Movin' on up...

...or should I say around.

Yesterday, Bubba started crawling!!! He has been on the verge for a while, getting up on all fours and rocking mostly. In the last few weeks, he would shuffle his little knees (so cute!) but his hands would be stationary. Then he started moving his hands forward, but would forget to move his knees and he would do a bellyflop.

About a week ago, he started taking 1-2 crawling "steps" then bellyflopping. Then yesterday, he took 4 in a row! I was up with him alone when he did it, so I grabbed him and put him into the middle of the floor for him to do it again, but of course he wasn't interested in showing off...yet.

Then a little while later while we were playing, he crawled (more than 4 steps) toward his butterfly (favourite toy). So I took the butterfly and went about 3 feet away. He got up on all fours with a determined look on his face. He stayed like that for about 30 seconds, then he started his little shuffle crawling...his knees move a litle faster than his hands. I counted 20 "steps" and he had reached me!!!

We spent the rest of the day making him crawl to different things which he was pretty eager to do, each time we would cheer and kiss him...he doesn't understand why Mommy & Daddy are acting so weird. We have video and I will try to post it once we figure it out.

We did hit Toys*R*Us yesterday for two more gates. Although Bubba hasn't ventured out of the living/dining room yet, it's only a matter of time. Gotta go baby proof!