We could not wait for Gabe to be mobile. He crawled at 6 months, was steadily walking at 10 months, and we encouraged him (and egged him one) the entire time.

This time around, we are not going to be doing any of that! Tim is fond of saying we're going to try to keep Lily enclosed in small spaces as much as possible.

She is starting to crawl, but is also completely content to hang out in one space and play with toys or 'talk' to her mommy or daddy.

I think in encouraging Gabe so much, we really bred ourselves a little daredevil. He has no fear and he is VERY physical.

Case in point:

We were at the park on Wednesday. Gabe can't just slide down the slide...

He has to take a flying leap/swing from the top...enjoy a little hang time...

Then hit the slide with a thud that alarms his mother and slide down.

I sometimes think he does it just to spite me...