Last week (I guess it was Wednesday) I was a bit scared for a minute, because Joey was no longer in the place I put him last. With an immobile child, you can place them on the floor and kind of expect them to be in that relative area when you get back. Joey has scooted and flopped and rolled in the past, but never like this. I was eating dinner at Tara's house and looked in the livingroom where I left Joey...and I couldn't see him anymore. He had moved a couple of yards from where I left him. Since then, he has been quite happy to roll and scoot to just about anything he wants. I haven't seen a full out crawl yet, which is strange. In comparison with MJ, MJ crawled about 5 days before he was 7 months old. Mario headed off to Thailand for a month the day before MJ turned 7 months, so we wonder if he decided he'd like his daddy to see him crawl for the first time. MJ was such a chubby baby. It was great looking back and watching videos of him crawling. It kind of came out of nowhere too, b/c he really didn't like laying on his stomach, and wasn't a big roller, but just loved to sit up.
And then there is Joey. He did this rolling move thing a couple of days before he turned 7 months old (like MJ and crawling). He loves to sit up, but also is fine on his stomach or back. And he rolls and rocks more to get himself around. Both did the sitting up to lunge move. So, when will Joey officially "crawl"? Hard to say, but, I can no longer put him down and really expect him to be there when I come back.
Joey thinks standing is the coolest thing. Mario got him up in this position and he was just so happy for a few minutes.
Looking back at MJ pictures made me think I should show a comparison or two. Both are quite chubby babies, though I think Joey is a bit more stretched out than MJ. The picture above is Joey almost 7 months, and below is MJ 7 months +1 week. MJ actually crawled over and pulled himself up to this position. It is so funny seeing such a chubby baby move like that. He was very determined. It's quite perfect that they are wearing the same outfit, if only I had them posed the same way.
