proud crawler

she loves bath time

let's play!

book selection

big girl crawl

The worm and then a big girl crawl:

nine months

Eve will be nine months old on Monday. Today she celebrated early by doing her first real crawl. We haven't captured it on video yet, but will try to do so soon. I was wondering if she was going to stick with honing her worm technique, but apparently she understands that friction between belly and floor is not good for speed.

rubber ducky

on the prowl

picnic on Sunday

Great view, close to mommy...what's not to like?

If Eve ever claims we're too strict, we'll just show her this picture.

Eve with Martha's colleague, David Lam, the host of the picnic.

the worm

i love me

in quest of anything and everything

Eve's locomotion is accelerating daily. This video is from a couple weeks ago, when she was just starting to inch around. In the next couple days I will try to post a video that shows her current mode of transportation--it's her personal rendition of the "worm" (breakdancing move), and it gets her where she needs to go.

images from trip to Virginia

Eve is already outgrowing her stylish pink bathing suit.

Martha's friend Ruthie

Eve seemed to dig the beach.

Martha's friend Audra

Playing in the airport

We crossed paths with Louis at the Detroit airport--he was returning from the heights of Kenya. Eve's not sure about the scruff.

first swim lesson

back from the beach

For Labor Day weekend we met up in Virginia Beach with Martha's college friends. This was Eve's first beach excursion. We all enjoyed the trip, as you can see from Martha's and Eve's expressions during the plane ride home (below). More pictures, plus videos, to follow in the next couple days...