Adventures in Babysitting

I always liked the movie "Adventures in Babysitting". Ah, Elisabeth Shue...yummy...sorry got distracted there for a few minutes. Anyway, I also LOVE babies as everyone who goes to our church knows. Once I get my hands on a baby, nobody gets him or her back. For the last year we have been blessed to have Kyra with us in church. I get her through the church service and we have so much fun. She's getting to that age, though, where she is going to be running around really soon and I'll have to share her because I can't keep up!

I've been able to babysit Kyra a couple of times in the last two weeks. The first time I had to go to the daycare and pick her up. What diabolical person designed baby car seats? There are so many straps and things that it looks like a torture device. Kyra doesn't much like it either. Anyway, a very nice lady who worked at the daycare came and put it in the car for me. She has four kids so she had a lot of practice but it still took her five minutes to get it strapped in. If she hadn't done it for me, Kyra and I would still be standing in the parking lot.

So I get her to the house, her first visit.

Isn't she cute? She really is a sweet little girl and very well behaved. She loved the kitties (she has two at home) but they had never seen a baby before. Grayson was the only one brave enough to come up to her (on the bed) and she grabbed a handful of fur on his head. That was enough. She is fascinated by the dogs. Tigger could care less, but Minnie follows her around and just makes this weird noise, like "what is this thing?" We have to keep her away from the dogs as they are old and cranky and we are afraid they might nip at her.

She also likes Marcia a lot. Marcia is a long time away from taking care of babies, but she does her best.

She makes funny faces and noises and Kyra just laughs and laughs. Marcia is fascinated at the way Kyra moves. She is learning to walk and can pull herself up on just about anything. Here she used the cat tree:

She also would grab Marcia's leg and pull herself up, "just like a kitten would" was Marcia's comment.

The house is not baby-proofed at all so a travelling crib/playpen is on the agenda for the house so I have a safe place to put her if I can't watch her every second and so she has a place to nap.

I'm looking forward to her growing up--I'll get to read her stories and teach her things and watch her develop into a beautiful and special little girl. Thanks, Bryant and Danielle, for sharing your sweetie with me!