Squishy Kid!

It's been a pretty big week around here - Willa learned how to CRAWL! She's still brand new at it but every time she tries she gets just a little further and a little more comfortable with her new mobility. She was doing so good scooting so I'm a LITTLE used to leaving her in once place and finding her in another, but she sure can go much FASTER if she crawls.

This has all been so much FUN. See, we didn't really get to do this with Violet. She was in a body cast at this point and even though she did learn how to army-crawl pretty good, she wasn't really able to do what Willa is doing. We didn't KNOW so we didn't know to miss it! But we are absolutely LOVING having a "squishy kid" (which is the opposite of one with a "hard candy shell" as Jon used to put it). I love how she can now go from crawling to sitting up. How if I'm sitting on the floor with her she loves to come over and climb all over me, or play with one hand on me just in case. And the clapping... oh the clapping. Violet did clap, but she didn't do it nearly as much mostly because she had to use her hand/arms so much to get around. Willa claps at oh-so-many things and we just love watching her get excited about things like Violet dancing around, or Daddy coming home from work. It's GREAT!

Here is a video of Willa demonstrating her latest tricks. Crawl. Sit up. Shake maraca.

And for comparison, here is how Violet crawled at this age:


And here is a picture of Violet in her cast at this age:
Another reason we're happy Willa is not in a body cast - you can't get pictures like the ones below! Here she is showing off her tutu.


And finally, a little video of Violet. I just realized that I don't have a lot of her TALKING and she sure does talk a LOT lately! Here she is counting how many puppies she wants.