Today marked a new milestone for Helen - the day she declared herself too big to be carted along to "just anywhere." She gave a hint of it yesterday, when I had to take her out of the church service for the first time. We were visiting at Glen and Diana's church, and the preacher was a bit more raucous than ours - or so I excused her at the time. She wouldn't sit quietly in the pew, but let me stand in the back as long as I kept pacing with her so she could see new things. Back there, the enthusiasm from the pulpit only made her startle, rather than cry.
Today, the older kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa, so after a quiet day at home with Helen, I decided to try to pop in for my engineering department meeting (something I haven't been able to do this semester). She arrived asleep, but that didn't last long. She passed gas noisily, then fussed a bit, then ate noisily, then pooped noisily. I stepped out to change her diaper, but soon after our return to the meeting, she finally just plain fussed and I had to leave. As soon as I was out of the room, she was perfectly quiet and content. She had just wanted me to pace about with her and show her the sights. And so it begins. Not a newborn anymore, and mommy had better remember that!
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