The Heave/Drag

Well...it finally happened.  She moved.  We have been waiting for Addy to figure out how to get around for a few months now and just a few days ago she either developed the coordination, or something motivated her enough to actually make the first move.  Let me warn you before you watch this video, it's not pretty.  Her "crawl" is somewhat of a heave/drag and is anything but graceful.  Regardless, it does the trick.

After 11 months and countless weeks of trying, behold, the "crawl"...

Just as it was when Colin made his first moves, things will never quite be the same around here.  The gate to the basement now has to be closed at all times and the night lights I have throughout the house will need to be removed for the time being (something she has already discovered and ripped out a few times).  Unlike when Colin started to move though, this time around all our cupboard doors are in place and most everything breakable in our house is behind a door and out of reach.  The main issue that we now face is the dreaded day where we have forever switched from parents to referees.  It took Addy about half a day of crawling before she realized that she could now ruin her brothers life at any moment of her choosing.  You see, one of Colin's favorite things to do is line toys us in a line.  He lines trains, stuffed animals, cars, blocks, puzzles, anything he can find, all into lines.  This activity does not bode well for a house that now has a baby barrelling through it at all times of the day.  Last night, after breaking up their first real fight (Colin had his trains lined up and Addy was heaving herself all over them), I realized that they both have some serious learning to do.  Addy is going to have to learn limitations and to respect other people's things.  She is going to have to learn that everything cannot be hers whenever she chooses and will definitely need to start to understand the word no, something that I have not had to tell her much of all so far.  Colin is going to have a learn a heck of a lot more patience, and understand that Addy is a baby and doesn't know better sometimes.  Bottom line is that they both are in for some lessons and I am sure that their relationship, as they know it up to this point, will never be the same.  Wish us luck!