forward.

yesterday afternoon elenora was playing with a little rubber duck and it dropped just beyond her reach. for the first time, she actually pulled herself forward to get it. now she's been doing that pretty regularly. momby came over tonight so that j. and i could get out on a date, and ella was pulling herself military style across the living room.



i've been getting ella outside and onto the grass for play time. i love having the sun on our heads and seeing her experience of the different sounds and textures. we walked across town yesterday to the town hall for our beach sticker. on our way back we stopped on a grassy hill and just played under a tree for about fifteen minutes.

j. and i went to weathervane tavern tonight for dinner. we used to go there all the time. it's where we went the night we got engaged. but we haven't gone much since we moved towns. usually there's a 45 minute wait, but they seated us right away! what luck. then we went to the college for a concert of the st. petersburg quartet. it was really fantastic, but after months of sleeping 5-6 hours every night, i just could not keep my eyes open! so sad. i was prepared to go sit in the car for the second half, but j. decided we should just go home.

i'm on the verge of buying a plane ticket. i think i have to take two weeks off of work. thankfully i have a lot of vacation time saved. but this will pretty much deplete that. momby is extremely excited. i'm nervous, but i think it will be a lot of fun. i feel so sorry for elenora, though, being stuck in her car seat so much. we'll have to get her a few new toys to entertain her.