Our little Sister Christian has figured out how to scoot! She'd been inching around - mostly skilled at pivoting - but now it's full tilt forward and she can't get enough. Literally. It's all she wants to do to the point she doesn't want to sleep or take naps... and then when she does finally sleep she's pushing her bottom into the air getting her practice reps in.
It's been a blast watching her get mobile - we just set her toys around and she picks one and starts making a bee-line for it. On the flip side her diligence has made for a challenging little Maude from time to time this weekend (see the previous reference to not wanting to sleep).
The good news (in a glass-half-full kind of way) is we don't have to worry about baby-proofing for a couple more weeks - since we'll be nomads while we're en route across the country next week and then a few more days as we wait for the movers with all our stuff. Then we'll have to think about how we're going to settle in to make sure those little hands can't get into too much mischief.
What's been the most surprising (to me, at least) is the relentless determination in a little gal who's not even 6 months old. She's been cranking along across hardwood, rugs, shag carpet - and I can already see this Energizer Bunny state of mind isn't a trait that will go away in life (probably to my occasional chagrin) - which is exciting and even inspiring - a reminder in a world of distraction that sometimes you have to point your head at what you want and start scooting.
That's all for this week - the blog may be a little sporadic over the next couple of weeks since the Overmans will be in roaming mode. And now on to the pictures!
It's Maude in a basket!
The tongue.
Just plain happy.
The 'Walter Matthau'.
Indie rock label.
