Duh-duh-duh-DUCK

Today was supposed to be a lazy day for Nevaeh and me. We couldn't go to church because Nevaeh was displaying cold-like symptoms (coughing, a horrible runny/stuffy nose that made a mess all over the both of us all day long, and a low fever at times), which is a no-no for the nursery. So instead, I tried to experiment again with the one-nap (no morning nap, but rather one nap from about noon to 2:30ish) concept. It didn't go as well as the 3-hr nap last weekend. In fact, it failed miserably and I missed out on a nap myself because as soon as I was ready to lay down for a few minutes, Nevaeh was awake from hers. Boooooo. So then I was trying to play with her as best I could from the couch in a semi-conscious state. I'm sure you can imagine how well that went over with a 10-month-old.

After supper, we went for a walk to the neighborhood "lake" (I use that term loosely as it's more of a man-made pond). Tonight was probably the warmest night we've taken a walk and I'm not sure how many more I can tolerate in this heat. We didn't leave the house until about 7 but it was still plenty warm. Imagine sitting in the sauna with a hair dryer blowing on your face. That's what it felt like with the "breeze" tonight. So anywho... once we made it to the lake, we (ok, mostly me) enjoyed sitting on the grass and watching the ducks swim or toddle about on the "shore." As I pointed to the ducks tonight and tried to get Nevaeh to say "duck," she actually got out the "duh" part and kept saying it over and over while pointing at the ducks. Hey, maybe she does listen to me after all! It's only a matter of time until she's ready for Duck-Duck-GRAY DUCK.