And We've Got a Crawler!

Lena learned to crawl this week! A month ago Lena started getting ready for this huge milestone by learning to get from the sitting position onto all fours and rocking back and forth. We knew then that we'd have a crawler in the not too distant future. The rocking turned into what is called army crawling (basically crawling with her forearms and dragging the rest of her body behind her), and then all of the sudden this week she realized how to move her arms and legs together to crawl. What a difference a month makes!

We now have a mobile baby in the house and mama's job has become a whole lot harder. Keeping track of a crawling baby is definitely a full time deal, and has been a bit exhausting over the past week. And Lena is only going to get faster and faster at this whole crawling thing. In fact, who knows, maybe she'll be walking by next month. She does seem to enjoy standing and wants to practice walking all the time. Hard to believe that her cousin Levi was walking already at 8 months!

Lena continues to grow so fast it seems hard to believe that she is only 9 months old and has gone from being a helpless little mouse to a baby who crawls, sleeps on her own, eats spinach saag, pizza, and eggs, and occasionally uses the potty.