Sundays are always our family day. Typically we stay home and relax - Mabel hates to nap on Sunday since both Mama and Papa are home, she doesn't want to miss a second! This Sunday I was able to take an amazing morning nap, Mabel had been up for several hours in the early morning leaving me so tired that Zack told me to take a nap while he and Mabel played after breakfast. Mabel then fell asleep on Papa for about an hour and a half (as I slept more!). Since Mabel and I were so well rested we decided to check out the Irish Ceili that the Irish American Club puts on once a month. We wanted to go the last few months, but it just wasn't in the cards. Mabel loved it! She danced on my lap and got such a kick out of watching the people dance and seeing the band play music. Check out the video, all that bopping is her!When we were there we saw a few other babies. There was a little girl about Mabel's age just walking around and a little boy younger than Mabel walking and standing. I forget that Mabel "should" be doing those things if she didn't have hip dysplasia and the 12 weeks in the cast followed by the few weeks of the brace, and the reality is that she would have done those things long ago. She will learn to stand and walk, I guess it is something to look forward too and on the bright side now that she is older when she starts walking she is older and listens better, that's a plus. It does make me a bit sad though thinking about her being physically behind right now, I know she'll catch up, but it is still hard to think about, but at the same time when Mabel saw the babies she kept pointing and saying, "Baby!" I didn't see any of the other babies talking! Also she was the only baby that seemed excited about the music and dancing. She also was excited about looking out the big windows and seeing the ocean with the birds and boats, she's always been very aware of her surroundings, maybe she has too many other things to focus on to worry about walking right now.
