My Fingers, My Friends

My two best friends are the index and middle fingers of my left hand. I suck on them to soothe myself whenever I need to. If I'm tired, I suck on them. If I'm at a party where there are a lot of new people, I suck on them. If I get startled, I suck on them. After every bite of baby food, I suck on them. Get the picture? My brother didn't take a pacifier or suck on his thumb or anything. I don't take a paci either, although it is a fun toy at bedtime. But ever since late June, I can't do without my two fingers. And they're better than a paci anyway, because they're always with me. My mommy isn't sure that's a good thing because unlike a paci, you can't take my fingers from me when I get too old to be sucking on them. I say we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

And just for fun, I thought you might enjoy these pics of me and my brother to compare. Thomas was about a month older than me when his pic was taken, but we're pretty close. I have my two top teeth too but they've just come through my gums and aren't visible in my picture.

Look What I Can Do Now!

I'm CRAWLING! Yeah for me! I've been close for a long time but over the last week I've been getting braver and getting better. Last Friday, I was at James and Lisa's house and was rocking on my hands and knees. Lisa told me I'd better not start crawling there and should wait till my daddy could see me. On Monday, Grandma and Grandpa came over and I crawled hand, hand, knee, knee. Then on Thursday, D'Ann and Natalie were over and I really wanted to get D'Ann's black and white polka dot flip flop. That's the motivation I needed. As she moved her flip flops further away from me, I kept crawling more and more to get to them. I crawled about 6 feet that day and now I'm crawling anywhere I want to go. I'm not very fast yet, but I'm doing it

My helmet has really come in handy lately too. I've fallen several times and it protects me. Now that I'm pulling up, I forget that I'm not very steady and when I let go to play with a toy, I fall down. I also don't remember that I have to be careful when I'm not wearing it and twice this week during my one hour helmet-free sessions, I've fallen and gotten bumps on my head. I'll learn eventually.