And we have liftoff...

She's crawling!  She's crawling!!!  I saw her do it last night in the bath tub and I realized she didn't want to scootch (army crawl) like she normally does because, obviously, she would go under water.  So she could do it if she wanted.  I decided this morning  I was going to see what would happen if I put my hand under her tummy when she went on fours, and not let her lay flat.  So I did that and it worked and then I removed my hand and she stayed up and continued crawling.  We were outside in the grass and the "thing" that motivated her to move was a pecan (in it's shell).

When we went inside she was not as happy about crawling on the carpet so I enticed her with one of Henry's Earth's Best Grover bars.  She really really wanted it and screamed like a maniac for me to get it for her but I didn't budge.  I brought it closer to her and then as she got closer to it I would pull it out of reach (how my mom taught me to swim) and we did this all the way across the room!

The teachers at her school were so excited when I told them.  The lead teacher said, "Everyone at GS has been waiting for her to crawl".  I know that sounds bad but it was not said offensively.  They were very excited and happy for her.  Justin told Henry on the way to pick E up that she was crawling and even he was excited.  "Oh that's good.  I'm so proud of her."  And, "Mom's going to be so proud of her!" was what he said when they got home and he saw her do it.

I'm so proud of her!

And..she is saying "uh-oh" correctly!  (She's been saying uh-uh when she or anyone else drops something but as of today she figured out the "oh").

She is also standing on her own for a few seconds at a time now, just like how Henry did at 10 months.

And as of today she needs two hair clips. One for each side.

My baby is growing up.