Around The Home
This little girl is sure missing her daddy, but we pray he will be home safe and sound early tomorrow morning! Mazy has struggled again this week with anxiety, pulling out of the hair, and waking up from her naps asking for “daddy”, so I know she will be elated when she wakes up Tuesday morning! My goal was to try and keep her as busy as I could so that she would forget about it and to lessen the signs of her anxiety. I just never saw that one coming! But, I realize it has only been 2 weeks and I know that is nothing. Military families are used to 6 months to a year, so I have no room to talk!
It was extremely hot this week (at one point we hit a real feel of 112), so we headed to the Willmar pool for a little while! We stayed there for about 1 hour, which was longer than I thought she would last! I think she more enjoyed walking around the pool and watching everyone than actually being in the pool, but she had a blast!
I learned quickly that when Mazy started to have her anxious moments and when I couldn’t calm her, I could turn on Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and this is what she would end up doing. She just rested and soaked it in. I never thought I would let my child watch tv at her age, but when I realized what I was teaching her, coincided with what Daniel Tiger was talking about, it was a win-win! AND, she now knows the meaning of please and thank you, thanks to that show! Highly recommend it! I will warn you though – the songs will get stuck in your head!
Wubs has been her best friend (more than usual). She thought one day that I needed to be pacified.
Even though she has stopped walking (though read to the end), she still was walking all over the house holding onto things.
We had some pretty crazy storms come through. This particular storm was a severe one, but the cloud structure was just beautiful!
We have had a few rough days and this picture captures it all.
AND…MAZY HAS DECIDED TO START WALKING AGAIN!! Since Dan left, she has had zero confidence and zero desire to walk. Well, on Saturday she started to take a few steps, but that was about it. Then at nursery at church, she pushed a little shopping cart around the whole time I hear! Then, our friends were over Sunday night and she decided that she wanted to walk again! I mean this wasn’t just a take a few steps walking – it was walking all over the house with no help. Turning corners, turning around, you name it. The only thing she couldn’t quite do was pick something up. All of a sudden she just decided “hey, I want to walk!” And she thought she was such big stuff that when I tried to put her to bed, she had a complete meltdown for quite some time because all she wanted to do was walk! I was just so excited to see her walk like that and very soon Dan will be able to see it too! Can’t wait to be reunited as a family of 3!
