Kid, You'll Move Mountains!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 7:34PM 
After weeks & weeks of rocking back n forth on all fours, and teasing us with false alarms of crawling - Ryder is now officially on the move.
His big sister's room is one of our favourite hang outs. We spend many an hour in there, playing, exploring, building, pretending, dancing & reading. And yesterday, as Ella played Lego at one end of her room and Ryder played {destroyed} toys at the other end of the room, I watched him carefully as he eyed off the teeny-tiny pieces of plastic his sister was enjoying. I could see the want in his eyes, the desire to get there, and eat those tempting little bits. I sat back & watched, intrigued by his determination & persistence, as he slowly mastered the act of knees & hands working together. He gradually made his way across the room to where his sister was busily at work. I clapped & cheered and hugged my clever little man. Much to his despair we moved the Lego out of his reach {and mouth} and watched as he traversed the room again.
Yep, he's on the move!
Milestones & achievements, and all the stages our babies go through; amazes me. To think just 9 months ago, I had this tiny {ok, he was never really tiny was he?....but he was smaller than now} completely dependent newborn. A kick of his leg, a smile, even a yawn was breathtaking & celebratory. Now....just 9 fast months later, and he's crawling. He's saying Mumma & Dadda, and attempting to make 'Der' sounds for his own name. He's clapping & pointing & playing peekaboo. He's mimicking his big sister & doing things to purposefully make us laugh. He's growing!
I'm so proud.
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Congratulations, Today is your day;
You're off to great places,
You're off and away!
And, Will you succeed?
Yes, you will! Yes, Indeed!
98 and 3/4 percent, guaranteed!
Kid, You'll Move Mountains!
{Dr Seuss}
Reader Comments (6)
You have beautiful babes. Time goes so fast. I love celebrating their milestones. X
Thank you Belinda :) tell me about it: it feels like everytime I blink, another week has flown by!!! Way too fast!
xx
Woohoo GO RYDER!!!!! What an amazing milestone! I just jumped for joy!!! HORRAY! In the photo with both Ella and Ryder crawling he looks exactly like Chris!!! hahah
Very cute, what a lovely way to capture these very special milestones.
Oh hurrah, I love it when they can start crawling, everything seems to relax a little and they dont just so frustrated..it tires them out also;) Love the little quote.x
Go Ryder!! Yay!! It's amazing to think that he's been a part of your family for as long as he was in your belly :) Sophie is the same with grace's room - it's her favourite place in our house by far with so many tempting toys ad bits and bobs :)