Evie can crawl!

Our little monkey does a modified crab type crawl.  She drags one knee along and uses the other foot to push herself along.  It's complicated, but it's crawling.  I would say that it officially started yesterday.  I made my prediction of two weeks on April 10.  So I was really close!  So...what is Evie doing with her new found freedom?  Well, crawling over to ANYTHING that she can pull herself up to standing on, of course!  Because she's still obsessed with standing up.  She even crawls over to me and pulls herself up on my leg.  Which can be difficult when i'm trying to walk away.  But maybe it's because she never wants me to walk away right now!  She's also been standing up in her crib a lot lately.  Which she thinks is just awesome.  But I think it's sabotaging our sleep!  So...how long before she walks?  That's a hard one, because walking is difficult...she already like to 'cruise' around the furniture, so she's figuring out the stepping thing a little bit....I say she'll walk at 10 months, just like her big sis.  I don't think I really want her to, but it's coming, regardless of what I want.  I just don't want my baby to grow up any more right now.  It's happening way to fast.   Before I know it, she'll be just as big as her big sis.  Who has been absolutely adorable these days!  Marea has definitely turned a corner.  She has been so agreeable, and pleasant, and playful, and fun.  Her games have been funny and interesting.  I'm enjoying her company more and more these days.  We've made it through some of the more difficult aspects of being 2 (I think..i hope!) and we're on to bigger and better things.