Monday, August 15, 2011

8 Months

She's 8 months today, and as if on cue, to mark the event, she started crawling.

Oh, she's been on the verge for a while now, up on hands and knees, rocking back and forth, moving one hand, flopping onto belly . . . back up onto hands and knees, experiment with hands and feed on the ground . . . nope, back onto belly. She had quite mastered a very purposeful slither to get to what she wanted. But tonight as I sat trying to edit a chapter on game design, while she refused to sleep, I caught her out of the corner of my eye. "Is she . . . " but, no, as I turned to watch, she dropped on her belly.

Two minutes later she was back at it though.

Then she cried because she got stuck under the swing in the corner by my chair.

Then I put her back in the middle of the room, where she sat and smiled at herself and at me, clearly proud of her accomplishment. Then she crawled some more.

And I sat and watched, because crawling is new and exciting, and she is not very fast yet, and soon I won't be able to sit at all trying to keep up with her.

8 months and on the move

6 comments:

  1. Awww it's so cute when they figure it out.There will be no stopping her now.

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  2. Watching those milestones - amazing. Go Elizabeth and look out mama. No stopping her now!
    xo

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  3. I didn't realize our littlest ones are nearly the same age! Oliver is 9+ months and the same way--all over the place. Once he started crawling it was ciao, baby! But he's also content to crawl to something he wants and then sit and play for awhile.

    Go, baby girl, go!

    It's amazing how quickly these things happen, yes?
    xo

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  4. Wow. It goes by so fast. Go, Elizabeth! But don't go so fast that your mommy can't keep up.

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  5. it is amazing how fast they can be. our ellie jane is almost 15 months and she is on the move walking everywhere. it feels a bit like my new exercise routine.

    it is such fun to see them proud of themselves...

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  6. Gives me an idea of when it all might happen. We're gearing up on 7 months, and he's getting some rocking done.

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