Crawling Machine

We now have a crawling machine on our hands. Saturday he just decided it was time to crawl and he took off. It is amazing that he learned it all on his own. And I mean ALL on his own. Anytime I would see Nathan up in the crawl stance, I would tell him to quit showing Jonathan, we don't want this kid to crawl any earlier than necessary! :) I feel fortunate that he is 9 months and just started to crawl, we dodged that bullet for a while. It has been fun to watch him, and it has opened a whole new world for him. The world of dust balls, and bugs in the sliding glass door rail, old cheerios that had been lying hidden under the fridge, ant traps that had not been put up on the counter, and any other teeny pieces of food, dirt, plastic, leaves, wrappers, etc..that no human eye could see unless they were down on their hands and knees. I have been vaccuming and mopping a lot these days. It is amazing the things things he finds! It was gross when he had black stuff all over his face and upon closer inspection it was little bug parts, possibly a fly? Extra protein I guess. I am never alone now either. He crawls to everywhere that I am (including outside the bathroom door while I am in there!) and cries at my feet. The sounds of motherhood, I should record them onto a CD for all to enjoy. It could be the new abstinence campaign, just straight crying and whining for a solid 1/2 hr. That should just about do it. I have to say that a crawling baby is pretty cute. Can't wait for church on Sunday, should be interesting. PS...Beware of the obnoxious sounding mommy voice on the video. Yikes! PSS, I am now adding another video. As I was trying to put the first video on, Jonathan was of course at my feet crying, and he got himself in quite a pickle. Thought I would add it. Love my life.