"Real" crawling is almost here!

If you've seen the "great train race" video you know that the twins are in the process of mastering forward motion. Jackson has a lunge and stretch technique, while Genevieve uses a bit of a leap frog combined with traditional crawling approach.

They are getting faster by the hour. Jackson has yet to demonstrate what I consider a "normal" crawl, but Genevieve is getting there. Today she kept going all the way across the living room to get at the non toy items she wanted to play with - she's persistant! I also saw her move in a fast blur (just kidding, not quite THAT quick!) when she noticed her brother had a bottle and she didn't. She came right on over to try and yank it out of his mouth. I like it - she is willing to fight for what she wants!

Jackson isn't willing to pour quite as much effort as his sister into crawling yet, but tonight he did move a few feet for the sole purpose of playing with the door stopper in Bentley's room. He was quite entertained. :-)

Bentley isn't sure what to do about these newly mobile babies. I'm starting to see new forms of interaction between the siblings develop - the babies are now able to be more proactive with their world - and they certainly seem ready to actively participate! They steal Bentley's sippy cups, reach out to grab at his feet, try to yank on his book while he's reading it... Bentley is still processing all of this and trying to decide what to do about it. It will be different, that's for sure!