[Whitney] Crawling!

We've got a baby on the move! Whitney officially crawled tonight:

[Whitney] Bath time = laugh time!

Bath time has turned into laugh time around the Faust House! In late August it became apparent that we needed to move Whitney from bathing in her tub in the kitchen, to bathing in the bathroom. She loves to kick and splash! I think we have a future swimmer on our hands! 

This video is from August 19th:

Once she hit the six month mark, we were able to use some of the bath toys she received as gifts. She *loves* them! And it has made her love bath time even more! Toys that squirt water are guaranteed to get her to belly laugh (and sometimes try to drink the water coming from them, too!). This video is from September 15th:

[Whitney] Six months old!

Six Month Milestones

• Going to daycare with Deb & Bob three days a week, and getting to hang out with Cora while she's there!
• Firsts:
• Eating food (so far cucumber, banana, and zucchini!)
• Using a sippy cup to drink water
• Favorites:
• Ice cubes (in a little mesh teether)
• Doggies licking her feet

Six month pictures:

Whitney spent her half birthday at home with Grandma Patty while Mommy & Daddy worked, and then Papa joined the fun that evening and we all had a nice dinner. Whitney enjoyed some zucchini for the first time, and delighted in opening a present from Grandma & Papa... she enjoyed trying to eat the card, tissue paper, and gift bag more than the gift itself, however. Isn't eating your gift the finest form of flattery? Something like that, anyway. :)

She ended her busy & fun half birthday snuggling with Mommy, and fell asleep on Mommy's chest... Mommy was in heaven. <3

[Whitney] Crawling attempts

We've seen signs that Whitney is ready to crawl since the first of this month. We know that she will take off any minute! She started out by getting up on all fours, and rocking forward. Then she's moved to what appears to be the yoga pose downward facing dog... and that usually ends in her face planting! She's SO close to actually crawling, but hasn't quite figured out to move her hands. She'll go backwards, scoot quite a bit, and go "splat" on her belly, but not yet crawling forward! 

This video captures her attempts pretty well (the dogs are fascinated by this whole process, by the way!):