What have we been doing?

I have been in the process of working on Zuri going down to one nap.  I am very sad because I LOVE the two naps a day.  It would be fine, if the one nap was one long nap, but we have had successful days and not successful days.  Not successful means that she doesn't sleep long enough and wakes in a bad mood and then it is difficult dealing with her until bed, which is earlier because she is tired.  But then she will wake up even earlier.  I am just not sure she is ready for one nap yet, but she doesn't want two either!

Pedro had his back surgery and everything went well.  However, he can't bend down and can't lift anything over about 5lbs, so he can't help much with Zuri.  So, if she needs to be fed, laid down for a nap or waking from a nap, I have to be home.

Pedro Pre-Surgery

Pedro at home after surgery, out cold, he literally remembers very little of the day!

We also took Zuri to the stock show.  She loved it.  She was going crazy with the horses, clapping and screaming at them.  She even got to pet a few of them and one horse she tried to kiss (the owner was holding the horse).  Then we took her into the petting zoo and she didn't want to leave.  We know she loves animals since she loves the dogs more than anything or anyone in the house.  When we are driving home from being out and she is being grumpy I tell her we are going to see the dogs and that is the only thing that cheers her up!

Zuri has been working on a few skills like throwing a ball and rolling a ball.  She carries a ball around with her a lot and loves going to my basketball games because she can play with a basketball.  She now also says "stop" when the dogs are barking.  She now waves "bye bye" and loves to do it when I am taking her up for her bath and she will crawl up the stairs, stop and look at Pedro and wave and then continues up the stairs, laughing.

Zuri likes to take the drum and put it over her face and then put her hand or my face on the other side, here she is holding a bath letter on the outside of the drum and slapping her hand on it.  This is a favorite after bath activity.

Zuri really makes me laugh though because she walks with her walker, actually she pulls her walker behind her and carries a bus in the other hand.  It is hilarious.  Today she was hanging on me in the kitchen while I was cooking and I told her to go get her horse and she literally went and got her horse and walked it from the living room into the kitchen with me.

Our big event of the week was that Zuri took 5 steps on Friday.  She was standing for a good amount of time and then took 5 steps.  She doesn't really seem interested in walking on her own, besides that time though, so who knows when she will really start walking.  Here she is just standing.