And we're mobile!!

Cora started crawling recently! After weeks of being "stuck in reverse," as Coleman called it, she finally got some forward motion. We were both home at the time - Cora was upstairs with Coleman and I was downstairs with my small group. Coleman came and got me, so we got the first fledgling scoots on camera. Here are the highlights:



If you listen close, you can hear me gasp every time she gets her knee moving forward. I'm sure all parents go through this, but it is so wonderful and humbling to watch this little person learn something new - to discover she's able to do something she's never done before. It's amazing, and our life is full of these little miracles these days.

This may be crawling by fits and starts, but you should see her now! She's a crawling machine. Actually, she's pretty much over crawling by now. The very night she started crawling (the night in the video), she also started trying to stand up. It was like, crawling - done. Now onto the next one! I'll try to get a video of her pulling up soon so you can see.

In the meantime, prayers for us as we try to keep up with Cora and keep her safe. We've got gates and babyproofed cabinets and outlet plugs, but she somehow finds things we didn't even know to be afraid of. In fact, she's obsessed with power cords and her favorite game is to try to get them in her mouth before we can get there to stop her. This whole parenting thing is pretty terrifying, isn't it? And I'm pretty sure it just gets more dangerous from here on out. Am I right?