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August 12, 2005
Going mo-bile!
Emma learned to crawl tonight!
After several weeks of trying to get the munchkin to move at all, then working on changing from backward to forward, she made the move just as quick as you please. With bait, anyway. Goldfish crackers, to be exact.
We were nearly finished with a visit to Mom and Dad's when I became a bit peckish. I raided the kitchen stash of Goldfish, and walked back into the living room. Emma knows about Goldfish already. Seeing mine, she set up a mighty ruckus, determined that she would have a few.
So I put a couple down on the carpet. Nothing doing. She wasn't moving for a pittance such as that.
Not to be denied, I picked up the tall, squared off paper sack with the foil lining, tilting it just so. Emma sat up as tall as she could, peering into the bag's sparkling depths...and there she spied the largest trove of Goldfish crackers she had ever seen!
Haltingly, with great care and hesitation, she put one hand in front of the other, followed by one knee. You could practically see the wheels turning as the smoke poured out of her ears. "I can do this! Yes, I can do this...as long as there's crackers, I can do this!" Another hand, another knee, and suddenly she was across the room with a hand in the bag!
The coolest thing about it is that the whole family got to see that huge step. I wouldn't have traded the look on Dad's face for anything.
We're hoping the crawling will help her exotropia, which seems by turns to improve and worsen. In the meantime, looks like we need to dig out the baby gates and get the in place.
Look out world, here comes Emma!
Posted by brlittle at August 12, 2005 01:38 PM