Limited Tolerance meets The Zoo.

Caren has ventured past the bedroom door today. We've observed her wobbling to the kitchen and living room a few times today. It's so great to see her up and around, even a little bit. SHe tried to come out and visit with the boys for a few minutes this afternoon, but I seriously think it was sensory overload for her.

She wandered out and crashed on the couch. The twins pounced immediately. They just wanted to be close to her, but couldn't take a break from the wrestling match they'd been engaged in for the preceding 10 minutes. All in good fun, just rumbling and tumbling around the room. However, when Caren sat on the couch, they decided to take the action onto the couch right next to her! They were rolling back and forth, jumping off the arm on top of one another and just generally creating a huge ruckus way to close.

To complicate it slightly, Sadie, our 4 1/2 month old German Shepard puppy (I know, we should have our heads examined!), was desperately trying to get Caren's attention, by nuzzling her hand over, and over, and over, and over again. I swear, I looked over there and Caren's eyes were spinning. The noise level was just below "Jet Engine" and the whole couch was shimmying around. The visit lasted about 6 minutes, after which she retired to the calm and relative safety of the bedroom.

It was a noble adventure. She really needs to be getting up and moving around, even if it's just to come out to visit the Zoo for a few minutes and get back to base camp.