Learning to crawl takes time

You always hear about little people learning how to walk, but never learning how to crawl.

After that last post I decided to take a little walk with the dog and the baby.

Remember when I told you about how she was learning to crawl next to me that time?

Well, fast forward a couple of weeks and guess what. She is still learning to crawl. Sometimes she goes backwards, sometimes she gets a leg caught under the couch, sometimes she falls flat on her face. But she's still trying. She's careful. She wobbles. She sees a toy she wants and she gets close enough to grab it and sits back on her tush. I wonder sometimes if she'll ever do it. Then I look down and she's accross the room, still wobbling, still unsure, but THERE instead of HERE.

Learning to crawl takes a long time and it's hard work.

Prepping for the Big Trip

We are leaving on Friday to take the little meatball to America for the first time. She is almost 9 months. Of course when I bought the tickets she was closer to 8 months and had all those adorable characteristics of an 8-month old: giggly, smiley, stayed put when you set her down (I realize some meatballs are mobile before that)... NOW, however, we are crawling around and SCREAMING at the top of our lungs FOR FUN (no pain or fear needed).

So, um, I just want to APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE to anyone who may be sitting ANYWHERE NEAR US (you may want to choose the Exit row after all). This picture may be you when we're through!