." We watched him forever until he finally ran off into the bushes. I think Adia wanted to follow and wasn't very happy when we kept walking.
When Scott grew tired and Adia started lunging, I took over. She was happy holding my hand for a little bit, but soon wanted on my shoulders. I hadn't picked the best shoes for her since I hadn't expected her to do much walking. Sitting on my shoulders didn't last long though. She was squirming and trying to get down. I put her back in her stroller, which didn't go over very well. Scott started jogging with her and doing wheelies, which improved her mood a bit.
She kept trying to take off her shoes, so Scott took him off for her. While he was trying to stow one of them in the stroller, it flew through the air and off the bike path. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, but we were stopped on a bridge. He had to climb over the railing to retrieve the shoe.
Adia complained the rest of the way to the mall, but grew quiet when we got inside. We bought some ice cream and Adia shared with Scott. She really enjoyed his raspberry frozen yogurt. It was hilarious to watch him feed her because she'd open her mouth huge to take bites, but then only take itty bitty tastes. She showed us a new skill of hers. She reached halfway across the table to grab a napkin and then daintily wiped her mouth. I thought for sure it was a one time occurence, but when she felt ice cream on her top lip, she reached for the napkin again and dab her mouth. DiDi, Scott and I just stared at her in shock. It was one thing to see her do it, but she actually wiped where she needed to wipe and was successful.
When the ice cream was done, we headed to the pet store. I fell in love with an adorable baby guinea pig yesterday and was hoping it would still be there today. I don't need a new guinea pig, but I wanted to show it to Adia. We were of course sidetracked by the giant stuffed bear. She didn't try to drag him away this time, but she did snuggle up to him. The only way we could get her away was to ask if she wanted to see kitties and doggies. She ran towards the pet store.
She was already grinning several feet from the pet store. She could see one puppy jumping around his cage. I think she was in love. We checked out the kitties, but Adia wasn't too interested because they weren't moving. Most of the dogs were sleeping too. We then headed for the guinea pigs. My guinea pig was no longer there. It made me sad, but he was too cute to stay for long. I did catch another pig and Adia pet him for a bit. There's one problem with baby fingers and guinea pigs though. Guinea pigs can easily mistake baby fingers for baby carrots. Adia nearly got nibbled on, but we both moved fast enough to avoid it. It would certainly not be the first time it's happened.
Adia didn't want to leave the pet store, but was soon distracted by a bunch of quarter operated kiddie rides. We set her on the duck first. I knew she wanted it to move, but the last time we tried that, she started screaming in terror. She then checked out the ice cream truck. I thought we'd never get her out of it. She threw a fit when Scott had to be the bad guy and take her out of it.
She complained most of the way home. She wasn't happy to be back in the stroller. We saw several nutrias, but I'm not sure Adia actually saw them. When we got back home, Gampa and Unky Eck were here. DiDi had to head back home too and Adia was very unhappy about that. She cried when DiDi said goodbye and followed her to the door. Within a few minutes she was ok, but solemn. She was soon playing with Unky Eck and being silly. She almost started crying when they left too. I guess her parents are just too boring for her. She ate a good dinner and took her bath.
She had been acting tired all afternoon, despite a 2 hour nap. Adia's become a good climber, which means she's also become a good faller. She was climbing on the chair by the couch when she toppled head over heels. Of course she hit the only hard, sharp thing on the way down. I jumped up and grabbed her. It was one of those falls where you're just waiting for the loudest scream ever because she's holding her breath. Almost immediately her right cheekbone puffed up and turned purple. Scott grabbed ice and I tried to hold it on her cheek, but she wouldn't keep it there. She kept trying to put it on her ear and jaw, much like Scott did when he had his wisdom teeth removed earlier this month. I guess she remembered. She was soon acting like her regular self. She attacked Scott and he started tickling her. That made her start laughing hysterically.
It wasn't too hard to get her to bed for the night. I sat down in her rocker and started reading her books out loud. That soon brought her in. She stacked all her books on the ottoman and then climbed in my lap. We read them all before she started to act tired. She was out by 8:30 with almost no crying, which was a big improvement. Normally she screams so loud and long it sounds like I'm torturing her. I hope she sleeps well tonight. She was up from 11:30pm-2am last night.
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