We're melting

Just as an update, we're very hot here lately. The past week and this upcoming week are predicted to have heat indices over 105 everyday. It's very hard to go out and do much of anything. That leads to another problem if you know me. I get very bad cabin fever when I'm home too much. I try to get out in the morning with Libby but usually getting out in the afternoon is a bit much for her with this heat.

So far this week I've missed 2 videotaping opportunities. The one I wrote about a few days ago with the tantrum and yesterday I missed a very funny one after bathtime. Libby is now wearing ear plugs in the bath because of her tubes and can't hear too well (I imagine, not like she's told me). After the bath I got her out and was trying to get her to sit on her towel like I usually do. She refused and just walked out of the bathroom dripping wet and naked. She walked all around the living room before I was able to catch her to dry her off and get her dressed. All the while I'm calling her name forgetting that she can't hear too well with the plugs.

A big difference we've noticed now that we have a walker is that she seems to follow us around more. We call her our shadow. It seems I can't even turn around without possibly knocking her over. I think she's more underfoot now because when she was crawling she was looking down and was interested in things on the floor. Now that she's walking she can see ahead of her better and knows where we are all the time, so she comes along. It's cute but it's also a little annoying at times, like for example, I think I might be able to use the bathroom or something without her noticing and then here she comes down the hall ready to tear apart the bathroom. Luckily all I have to do is turn off the lights to a room that I want to shut off from her and she will leave it behind so I can close the door. That's a great trick! I wonder when she'll catch on to it.

TLA