Saturday, September 6, 2008

And Away She Goes

Well, hurricane Hanna is on her way and it's pouring down rain here, accidents all over, and the worst is yet to come. All our plans for the day have been ruined. Doggy swim day at the pool, our first year we were actually going to be in town for it, obviously not happening. A trip down to Aunt S.'s for a barbecue, roads too dangerous and who knows what it will be like later when the real storm and high winds roll in. So, we're hanging out at home.

The point of this post isn't the hurricane though. After practicing for weeks and getting closer and closer, Ellie learned how to crawl yesterday. It was a few tentative forward moves with her knees in the morning, and by the evening she had gotten pretty good at it (see video). Today it's pretty clear she's figured it out and there's no stopping her.

9 comments:

Emily S. said...

so cute! Gives me hope for Noah! his scoot is really close to that crawl she's doing.

and her proud duck-snuggle at the end is priceless!

Unknown said...

Go Ellie...itis all downhill now...walking is right around the corner!

Bug said...

Way to go Ellie! Now that you are movin on your own there is no stopping you!

Hope you guys don't get pummeled to badly from Hanna! Enjoy the rain if you can?! :)

Dawn said...

Way to go Ellie!!! Eva is clapping for you!

Stefanie said...

That is absolutely adorable! The thing that gets Max every time is the remote control -- he'll do his semi crawl for that. We're getting closer to that all out crawl that Ellie seems to have mastered...any day now!

And yes, I agree that the duck is going to get annoying. But, don't all those noisy toys? :)

McLeodx5 said...

yay ellie!!!!!!!!!!! btw, i love how much hair she has now!

Andrea said...

Get ready for the excitement to begin now!! Once she's mobile the whole world changes. Go Ellie and good luck keeping up Amelia. ;-)

Christine said...

What a great video. I love Ellie and the duck! Can't stop giggling over here!

julieandgary said...

Finally got to see this video. Ellie looks great!