Crawling!

I had my scar revision yesterday, so I have a nice little wound on my collarbone. I did it because I was tired of seeing it in the mirror every day, a little reminder of that terrifying experience. I am going to be very careful as it heals this time so hopefully it doesn't stretch out as much. They did the procedure under local anesthetic, so just like you'd get at the dentist office or to have a mole removed, except he dug deep enough that he used internal stitches, too. The worst was when they were cauterizing, cuz I could smell my own skin roasting. And when he sinched up the stitches I could totally feel the pressure and tugging even if it wasn't painful. Really unpleasant, but they couldn't give me any sedative because I'm nursing. But I'm glad I did it. Once this heals, I'll finally be past that stupid accident, even if I do have a lot more scars in places that aren't so noticeable.

Emily is officially on the move now. She crawled from one room to another at daycare on Friday, which was a distance record for her. Apparently she drew applause from all the kids! It's incredible to see her go - and adorable, too. I can't even describe, it's a little teetery and uncertain, but also kind of spirited; maybe she thinks her new trick is pretty awesome and she's just happy to try it out again? who knows. I've been seeing this coming for a couple months, of course, but now I really have to buckle down and pick things up off the floor. That was the plan for the weekend, but it's half over already and we haven't done anything on it.

We've had a pretty nice weekend so far - I love summer! Even though Emily was up at 5:30 this morning, I got to sleep from 6 - 8 because Travis got up with her, and put her down for her first nap at 7. Then he went biking, and when he got home, I went for a run - first time I've done that since February 07! Then we played with Emily for a while, and after she napped we went downtown to the Des Moines Arts Festival. We didn't get anything, but it was fun to take Emily out for a walk, and to look at some beautiful art and talk about what we like or don't. Then we went to my friend's wedding reception (she got married last winter in Prague!), and I came home and put Emily to bed. I doubt Travis will be out that late because he was up so early this morning, so we should have a nice day tomorrow too.

:) I am just crazy about Emily. She is so expressive, and curious, and charming. When I'm rocking her (which sometimes is for very long expanses of time, such as last night), I look at her and wonder what I would ever do without her. Is she really mine to keep? How did I get so lucky?? The other day I put some music on, a little lively piano piece, and she and I danced to it. She had so much fun, she was squealing and laughing, and her little mouth was open the whole time in a huge smile. I think "glee" is the only word for it, just pure and relaxed, complete joy. I love it :)