Go baby go

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I took the video clip out because it wasn't playing.  Comments are also not working.  So, go blogger. 

Abby is crawling!  Well, squirming and dragging, but she is moving, and she is FAST.  Yesterday when my sister's kids were over, I was in the kitchen getting them a snack.  When I came back in, Abby had moved from her playmat to halfway across the room.

Me:  How did Abby get there?

Logan:  She cwaled (sic).

Ryann:  (In a bored voice) She crawled over here on her own.

Me:  She CRAWLED?!?!?!

Logan: (Impatiently), Yuh, Abby CWALED!

Geez, sorry for asking. 

We have seen Abby kind of move a shuffle or two forward, and she can definitely scoot backwards, but this is new.  And, like I said, even though she is only one day into this thing, she is FAST.  I'm going to have to baby gate the basement stairs, and since she is pulling herself up too (my, aren't we growing up?) that is going to involve screwing it in, not just propping it up like we have been for the dogs.

This is just a sentimental Mama talking, but now that Abby is crawling, I see it as her crawling away. 

She is crawling away from being a baby.

Crawling away from being so dependent on me. 

Crawling away from the safe places that I put her.

She is just on the move, ready to explore, put foreign objects in her mouth, wreak havoc on low lying objects, terrorize (or get stepped on) by the dogs, and I am sure all other kinds of trouble that I hadn't thought of.  At the same time, I am so proud of her, and I love how she is so proud of herself.  If you  watched the video you can see, she is her own biggest fan, and that just makes it even more cute.  My baby is active, growing and learning, and really, what can you do but sit back, smile and say "Go baby, go"?