Dan and Amber Christensen Family

So the other day jane was lying down on my legs (face up) while I sat on the couch. She was content for about 4 seconds but of course started wiggling around. She arched her back and started to slide her way down towards the ground head first. I was holding onto her legs and decided to inch her down foiguring I would support her weight and then flip her over once her head was on the ground. But jane put her hands down first and started supporting her own weight. So I did a little experiment putting more and more of her weight on her arms until there was no more weight to give. I was just balancing her -- the kid was doing a handstand.

Yesterday we were at playgroup and a little 2 year old girl walks up to take janes toy away and slaps her right on the top of the head. I of course was ready to rescue my 'darling fragile child' but Jane didn't seem to notice at all. She just went right on playing. Didn't phase her a bit. Unfortunately we are starting to get some toy jealousy going on here. I watch an 18 month old every once in a while and Jane's started wanting all the toys she's playing with and yelling at her (she had a tug of war over a wipe box) Alas.

Jane likes food... well my food mostly. Every bowl of cereal I eat these days is a bowl o cereal eaten on the move. Otherwise it would at best be flavored by baby hand and at worst be flavoring the floor. So anyway... Dinnertime monday - I had eaten most of an apple and decided to give it to jane who was grabbing and staring at it -- just a little more than the core left -- she started to chew -- 20 minutes later there was nothing left...no apple, no core, no seeds and I can only hope there was not stem to start with but I'm not sure about that either.

We have a pool pass (lifesaver). I took jane down a tube waterslide-- the guard told me she was probably a bit too small but bah she loved it. There's a lazy river (of which I am a big fan) Jane stands on my stomach (with support) as I lay on the tube and float lazily, as it were, around. There is one part where 6 fountains of water spray into the river about 2 1/2 feet above the water. So on we float with Jane standing on my belly (she happens to be, coincidentally, about 2 1/2 feet tall) well as I'm sure you guessed we enter this area and immediately 6 fountains are spraying jane right in the face. She, characteristically, didn't care a bit. She just stared forward with a stern look on her face tolerating all these irritations her mother puts her through.

We're having a great time! Adventures all around.