The Explorer

Dearest Ashley,

You're growing into a real explorer! You simply are not content anymore to be carried around anymore. After being carried around in our arms or pushed around in a stroller for a time, you'll usually wriggle and squirm to get onto the floor so that you can walk and go where you wish to go and reach for whatever tickles your fancy. This is such a dangerous thing sometimes but you're a little tiger when it comes to this and it takes a lot of effort to stop you from doing so.

As part of this whole phase you're going through, you also usually try to avoid falling asleep. We guess you want to continue exploring this world that you find yourself in and sleeping does not help you do that!

Anyway, on one of your adventures in our flat, you ended up pulling the shoe rack onto yourself! Poor Lil Darling Girl! Papa heard you cry out and when he had dashed to you, you had footwear strewn all around you and you were in the gap between the shelves of the shoe rack! Thank God the shoe rack is so light and you were physically hurt. You were mostly shocked by the experience. Hopefully, you'll learn your lesson and won't do such a thing again. Well, we can hope.

Papa and Mama love you lots!