Tatiana was baptized yesterday.  The ceremony was beautiful, and everyone commented on how well Tatiana behaved.  Scotland and I thought she was a little cranky in the beginning, but that was because she had a wet diaper.  Part of the ceremony each group was supposed to stand up and say we are getting Tatiana baptized.  I was flustered because with us checking her diaper, it had fallen off right before that.  I was pleased with how many people came to the baptism. 

When we go to church I like to get there early, and diaper her and nurse her in this side room that they have.  It settles her down, so she behaves during church. We did that for the baptism.  We accidentally ended up turning one of the side rooms into the Tatiana room.  Most of our friends/family gathered there. 

The party was very nice.  We didn't run out of any food.  The only mistake I made was I forgot to put out the BBQ sauce.  Scotland realized about halfway through.  I think everyone had fun. 

Tatiana has had another good day.  She played with me in the morning.  She spends most of her playtime working on her standing skills.  She is getting so stable, and non-wobbly.  She also just pops up when she wants to stand.  She makes it look so easy.  She was good at lunch. While I was eating, Scotland helped her to show off her standing skills to everyone.  She was fascinated by the guy next to me, Tom.  He told her to "spread the word".  She had a nice nap in the sling.  When she woke up she did this screaming thing she has started lately.  I hope it calms down into babbling soon. When we got home she was affectionate.  She did get a half hour nap in the crib.  Yeah!  I love those. 

Tatiana had a really good day yesterday.  During morning playtime I was reading a book in the recliner in the nursery.  I looked down and Tatiana was using the handle on the recliner and a box to stand up, all on her own!  She went from crawling to standing.  She has done it before using mommies or daddies fingers.  Then, when she gets tired she doesn't know what to do.
 
Early afternoon playtime was on the big bed.  I put pillows around the edges.  The biggest barrier is at the foot because she wants to chew on the laundry hamper in the bassinet.  All on her own she crawled/climbed onto the top!  It was probably one foot high.    She got to the top and gave me this big smile.  Then she was very unhappy with me because I wouldn't let her fall head first into the bassinet.

This morning isn't as good because she is having trouble pooping. 

Today is Saturday and I was glad to be able to get out of the house because of the snow.  Yesterday we got some cute photos of her licking the beater from making cookies.  Today when I was at Walmart I put the car seat in the cart instead of having her in the sling.  She seemed sort of vegetative. I now understand why people always comment on how alert she is. 

Boy does time fly!  We have had ice days this week.  Thursday she was going to have her photo taken at Ralf's but the studio was too cold.  Wednesday she did something very smart for a 6 month old.  We were having playtime on the master bed.  She likes to partially climb onto stuff then use it to balance.  She did that with one of the pillows.  Then she noticed that the pillowcase had a pig on it.  I saw her paw at it.  I told her that yes it was a pig and pigs goes Oink Oink. She did that little happy laugh she does.

Today at lunch I was standing up with her in the sling, and the waiter had just brought a new water for me.  She wanted to drink.  So, I let her try, and she did.  She took proper drinks from it.  Everyone was very impressed.  She didn't know what everyone was so excited about. She also liked to dangle her hand in the cold water with ice.