Mobile Monkey

Lucy is doing much better!  Her cough is mostly gone and last night she slept through the night for the first time in a while.  She is crawling all over the house and is having all sorts of fun exploring her new world.  She seems to be a much happier girl now that she's mobile and has some independence.  I feel like she went through a frustrating phase around the 8-month mark because she wanted to move so badly but couldn't quite figure it out.  Now she has the ability to not only investigate things, but also follow us from room to room when we move out of sight.

The adventures of a crawler!

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like she's grown up A LOT in the past 2 weeks. The crawling seems to have ushered in a slew of new big girl developments.  She's also eating cheerios now, trying to copy us when she babbles, and just generally LOOKING older.  They're not lying when they say kids grow up fast!

Here's mommy having a little fun...

We also had to bust out the pack 'n play so that we have an area to keep her contained when we need to.  It was fun for about 10 minutes until mommy walked out of the room and she realized its true purpose.