Long time, no post

It has been pretty quiet here on the Gottwoods blog, but in real life, we've been pretty busy!

Probably the most exciting/terrifying thing that has happened is that Phoebe is now mobile.  Last Wednesday, she took her first faltering crawl forward.  By Thursday she was crawling multiple "steps" but was still flinging/belly flopping herself the last few inches.  Over the weekend she turned into a crawling machine.  We were pretty amazed at how fast it seemed to happen, but nobody was more shocked than Danger.  Here is a short video from last Thursday.  You can see Phoebe's early technique of crawling until she is within one body-length of something and then flinging herself forward the last little bit.  At this point, Danger was still quick enough to get out of the way

Jeremy and I were fairly unprepared for the munchkin to mobilize and we've had to step up our planned time table for baby-proofing.  Adding to our panic, today when I went to pick Phoebe up at the babysitter's, she was crawling all over the bouncy seat - crawling on/over things was a skill she did not have when I dropped her off in the morning.  The babysitter said that while the older kids were coloring this afternoon, Phoebe motored over to the table and PULLED HERSELF UP - WHAT!?!?!  At first Jeremy and I were skeptical, but then the little muffin demonstrated her new skill several times at home.  While the implications are nothing short of terrifying, it is also kind of cute.  Every time Phoebe pulls herself up she gets super excited and proud and gets a HUGE smile on her face. 

The conventional wisdom is that kids either develop physical skills or verbal skills early and the other lags behind.  At this rate, Phoebe won't speak until she is twelve.  In the meantime, I think she'll be giving us a run for our money!