We have a crawler!

Finally! We thought this day would never come :-). For the longest time, Elle showed no interest in wanting to crawl so we thought she'd skip that and go straight to walking. For the last couple of weeks she's been crawling/scooting backwards and even able to sit up, lay back down and vice versa. She has tried to get on all fours but her right leg always gets stuck underneath. I knew it will just be a matter of days before she would be able to figure out how to really crawl and move forward. Well, she surprised Mommy Jarbs yesterday and showed off her new skill :-).

Time to install the baby gates on top and bottom of the stairs, buy an enclosed entertainment center, remove all breakables in the living room, install security locks on all kitchen and bathroom cabinets, etc, etc...Let the fun begin! :-)

"Crawling" backwards!?

As we were getting ready to leave for work and the babysitter this morning, I put Eleiana down on her back on the activity mat while I got all our stuff together.  A minute after, I looked back and saw that she already rolled over to her tummy, on all fours and pushing herself backwards across the living room! I could not help but laugh and asked where she was going. I called Daddy Jarbs, who was upstairs, to see her "crawl" backwards! We were both in awe watching our little girl hit another milestone :-). Then, she started to kiss and lick the wood floor! That's when I immediately picked her up and said "that's it, you're done!" lol. She's not officially crawling yet but I was told that babies learn to crawl backwards first before the learn to move forward. We now have to start thinking about childproofing our house because before we know it, she'll be running around the house and creating havoc :-).