2 posts tagged “farming”

Dora turned 2 in December, and I think yesterday she made up her very first language joke.

We were taking Sean back to his pickup after he drove his sprayer to the barn, and he and Dora were talking about the cows we were passing. She goes with him to check the cows a time or two a week, usually, so they have their own vernacular for this type of thing. They were talking about the mama cows and the baby cows, and then Dora said something about the daddy cows, and Sean told her "There's no daddy cows out there, you're making that up!" She said "No, daddy, I making that DOWN."

I couldn't be prouder.

In keeping with tradition, I am only updating when Dora is another month older. Go me.

Little Missy Prissy is now sitting up wonderfully, and rarely falls over unless she means to. She hasn't quite figured out how to pull herself upright when she falls over, but she will do it herself if you offer her your hands to pull on. Speaking of pulling, she has pulled herself up to standing several times, and seems much more interested in doing this than in crawling. Tummy time usually consists more of rolling around time, and she gets pretty frustrated after just a few minutes of trying to crawl. She is beginning to figure out how to get up on her hands and knees, though, so I'm sure true mobility is near. I guess I should start considering some childproofing, huh?

This last weekend we went on a trip up to Minneapolis, and Dora was a champion traveler. We had 4 flights, and she slept for 3 of them. Of course, the one that she was awake, she managed to reach over and knock water into the lap of the girl next to us. To her credit, the girl was VERY sweet about it, and thankfully had a change of clothes with her to change into. In fact, everyone we came into contact with was very nice and helpful. Maybe I should have started traveling with a baby much sooner! (HA!)

Coming soon to a blog near you: I think I'm going to try to put my story of infertility down chronologically. Some of it is on my diaryland blog, but I was too caught up in the emotions of it to really document it while it was going on. It's not something that I want to lose sight of, since I will most likely be dealing with it again. I also think I have lots of info that might be useful to people. We'll see how that project goes.

Dora loves the water, and we have spent several afternoons splashing in the kiddie pool in the back yard. She has also spent some time on the combine with Sean, and LOVED that. There was just so much to look at and try to get into. I am really loving my new 4-10's schedule.

And how is your summer going?