My goodness!

There must be something about the 9-month mark that your kids just start learning like crazy. Like in a week's time Lucy has learned to feed herself (with fingers), clap her hands, and last night - crawl! We had to catch it on video tape so we can say she did it because she usually resorts to some kind of butt-scooting instead, but there was actual forward-moving crawling going on last night and lots of it. It could have been the combo of fleece pajamas on carpeted floors that helped her 'stick' better. She's so cute with the hand-clapping though, this morning I asked if she was all done with breakfast and she clapped her hands. So sign language is in her near future if she's getting hand movements down. I could be mistaken, but I think she signed "mama" to me yesterday but it looked more like the sign for moose/donkey instead (Beth will know what I mean).