Fly Away

Carter is on the verge of crawling. In the past few days it seems like he has really been testing his ability to move from point A to point B. He has been sleeping on his knees for weeks, in child's pose. Sometimes I would even catch him on all fours in his SLEEP rocking back and forth but he would never try to do it during daylight hours. It's like he didn't know he could do it. Today he finally started to move! He tries every once in a while to get in the crawl position but it seems like his best mode of transportation is to sort of slither along. He pushes off with his right foot and sticks his left foot in the air to propel himself forward. It's so cute to watch. He is also trying to pull up on things. Today he successfully pulled up on me. We have an over-the-door towel hanger that we draped over his crib to see if he would use it to pull up and he did a chin-up right away. It's amazing how much he moves. Diaper changes are the real challenge. It takes the both of us to hold him down. How does an 8 month old have so much strength of roll over with two adults trying to pin him down?? It's a mystery to me. He made so much success in one day. What will he be doing by Halloween??