HER FIRST REAL CRAWL

Last night Kristen and i were watching Lost after the boys went to bed, and Allegra was moving her way around the family room floor. I say 'moving', because it's not a crawl yet. It's a roll, a sit-up, turn, roll, get on hands and tip-toes, inch forward, roll, sit-up...you get the idea. But last night she finally got some traction when trying to move with her hands and knees.

I saw her do about a half motion forward this way and drew Kristen's attention to it, but that was all. Then later in the evening, Kristen saw it first, and Allegra took 2 or 3 'steps' forward using her hands and knees in a crawling motion. It was so exciting to see. But 8 months later, it's impossible to deny that she's growing up so quickly.