initiation

our child crawls now.

put that together with a home improvement project (soon to be finished, pictures coming!), and you get nothing done plus - added bonus - your child gets to put "i ate paint as a child" on their life's essay.

Caught, and not happy about it, especially since we wouldn't let her shove her hands into her mouth like she kept trying to do. 

disclaimer: we are not negligent parents, just inexperienced and slower.... soooo much slower than our little girl. She was out the back door and making friends with the paint stick in a matter of seconds, how do they move so fast???  Not to worry the little doll is just fine aside from still having a bit of paint stuck to her nose (thank you poison control for reassuring us on that one).  But I was not okay.  I had a flash forward to how I may react when my children come in bloodied up by something - an absolute basket case.  I completely lost my head, like a silly old chicken.  Lily was just fine once she got to hold the shampoo bottle in the bathtub (it's the simple things really) - and I was wishing I could find something to comfort me so effortlessly.  What a SCARE!  We'll be keeping both eyes completely open watching her at all times from now on... if only, right?

Welcome to parenthood, again.