finally!!

the day has finally come - i can officially crawl!!! i'm still not thrilled about it, but i'm finally figuring it out and enjoying the challenge. mommy is kind of having a hard time with it though - she has both wanted it and dreaded it at the same time, and she can't believe i'm already 8 months old! so, of course she's prone to burst into tears at any minute because she already feels i'm growing up so fast. oh, mom... :)

here are some pictures of me going after some tempting bait the other day - the string from mommy's camera - yes! at first, i like to survey what i'm after - looks pretty good, and worth the trip...

next, i give it a good stare-down. as aunt chris would tell you, i'm always game for a staring contest, and i usually win. i'm pretty sure the string doesn't stand a chance...

but, being the realist that i am, i can see this is not going to be an easy task, and so i take a little break to gain more strength...

and then, rejuvenated, i'm off! at this point i'm remembering why i hadn't crawled yet - this is work! mom is sitting right there - why can't she just hand me the string? ugh!

but, alas, i must persevere...

and before i know it - the string is mine!! i crawled!! (actually, had mommy not gone crazy cheering me on and calling me a good boy i probably wouldn't have noticed, but we'll keep that our little secret.)

here are some other pictures of my crawling frustration. you can see that mommy doesn't sympathize with me very much but is apparently trying to teach me at a young age that life is hard and you just have to gut it up sometimes. i have to go now, but i'll write more soon and tell you about some other things going on. i had a great weekend hanging out with the dwights and aunt chris - yes! and i have 7 teeth now! :) and i'm 30 inches long - whoa! but really, mom's calling me, so i gotta go. more later! bye!