Last Saturday night, Mum left me overnight for the first time ever. She was off to Karie's hens night. I was a bit apprehensive at first, but dad and I had a blast.

Hens night...does that have anything to do with BBQ chook?

Check this out Uncle Gav?

I've come a long way :)

Yes the foot does help.....

On Monday night, I learned some things...

The lounge room is connected to the hallway. The hallway is connected to the dining room. The dining room is connected to the office. The office is next to the bedroom. And, I can follow Mum into the kitchen!

While dancing, reversing and short sprints have been my focus until now; tonight Dad and I went on a crawling exploration of the whole house.

I admit that I hesitated for a moment before leaving the lounge room for the first time, but man that hallway floor is slippery. I also admit that I have to stop for a breather every few metres, but Dad's legs are a lot longer than mine. But, I will say this ... I've crawled everywhere man, I've crawled everywhere!

Mum, Dad, you are on notice... I now know the layout of the house. I know that I can follow you places. I can crawl into bins, I can find powerpoints, I can reprogram your home theatre system, I love pulling cables and I will slam my fingers in drawers.

Video: Crawling.wmv (2MB) | Crawling-Small.wmv (0.6MB)

I was such a baby last week, I could only crawl backwards...but now I can go any direction I like :) I can go backwards, forwards, round in circles AND I can pull my self up on things. There is no stopping me now!

It is confirmed...I have five teeth. I may be a little backward on the crawling / mobility front but I'm moving ahead in leaps and bounds in the toothipeg department. Hey look, once I work these things out I don't muck around :)

What else I have been perfecting in the last month?

• I now have four and a half teeth. Two up the top, two down the bottom and you can see another one up the top just about to poke through.


• I am much better at using "mum" and "dad". Other words I like to say are bah bah bah and bub bub bub.


• Crawling-ish...but I told you all about that yesterday :)


• I know that a smile will get me anything! Especially at day care.


• I am a champion eater. I have three solid meals and three milk bottles a day. My favourite foods are still yogurt and fruit. I also like cruskits with cream cheese and toast soldiers with avocado and vegemite.


• As I am more mobile now, mum and dad have made the sides of the cot bigger? After my sleeps, I like to sit up in the cot waiting to be picked up.
  So the other morning I sat up ready to go but I forgot to call out to mum and dad know to come and get me. So when they came in to get me later, I had fallen asleep sitting up.


• I've become pretty much immune to all the colds / rashes / viruses at daycare (for now). The last half of this month has been illness free.


• I like to bop in time to music.


• I have lots more hair all of a sudden. Since I don't like being called Grizz-eli-bear...the olds have started with Fuzz-Ball or Fuzz-eli-bear.

Well I'm nine months now so it's time to get on the move. I have always been particularly active moving around the cot as I am getting to sleep but now I want to start keeping up with the big kids. So I have decided to give this crawling thing a go. Let me tell you it is not as easy as it seems...for some reason I can only go backwards?

Unfortunately, because I can only go backwards, I keep ending up stuck under things. Its okay though - Dad saves me :)