Leah has started crawling. I told someone that today and they said, "She has officially moved out of baby". Waaaaaaaa! I love my little baby! I can't believe that she is wanting to be mobile now. She is at the same age as Michelle was but it seems like Leah is so much smaller that I remember Michelle being.
Of course now that Leah can crawl, Michelle and Carolyn think she should start racing! They will get down on the floor next to her and say, "ready, set, go!" They are disappointed that she is not moving fast enough for their game. "Podo, why can't you go faster?" (Carolyn started calling Leah "Podo" one day and it has stuck ever since.)
Leah also can pull herself up on the table, couch, me, toys, and on and on and on...... I watch her as she stands at the table, trying to grab for things knowing that she is going to fall at some point and wondering if she will cry when she slips off or will she just ignore it and try again. This is the time I cringe for them. Well, one of the times anyway. I know they are going to hurt themselves but I also know that they will have to learn!
I can tell that the girls are getting even more interested in her now that she has more "tricks" that she can do, although they are not liking the rule that now they have to pay attention to little stuff on the floor. I have a hard enough time getting them to clean up the big stuff and they are not happy about the little stuff for sure!
Now I have to start shopping for gates for the stairs again. It's only a matter of time before Leah finds them!
