Wren and Lazlo

Wren and Chase3, originally uploaded by chase+kate.

Aren't they cuties? Wren's favorite new game is "hit the laptop," so we spend a fair amount of time moving it out of her reach. You can't tell, but in this picture she's actually making her sing-songy yelling noise and taking a brief break from chasing the computer all over the bed. These days her reach is pretty impressive. In the course of one day I've pulled a penny, a straight pin, a bottle cap, and my ring out of her mouth. She usually gives me a little warning, a gasp, a gurgle and frequently a little gagging, to let me know she's got something stuck in her mouth. I jump up and run over and root around in there and pull whatever it is out and then spend 5 minutes shaking and thanking God that I don't have to explain to my mom how I let her only grandchild choke on a penny.

Of course I've also pulled countless other non-swallowable things out of her mouth, like cell phones, diet coke, Ramona's face, and the ever popular laptop. A drop in blogging activity could be attributed to the fact that when Wren is awake we can't use the computer without her "help" unless someone else is distracting her by doing something facinating elsewhere. No fail distractions include: flushing the toilet, opening/closing the refrigerator door, anything to do with Ramona, trash, or keys. Wren's new mobility still has us reeling. I'm struggling to keep up and get the house into a safe shape. Right now I feel a little bit like Mad Eye Moody in Goblet of Fire; Constant Vigilance.

I have a brief moment now before I have to feed the baby, and I'd like to spend it with my husband, so forgive the abrupt ending.