Noah will be 9 months old this Saturday!  Time has definitely flown by.  Anyways, I have been waiting very patiently for him to begin crawling.  I know plenty of kids that have been crawling for a couple of months by the time they are this age, but you obviously can’t force them to do it.  We have definitely practiced with him, shown him how to crawl by crawling on the floor ourselves, and of course, put the toy just far enough away so that the only way he can reach it is to crawl to it.  Well, our efforts have not proved very successful.  He definitely gets in the position and has made a few lunges forward, but there has been no consistent movement.  

Though crawling is not a skill he has acquired yet, he is definitely pulling up on anything and everything within his reach.  He LOVES to stand up while holding onto something and fusses when he can’t stand up any longer.  Yesterday, he even let go a couple times and was "standing" without holding on to anything for 3 or 4 seconds.  So, though I may be wrong and he may crawl tomorrow, I wouldn’t be surprised if he just skipped crawling altogether and went straight to walking.  I guess only time will tell.  Here are a few pictures from times we have found him in his favorite position. 

When I went to get him out of his crib this morning, this is how I was greeted!  I love my life!