Moving Forward… July 16, 2007

For the past couple of weeks Fi has mastered the art of scootching backwards. She pushes herself up with her arms and then her feet slip out behind her and another inch or two is gained. Friday she started something new….I walked in to get her from her crib and she was up on her hands and knees….just like that…she would hold her belly off of the ground for 10 or so seconds and then PLOP! it would hit the mattress and she would exhale letting me know that it took all of her energy to lug that big old belly into the air. And then she would do it again and again. Tonight she realized that if she did all of that, and then put her head down on the ground she could slide forward….not backward….and it begins. Just like that we are starting to crawl. I’m not sure what tomorrow will bring….maybe she’ll have forgotten her new trick or maybe by tomorrow night she’ll be racing around us in circles. Either way we are moving forward!