Excer-saucy and the Stair Monster

Once you get to baby number four, time simply flies. You don't have time to lay on the floor and babble and play for hours each day, and so milestones just spring up on you. Olive has been pulling herself across the floor for a while now, army style with some toe digging booty lifting action. Today, I got the excersaucer down from the attic, dusted it off, and had one seriously happy little baby in my kitchen. She, like her daddy, is a very intense little being. She likes action and excitement, she wants to go, go, GO!

Speaking of going places, I temporarily took the baby gates off of the stairs so that Ivey can have full range of the house (except for the boys' room, which has its own gate. That room is four walls of instant toddler death!). She can now go up to her room or play with toys in the upstairs foyer. The thing I have to watch out for, that I knew I would have to watch out for, is her trying to bring baby strollers, dump trucks, or large cumbersome objects up or down with her. Luckily, she talks a lot now and I can hear what is going on from pretty much any point in the house. The real problem will be in a few months when Olive is pulling up and I have to put the gates back on the stairs. Ivey doesn't do well with having a freedom removed (which is why time out works so well for her). I'll worry about that later... for now, I have a happy girl who likes to go "uppastairs self".