Today was Cate’s first day at daycare, which I have to say was far less traumatic than I was expecting. For me, anyway. According to Patsy, Cate had a few meltdowns during the day, but she also took a couple of naps while she was there, she enjoyed playing with the other kids, and she loved Patsy’s cats (which I kind of figured, since she loves ours). So it all went much smoother than I anticipated.
As for me, it was kind of amazing to have a few hours to myself in the house to do nothing but clean. You can get so much done when there isn’t a tiny person shrieking for you to pick them up every five minutes! The entire upstairs is cleaned and pretty much child-proofed. (Is there a way to child-proof a litter box? Anyone? Help?) The first floor still needs some work, but I’m saving that for when Cate goes back to daycare next week. But as nice as it was to get so much work done, I missed my little munchkin like crazy, which is bizarre since we were only apart for six hours.
When we got home, I made a video of Cate crawling. I know it might seem kind of weird to film her in the bathroom, but it has some of the best lighting in the whole house, plus she crawls better on the linoleum (I guess it’s easier to slide on than carpet?), and for a little extra motivation, Teenie was there and just hanging out as a big beacon of furriness for her to crawl toward. Worked like a charm.
(Warning to Angie: this video combines babies and animals. Your head may explode.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJMnaFh8gy8
AAAHH!! SOOO! CUUUUUTTE! I love her cute little face in the ending with her tongue out!
By the way, Teenie looks fab for a cat in double digits. Seriously, I wouldn’t have guessed a day over eight for the lil’ muffin.
I’m sitting here laughing my head off– she is SO GOSH DARN FREAKING CUTE I can’t stand it. SO cute. I love the extreeeeme cloooose uuuup at the end.