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What's Willow up to?

Here's a quick update of all the stuff Willow is doing:
Sometime last week, crawling just clicked with her, and like that, she was off! As my sister told me, "Uh oh, it's started!"
The first day she was able to crawl more than a few strides, she took off across the play room, found the music table and pulled herself up. Just right up. Now she's into and onto everything.
Over the weekend, we gave her some Gerber puffs, and *puff* they vanished. Into her mouth. Snap. Snap. Snap. Gulp!
And what's come from all this learning and doing?
This morning, I experienced a bittersweet moment. As I was holding her, she kept trying to loosen herself so she could get to the floor to crawl. She had places to go, and Daddy's lap wasn't one of them. Sigh. Really, she's entertained herself all morning. Daddy not required.
As she was playing with her blocks in the living room floor, I stepped into the kitchen to empty the dishwasher. The switch triggered, and Willow knew she needed a bottle, so she crawled the 20 or so feet into the kitchen, planted her butt on the kitchen floor and started to whine. That was new.
The past week has been a blast. I wonder what the next will have in store.
I know Mommay and I are eying what's supposed to be a warm and sunny Saturday for a trip to the zoo.
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