Our "cruising" boy

Marcus is moving around like crazy. He has got the whole crawling thing down. He started pulling himself up on things last week. He even took a few steps while hanging on to our couch on one side and ottoman on the other...it's unbelievable how fast he is progressing. Everyday he is looking and acting more like a toddler than a baby. It is truly exciting for us all to watch but it's a little bitter sweet for me. I can't believe that the baby stage is coming to an end. I wish I could pause time, at times. At others, I find myself eager for all the fun stuff that lies ahead. Then I remember to just live in the moment and enjoy this stage cuz it too will be gone in a blink of an eye.

Found his tongue

Marcus starting sticking his tongue out today. We were hanging out in the living room and out of nowhere he stuck out his tongue and kept it out. He was touching and playing with it...so cute!! He loves to have it out now all the time. I guess he's been watching the dogs too much. LOL :)

We have a crawling baby in the house

Today is the official day...Marcus is crawling!!! We are soo proud of him. He has been attempting to crawl for some weeks now but most of his attempts left him scooting around the floor backwards. Each day, we could see that his arms were getting stronger. He was able to hold himself up for longer periods and did a lot of rocking back and forth. We knew it was only a matter of time. :) So today, I put him on the floor in the gym/office while I was finishing my run on the treadmill. All of a sudden, he went from a sitting position, to being on his tummy, to up on all fours, to putting one knee and arm in front of each other. He went forward about 2 times before getting to the treadmill. Of course, I nearly fell off the treadmill trying to get to him before he hurt himself by touching it or hitting his head on it. With relief I got to him just in time. No more running for mama now while he's in the room unless he's in his pack'n'play or someones arms. No complaints here!! We are so excited for this next chapter that we are goin to get more area rugs so he doesn't hurt his sweet knees on all our tile floor. hehe :)