Onward and upward!

Onward - Abigail began crawling in early April (~7.5 months old). Almost simultaneously she mastered the ability to go from lying down to sitting up on her own! She'd been sitting for quite some time but this opened up a whole new world. At first she wouldn't crawl very far -- but now, a little over a month later, you can't blink! Blink and she's gone.

Here she is when it first began:

Now that she's moving, she can finally get up close and personal with the camera -- one of her favorite things that she's not allowed to touch...don't blink!

Upward: About a month later she started pulling up and standing! Now she does it with ease! She loves to show off for the camera.

No more bedside cups of water for mama.

All of the cords were long-ago tied way up high in preparation for this moment.

"I can use anything to pull myself up, mommy!"

I'm not sure why Abigail is pants-less in two of the four pictures. I'm sure she usually has pants/shorts/skirts on...

I guess it's a good opportunity to see her adorable cloth diapers! We love sized Blueberry Simplex diapers!

We took a trip to the new central library last night to hear author Anna Dewdney read the books that she wrote and illustrated "Llama Llama Red Pajama" and the new "Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too." Abigail even got a signed copy if the new book. And Anna was asking me all about our Tula!

The new library is incredible. The Children's Library is just perfectly set up for little ones. It's going to be a wonderful place for Abigail to go soon! Child-Corinne is super jealous. Right now she just wants to crawl around and eat tables and railings...but soon!

 

Speaking of daddy, here is is with Abigail (terrifying mama in the first picture):

That's all for now!