So Close...
Greetings to everyone.
Xavier has become very mobile, though crawling still eludes him. We can no longer leave him on the floor in his room without supervision. Rebecca walked in and found him along his dresser, where he had managed to pull the bottom drawer out, and was able to press the drawer up to overcome the safety catch. He had the drawer poised over himself and ready to drop.
Placing him on the floor, especially when he is "feeling his formula," he will motor all over the place. He can be set down, and within seconds he is several feet away from where he started. It is amazing how fast he can get away at nine months!
He was on his floor mat tonight playing with one of several small toys while Rebecca and I watched a TV show. He started rolling around; Rebecca and I commented on his mobility. Within two sentences he found his way over to the TV stand and began playing with the DVD player, which rests on the bottom shelf. My hopes of not having to child-proof the house for items below the two-foot line for another few months were dashed by a dose of Xavier reality!
Xavier is so close to crawling it hurts. His primary mode of movement is to roll, then popup as in the picture above, adjust his angle and roll again. On a smooth floor, like the engineered wood room with the TV, Xavier will press up like above and push himself backward. As if he wasn't fast enough at rolling, he can really move on a smooth surface!
"Victory is mine!" Not only is Xavier a shameless flirt with people, and with Mom, who is taking his picture, he also is not camera shy. Apart from chasing his mother across the room, his "smart bell" is what he was after.