Wee Smith's Omphalocele: Enjoying the Summer

Beach fun with water

Friends at the beach

It has been a hot summer thus far but Ceilidh is taking it all in stride. Her favourite activities revolve around getting wet and playing in the sand, usually combined together. She loves the beach for that and I love it too as it keeps her entertained. While at the beach she usually runs to the edge of the water picks up some water in her bucket runs back to the beach part, sits down and then proceeds to dump the water on herself. Over and over again she repeats this task. And when at home she loves taking water from her pool dumping it into her sandbox and then playing in the wet sand.

She finally is using her pool after her love affair with the recycling box. She still loves the recycling box and as soon as I fill it up with water she is quick to sit in it but at least now she will do that with the pool as well. More room in the pool but tell that to a one year old.

She is currently fascinated with her tummy.

She is practicing washing her belly.

Too bad it hasn't rained enough this summer as her other favourite activity is to jump in puddles. She has these yellow rubber boots that she always tries to put on but we haven't let her wear outside as they were too big but finally she got the chance yesterday. Not only has she finally grown a bit more to fit into these boots more comfortably it also rained yesterday afternoon. Well it was more like torrential down pour but the result was some beautiful puddles to play in. I put my rubber boots on as well to join in the fun.

We can't get over how much more she comprehends each passing week. And while she doesn't say too many words just babbles none stop she knows what we mean. Her new word is ball, which she is always on the hunt for. If you ask her where her ball is she goes searching for it. And she is always trying to play catch with the cat. Trouble (the cat) is not as impressed with Ceilidh and her new word ball. But she does always put up with Ceilidh and her petting. Ceilidh is getting much better as petting her she practices with her pound puppy stuff animal.
Here is how she kept busy the last two months.