Baby tricks - walking!

Lucy started walking on July 2, 2011.  She had taken little half steps before but the walking really started last week when we were at the O'Mara's Tahoe condo for the long holiday weekend.  Here is a little video (shot on July 11, 2011) of her new skills:

Baby Tricks - Climbing

Lucy is becoming an accomplished baby climber and explorer.  She very much enjoys climbing into cabinets, baskets, the Bumbo, etc.  She has also recently become pretty proficient at descending stairs.  This past weekend she descended the full flight of stairs from our second floor to our first.  Here are some photos of her adventures.

Perched atop a box in her nursery

Climbing into the Bumbo

Hanging out in the space where the food processor is typically stored and rearranging the ramekins while she is in there


Climbing in to a kitchen drawer

In her drawer again.  She did this all by herself.

Scaling the stairs

Pictured here on Easter in the space usually occupied by the Kitchen Aid mixer

Baby Tricks: All Fours, Pulling Up/Standing with Support, and ..... Crawling!

Lucy is full of baby tricks lately!  In late December she started pushing up onto all fours, and she's now been crawling since the first week of February (see video, below).  She can pull up to standing as well.  And she can clap now, which is very cute.  She is pretty fast when crawling, and she gets sort of excited and pants as she gets closer to whatever she is after (lately that means paper and the peat moss in our potted indoor lemon tree). 

Baby Tricks - Sitting Up!

Lucy really mastered sitting in November.  She has such strong little baby abs and is really good at keeping her balance while reaching for things.  I arranged these chronologically and you can see how she gets stronger over the course of the month.  At first she could balance for just a few seconds and now she can sit for as long as she likes.  Check it out!

first week of November

 

Thanksgiving

Baby Tricks - Rolling Over!

This isn't terribly new, but I'm just getting around to uploading the photographic evidence ... Lucy can roll over!  These photos are from mid-September, when she really started to master the rolling over trick.


Pushing up, and ...



she's over!