Three days later, I’m pretty much recovered from the marathon photo weekend.

Tara’s crawling skills are improving greatly; if we put her down in an open location she will usually take right off, cackling with glee. I think she likes the feel of the open carpet beckoning. She is coming another ear infection and she’s back to her normal bubbly self for the most part. I’m working on teaching her to fetch; she has already learned to hand things to me, and now that she’s crawling I bet she will love chasing things and bringing them back. I remember now how cool an age the 9-24 months span was with Anna; there are so many new developments on a day-to-day basis.

The other night as Jennifer and I were cleaning up the house, we wondered how Anna manages to make such a mess, and decided that the answer is because we let her. Further, we decided that we let her because when she’s making a mess, she’s generally quiet and low-maintenance. Now I understand how my brothers and I managed to do so much damage when we were growing up.