Graem is waving “hi” and “bye”!

Shawna’s been working with Graem over the past couple of days to kiss, wave “hi” and “bye” and to blow kisses. Well she’s finally waving! It’s so exciting and sometimes she actually bends her arm wrong and it looks like she’s waving to herself. I’m not sure she notices the significance of waving yet but she’s having a great time doing it. She even did it tonight when she was trying to fall asleep. Practice makes perfect!!

She is also crawling as fast as we can walk, and stands up at every opportunity. She will pull herself up and laugh and clap at her achievement!
She’ll stand for about 30 seconds at a time and then gets tired and either plop to the floor or lower herself down.

This week was a tough week for me, as I had two late night meetings in a row, and early hours at the office. While I’m at the meetings, all I can do is worry about whether she’s happy, and whether she falls asleep okay. And then I get home and everything’s gone fine. I miss her so much when I’m gone. I have a conference coming up in a couple of weeks, and as excited as I am to go, I’m dreading being away from Graem for so long–it’ll be the longest I’ve been away from her. I wake up early with anxiety about how I’m going to pump, and whether she’ll have enough frozen milk to keep her going. Of course I know she’ll be fine, but I worry that Shawna will be exhausted from three days of uninterrupted, undivided attention. Laura & Lydia will be helping us out, thankfully. And I know I will have to do some reciprocal duties on my return! I already miss her.