Adventures in Crawling

December 10, 2009
I caved in and opened the box to one of Sydney's Christmas presents-her Leapfrog musical table. I hadn't set that thing down for more than two seconds and Syd decided she suddenly knew how to crawl and excitedly moved toward it. She was on the move and I almost burst into tears of joy. But the tears were inevitable when less than ten minutes later, she crawled right into my arms and pulled up for a hug. THAT was amazing.

December 11, 2009
Sydney has been rolling around for a while now to get where she wants to go, but there's something different about crawling. It's almost like she turned into a toddler overnight. I watch her crawl to her toys, pick one out to play with, then move on to another. She has more control on what she wants to do and where she wants to go. It's incredible to watch.

December 12, 2009
It's all over now. I had my back to Sydney for seven seconds vacuuming by the couch, and when I turned around-she had the cord IN HER MOUTH. Can you say "heart attack"? She chased the cord as I quickly wrapped it up, and then moved on to chasing the cat. Beaker has no idea what he's in for. For MONTHS he's been the antagonist, and now he's no longer untouchable. RUN BEAKER. RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN.