Crawling

Amelia was different at school this past Wednesday.  For the first time I could actually see a little bit of jealously in her eyes as she watched the other babies crawling around and standing up by themselves.  I sat her on the floor instead of standing by the table where everyone else was and she pouted!  After moving her to stand by the table she was happy again. 

We got to make these cute handprint turkeys. 

All week we had been singing the songs at home so she was very excited when we sang the same ones at school.  She followed along with the actions and "sang" along.  It was very cute and a first. Her favorites so far are the name chant, baby bumblebee, and the goodbye song (she always finishes by signing milk.) 

Later that night I put her in the crib sitting up so she could play with her music box and I could get her bath ready.  It's something we do all the time and usually when I come back into the room she has fallen over and is laying down.  This time she was standing up!

Here she is in action. 

Let me tell you she was very proud of herself. 

The next day she decided that she will crawl.  She practiced rolling quite a bit.  By Friday she was moving backwards which was very frustrating for her and still is.  Saturday she was moving forward and is still relying on her arms to pull her but is getting better at using her legs all the time.  I bet it will only be a couple of more days before she is really moving fast. 

And this video was yesterday when she wasn't as confident in her skills.  She'll go anywhere to get the phone.