Samantha is learning to crawl!

Well, some of you might say "It's about time!" but Samantha is finallly learning to crawl. Don't get me wrong... it isn't that she doesn't like to be mobile. It's just that she prefers walking (with assistance, of course) over crawling. If it was up to her, she'd skip the whole crawling thing. But I, her mother, would much prefer she learn to crawl first. Not only will she be more stable, but I won't have an aching back from hunching over to help her walk all the time.

Anyway, for those family and friends far away, I thought you might get a kick out of seeing some of her first partially successful crawling attempts (not counting the ever-popular army crawl, that is). It is so funny and cute to see how hard she is working to get those arms and legs to cooperate!

Trying to Stand on her own... oops!
4/6/09 - 10 months old
13 MB - 13 seconds

Hmm... having a little trouble figuring this out!
4/6/09 - 10 months old
33 MB - 36 seconds

Oops... the car seat got in the way!
4/6/09 - 10 months old
11 MB - 12 seconds

Starting to get the hang of it... maybe
4/6/09 - 10 months old
25 MB - 28 seconds