Mama Monday: "It's all over"

People love to tell you that once your baby walks, "It's all over". I really don't enjoy negative "advice" like that, but...they were kind of right. Not that the fun is over or life is over, but the life of having a contained baby certainly is out the window.  Exhibit A:

All her ideas of redecorating and entertainment

Now that I am home with Larkyn for the summer, I am seeing so much growth (she says "dog" when she hears a dog bark, points to trees, points to mama, brings me things all the time so I can say thank you and then lay it in the pile of all the presents she has brought to me...).

But, leaving the house?  It is hard, my friends. If we are just going to a place with a shopping cart, we are good. But all of the following have happened in the last week to remind me, "You're not in control anymore, mama."

• I was excited to try on a few good finds at the Loft! As soon as we closed the door to the dressing room, she was a mess. I got her out (stupid)..and she was immediately gone underneath the door and I am shirtless. Thank goodness grandma was a few rooms down and could run out!
• Highchairs in restaurants? HA! Ask Matt how that is going.
• Her preferred play area at the playground? The path. Pushing her own stroller back and forth on the path until I finally I get sick of guiding it.
• Stairs are her new obsession. We don't have them, so they are new to her. Only, she likes to walk off the edge of them when we visit other houses. Wheee!

What I'm getting at is not "poor me, this is hard". It is just totally different, and I am finding out what my baby is really about. She is not an observer. I watch more Sprout TV than she does...she moves more furniture than I do. She doesn't just watch people walk into a restaurant, she waves and smiles at every single one. I love that about her. She makes everyone feel like the center of universe for just a minute. 

I'd like to collect gross motor ideas for babies, since that is her thing. I'd love your suggestions!