She's on the move!

I often find being a Mom to be a bittersweet journey. As much as I love watching our kids grow and develop, it saddens me that it happens in the blink of an eye. I think that is why it is so important to us to really enjoy the moment with the kids and cherish our family time together! We love looking back at the scrapbooks and pictures to see how different they were just a month or two ago. I've never been one to get caught up in the milestones- I've learned that they all do things in their own timeframe (not yours). We have never pushed them to do things faster than they were ready for and much to my dismay, weighing down their diapers does NOT keep them from crawling or walking!! It's not that we don't want them to develop and grow- we just want to relish in today rather than always looking to tomorrow. They are growing up fast enough as it is!

Arianna has been doing a mean "Army crawl" for a few months now. She also learned to go from sitting up to her belly very quickly. She just recently decided to try out those knees. It took a few days of getting on her knees and rocking back and forth to figure out what to do. Now she can go a few "steps" on her knees. Then of course, she realizes her old trusty army crawl is much faster and flops to her belly! One good thing about her being mobile is that Daniel is forced to either keep his toys out of her "area" or suffer the consequences(sometimes it works...sometimes not so much)! It takes a little doing, but she can also now go from belly to knees to sitting- Daniel was very impressed with this move!

For months, she has been "crawling" to the coffee table and reaching up to get anything her little hands can reach. The newest thing for her is that she has learned how to pull herself up on her knees. I can see in her eyes that she knows she has opened up a whole new world of discoveries! It won't be long before she is pulling up on her feet and cruising everywhere!!
With every milestone Arianna meets, Daniel is right beside her cheering her on and anxiously awaiting her next move!