Philip's crawling!

I took this video on Saturday when my parents were in town. It was the first time Philip really took to crawling somewhere. He's still improving but he's getting much faster at it and has realized he can crawl to other rooms. Good thing the house is already baby-proofed!

On another note, Daniel lowered Philip's crib mattress on Saturday morning. It became a necessity. Here's the back story...Friday night, I was home with the kids and Daniel was at band practice. I went through the usual bedtime routine with Philip and put him to bed. However, he apparently wasn't ready to go to sleep so he was crying and fussing which is unusual for him so I got him up. As I walked into his room, he was on his knees with his hands/arms on the rail of the crib. I just thought, "Whoa. Didn't realize he could do that. We need to lower the mattress before he figures out how to pull himself up to his feet." He played a while in the living room with Charlie and me and then began to get fussy again so I put him back to bed. And, again, he began to cry and fuss for a while. I waited a little bit before going in to get him just to see if he would lie down and go on to sleep. But, then...a moment of silence and a thump. It took me a second to determine if that thump was Philip or thunder since it had been thundering and lightning that night. But, the scream I heard next quickly told me the answer. I hop up and go into Philip's room and he is lying on the floor beside the crib. Aaaaah! He had his head up and was looking around and moving around so I scoop him up and take him into the light to examine him. Whew! No broken bones. No bumps on the head. And Philip was, at this point, no longer upset. He did end up with a pretty good bruise on his forehead but honestly, I'm so thankful for that bruise. It could have been much worse. Needless to say, Philip slept the rest of his night in his PackNPlay. :\