Be Careful What You Wish For

For the last several months, all I wanted was for Emily to start walking.  I figured it would make going out to places so much easier.  Everyone told us to be careful of what we wished for.  They said as soon as she started walking, she would be in to everything.  I just kept thinking she crawls so well, that she's already into everything.  Well, I should have listened.  It's not that she's into everything now, it's more that she's all over the house quickly!  Don't get me wrong, she was a quick crawler, but at least I could hear where she was.  Now, she moves quickly and quietly. 

Shawn let me sleep in this morning and so he was on Emily watching duty.  He ran to the bathroom real quickly while Emily was playing.  When he came out, he saw that she was nowhere to be found downstairs.  He saw her toys at the bottom of the stairs and knew immediately she was upstairs.  She had climbed all the stairs and was upstairs playing in the gameroom like it was no big deal!  I couldn't believe his story!  Well, I got my own glimpse of this just a few hours later when Shawn was grocery shopping.  I was using the dust buster in the kitchen for literally 2 seconds and she was gone.  I started calling out for her and got nothing, so I ran upstairs, nothing, finally I heard her rummaging through her diaper bag in our downstairs guest room.  My heart was pounding out of my chest.  I don't know how I'm going to deal with this!  This afternoon I kept her in her squeaker shoes so I knew where she was at all times. 

Shawn and I took her with us to run some errands this afternoon and now all she wants to do is walk around whatever store we are in.  Oh boy, that makes for some fun errands!  I have definitely learned my lesson!  Next time around, I'm hoping my child doesn't walk until they are 2!  :)

I have to post some pictures from today.  I put her hair in pigtails again.  Shawn and I couldn't believe how much older she looked when I put her hair up.  We're not ready for her to be a big girl.