Look out world! She's crawling!

Last weekend we visited our friends in D.C. (pictures of that visit to come). Over the weekend, Satchel learned how to crawl - a sort of commando style crawl on her elbows. We think that she was encouraged by Sarah, our friends' 18 month old daughter, who was walking. Satchel suddenly saw a new world of possibilities and decided it was time to get moving. Here she is in action at home (notice her newly cut bangs).

Satchel also discovered that she can sit up (though she hasn't yet figured out how to get back down on all fours again from sitting, so she'll either cry out until she falls over or someone comes to help her). Now that she's sitting up, her two favorite toys are the rattle and the shaker egg which she likes to use simultaneously if she can manage it.