{"id":1214,"date":"2011-02-28T22:20:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T06:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2011-02-28T22:20:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T06:20:27","slug":"wriggle-wiggle-squiggle-and-squirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wriggle-wiggle-squiggle-and-squirm\/","title":{"rendered":"Wriggle, Wiggle, Squiggle and Squirm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Toys are haphazardly strewn about my living in room – they lay where they fell in the aftermath of Hurricane Muppet.<\/p>\n

Both muppets are sitting on their own. They can\u2019t get upright by themselves – but they look adorable when you prop them up. Destroy isn\u2019t as good at maintaining the posture. Search will lean and catch himself. Destroy? \u201cWell, guess we\u2019re going down now.\u201d Thunk.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re far more interested in the continued discovery of each and every toy. The can reach out and drag objects toward them. (Deemed \u201cadvanced skills\u201d on the milestone growth chart timeline.)<\/p>\n

Search spent the morning scootching his little legs up underneath himself and rocking back and forth on his knees. He is so close to crawling. He\u2019ll scoot backwards a few inches, growing increasingly frustrated that the object of his current attention is seemingly moving farther and farther out of his reach. Then after several attempts, he lurched himself forward. He completely faceplanted – but hey, we\u2019re making mobility progress here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Destroy\u2019s big boy carseats arrived today. The UPS man rang the doorbell, surrounded by four giant Britax boxes. \u201cFour, huh?\u201d he deadpanned. (To be fair, we went ahead and ordered Search\u2019s at the same time.) Jon set about putting the seats together and we strapped the muppets into the land-yacht stroller – forward facing – for the first time. The muppets were giddy with glee. Freedom!<\/p>\n

But I think we\u2019ll prolong their childhood (in infant seats) a few weeks more; Destroy has a good two pounds left\u2026And Search doesn\u2019t quite fit. Although, it doesn\u2019t appear he\u2019s going anywhere in his seat; he gave a rousing Houdini effort, but stayed firmly ensconced in his seat.<\/p>\n

Today the muppets are nine months old.<\/p>\n

The same amount of time has passed in their young lives that they should have remained with me in utero. From two pounds to 20 – why dwell on the beginnings when we\u2019ve come so far. Our days now involve the mundane dealings of infants growing up. (And rantings in the blogosphere from their slightly neurotic mother.)<\/p>\n

The wiggles, squiggles, giggles and grins.<\/p>\n