Today was the day! I've been working on learning to crawl for a few weeks now, and I actually got somewhere today. Before, I would get up on my hands and knees, rock back and forth, and just kind of fall flat where I am at; or sometimes I would kick my legs and put my head down until my booty sticks way up in the air, then pick my head up and move forward a bit. But today I was able to move across our family room floor all on my own, and in pretty good time too!
Mommy had just gotten me up from my nap and we were playing on the floor. Daddy came out and sat on the couch and said "Eli, if you want to play with me you should crawl over here." Well, I got so excited to see Daddy up for the day, and I really did want to play with him, so I decided I just had to crawl over to him. And I did!! I got up on my hands and knees, did the rocking, and kind of flattened out a few times, but moving forward the whole time. I crawled right off the blanket Mommy likes to keep me on and across part of the carpet until I got Daddy's feet. I love feet (Mommy is grossed out because she does NOT like feet at all). I got all cuddled up to Daddy's feet and played with them for a bit, then he picked me up and I played with him for a bit too.
I also learned to pull myself up to standing today...sort of. Mommy was laying on the floor while I was sitting and playing. I turned around to her and kind of laid on her tummy. Then I pushed down on my arms and stood with my legs! It was the first time I've done this all by myself, and Mommy and Daddy were very excited to see it. Especially because Mommy wants me to walk as soon as I can after crawling--she thinks it's a lot cleaner. Boy does she have a lot to learn about boys and dirt!
I guess today was my day to show off my skills because I have also been saying Mamamamama, and Dadadadada a lot more today. I can usually say it back to Mommy or Daddy when they say it to me, and I love to laugh and giggle with them when I do.
What a fun and busy day it has been for me! I've been sick this past weekend--my first cold. Luckily for Mommy and Daddy I've been pretty good during the day, but at night I wake up around 3 am because I can't breathe any more, then I am fussy for the rest of the morning. Sometimes Daddy stayed up with me and sometimes I woke Mommy up. It ended up that Mommy and I did not get very much sleep this past weekend, but I am feeling better now and am able to do all these fun, grown up (for a baby) things!
