So, not only is Penny crawling, but she's crawling VERY WELL. She has "taken off," as they say. This has done wonders for her independence, which makes mommy very happy. Mere weeks ago she would get that pouty lip out whenever I would even THINK about walking out of the room for a second (to, you know, go to the bathroom or something?). Now, she'll even crawl around the by corner herself to check things out, and bonus points if she can find something new to stick in her mouth.
BUT DON'T GET TOO FAR MOMMY, JEEZ!
With this whole growing up thing, out has come a lot of goofy personality. It's so fun getting to know the child she'll eventually become, day by day. More and more she loses a little bit of baby and gains a little bit of kid.
I've already mentioned Penny's infatuation with herself, but it's even funnier now that she's crawling. She'll be on her way to pound on the fisher price piano toy and catch a glimpse of herself in the mirror. You can just see the look on her face saying, "Oh...? OH! WHO is that gorgeous little girl over there? I must get a closer look!" And she'll crawl right over and play with the baby in the mirror for a while. That baby is kind of a copycat though... lame after about 5 minutes.
Another fun one is her tendency to 1) Take sock off foot 2) Insert sock in mouth and 3) Crawl away with sock in mouth. I really just... don't get it. But this is my child.
And finally, NO BLOCK TOWERS MAY EVER REMAIN STANDING EVER. Andrew plays this game with her where he builds a tower out of her IKEA blocks, and then she promptly crawls over all ninja sneaky like she's trying to get to her sippy cup and BOOM! Down goes the tower. Badass Godzilla-style.
