Sisters

I cannot believe I have not posted in the past two months. Wait, yes, I can believe it. In the past two months, we've made some return trips to Virginia to work on my father's estate and to retrieve items from my childhood home. We moved to a new office and Craig changed jobs (both in the same week). Sera has kept us busy. In my last post, she had just started walking. She now runs, spins, climbs, dances, climbs, and jumps.

Spinning. (Don't worry. She laughed when she fell down)

Dancing to the Bubble Guppies. (NO! My child is not twerking!) She also loves the theme song to the Big Bang Theory.She will run to the television when it plays, dance, and then throw up her arms and scream, "BA!" at the end. 

I am amazed at how much Sera has grown. Not just the physical growth (she's finally reached the 50th percentile for weight and is 60th for height), but the also the advancement in maturity. She loves to help. She will close the laundry room doors after me, help carry the laundry basket, and hand wash cloths to me as I fold them outside the linen closet. She is allowed her Wubbanub (named Mr. Bojangles) only at naps and bedtime and proudly stores him in the drawer when asked. When I come home and change my shoes for our daily walk after work, she sets out my walking shoes for me. She carries books to me and sits in my lap, but rather than asking me to read, she turns the pages and slowly babbles to herself. She has learned numerous animal sounds and greets lions and tigers with the cutest Rawr! (As she did during our recent chilly trip to the zoo):

Now that she's growing like crazy, I have been hearing the question that every parent gets to hear: When are you going to have another? We have thought about another baby. If we have one naturally, that would be delightful. We're not trying, but we're not not trying. The chances of having a biological child are minuscule and we're not hopeful, but it would be nice. We have no firm future plans of adopting. We would welcome another child if we had the opportunity, but for now, we're focusing all of our energy on Sera and her fursister, Fred. 

There are several ways you can attempt to categorize people. Red vs. blue. Vegetarian vs. omnivore. Christian vs. Atheist. Star Wars vs. Star Trek. And pets as family vs. pets as possessions. 

Our family is definitely a pets as family family and Sera seems to know it. They can be loving to one another. Sera loves to pet Fred and tries to use her belly as a pillow. 

They lay in the sun and enjoy looking out the window:

They have also developed some sibling rivalry. Thankfully, Sera seems to have moved out of her I'm going to smash this toy into Fred stage. Now, if Fred is playing with one of her dog toys or takes one of Sera's toys, Sera points at Fred, turns to me, and yells. If Sera hasn't played with a toy in awhile and Fred shows an interest in it, suddenly Sera wants it. If Fred is sitting in my lap, Sera has to climb in, too. I have also learned that if I ever want Sera to stop getting into something, all I have to do is pick up Fred, pet her and tell her how much I love her, and Sera will jealously run to me and clutch my leg. Yes, I am using jealousy to redirect my child. Don't judge me!