On The Go...

Lately, the girls seem to prefer "scooting" as their method of transportation, and love to get off the rug onto the tile so they can move more quickly. However, this does not make Mommy so excited because that tile is HARD and does not give if they happen to fall back or forward. So, it's a constant watching game, and they aren't even walking and bumping into things yet.

Caroline is just a very content baby; she is happy to stay in one place for a while as long as she has her toys.

She loves her blocks and "talks" to them and her favorite game is to throw them on the tile and then scoot on her rear to go get them.

I think she's content to let others move for her right now...we're working with her and encouraging her as much as we can to walk, but I guess she will get there at her own pace.

Just this week, Claire is getting much closer to crawling and can rock on her hands and knees now. She practices it all the time now and I have to watch her because she face plants constantly. This morning, she was face down in her crib, lying perpendicular with her face in the bumper - not a great position to be stuck in!

She loves standing and holding onto the coffee table, and has just begun to slowly make her way around the side of it, step by step.

For a few weeks now, Claire has been getting faster and stronger while she holds our hands and walks, so I thought I would try to get the walker out and see how she did with that. She was a little unsteady and fell a few times, but she was able to understand the concept of pushing and walking and she was able to push it all by herself for the first time!

Watch out everybody; here I come!