She's a Crawler!!!

July 30, 2011

Something about being at the beach house was all it took to pique J-Bug's curiosity enough to get her crawling. Maybe it was the long car ride, maybe the lack of proper child-safety precautions that intrigued her, or maybe it was just always having a audience since we were joined by Grandma & Grandpa Stevens and G.G. & Papa Bob, but from the moment we set her down after our arrival in Manzanita, she started moving around. At first it was more of the scooting and lunging movement. She had been doing this at home, but not nearly as quickly. Then it morphed into a bear crawl or shuffle with one leg still turned in for 2 strides, but she would chicken out and end up back on her bum.

When she finally put the pieces together and got her arms and legs synchronized, I really couldn't believe my eyes. She has been teasing us for so long ALMOST crawling.

Now, it was clear that it was not always her favorite thing to do because there were lots of whines and screeches, but boy was this kiddo determined. It seemed that the spiky ball and her little car were the two toys that seemed to really get her going.

By the end of the day, she was getting across the large master bedroom of the beach house. She knew she was doing something pretty special and Daddy, Clara and Mommy are all her biggest fans!
So proud of you Janie Caroline! Now the real fun begins trying to keep you corralled!