Maia is going to crawl any day now. Of course I’ve been saying that for a month, but it’s got to be close. She’s actually crawled a few inches, but not really enough to constitute crawling. She can get up on her hands and knees but tends to start to fuss at that point as if to say, “I know I’m close but I don’t wanna!” Two days ago she also pulled herself up to a standing position by using a drawer so maybe she’ll just skip crawling? She’s always preferred to stand and jump anyway, so maybe crawling is just too easy for Action Baby?

It’s interesting too because in a lot of ways she’s fearless with movement. When you’re holding her you really have to watch out for the lunge or the occasional throw-head-into-backwards-dive maneuver. And just this morning she fully laid out from a sitting position, like a diving center-fielder in baseball, to try and snag Keana’s breakfast burrito that she had set down. It was quite an admirable effort and she did get a small piece of it. So Miss Maia may be reluctant now, but I have a feeling once she really gets moving, we’ll be in trouble.

UPDATE (9/2/08): I wrote this last week and just didn’t get a chance to publish until now because of Iana’s wedding. So, the day I wrote this, Maia committed to crawling—moving especially fast after Miko the cat—and we are definitely in trouble. More later…