Fortunately for all, we survived the crazy hot weekend and the weather here in Concord has returned to the pleasant mid-80s. We only found out yesterday at 7, when Kennedy was having a tough time going to sleep and we figured it may be due to the fact that it was still 87 degrees in our house, that our air conditioner does not work. Hopefully it’s a small part or issue that is relatively inexpensive to fix! Also this weekend, Kennedy started pulling up to stand. She pulls up on people, using their clothes, and on the upside down laundry basket. Fortunately, the corners on the laundry basket are softer and rounder than the coffee table, which makes this mommy happy!She is  still working on the crawling, but it is sometimes a hard sell to convince Kennedy to play on her tummy when all she really wants is to stand and cruise!

…almost. It seems like Kennedy is getting mighty close to crawling. She scoots forward and backward on her tummy, has resumed rolling and often gets up on her hands and feet (bear crawl position) before pushing forward onto her tummy. She will “flop” from sitting onto her tummy, but not yet the more graceful transition from sitting to hands and knees. All this moving around makes it seem like crawling might be coming, but I’ve been saying that all the drool and chewing on everything means her teeth are coming for 3 months, and so far she hasn’t gotten any!! We have also embarked on a finger food journey…tiny pieces of rice cake, banana and boiled zucchini. It is very amusing to watch because in the event that a tiny food nugget actually makes it to her mouth, she makes a terrible face of disgust, then starts a chewing motion. Ms. Kennedy continues to be very fascinated and calm in the outdoors, and loves swinging in her tree swing in the back yard. It is so fun listening to her babble (ma-ma-ma is still her favorite), watching her “read” a book and observing her problem solve as she plays. I’m looking forward to the return of warm weather though so that I don’t have to keep putting her socks back on after she pulls them off. There are an awful lot of socks without mates floating around our house! We will be sure to update the blog when she is officially crawling, whether it’s tomorrow or in 3 months!