Our 8 month old explorer

It feels like Keeley has wanted to go, see and learn about everything since the day she was born. The thing is that now she is physically becoming able to do so! This is how I found her this morning when I came in from getting a glass of water.  Aside from putting her in the Pack N Play, these are my only ways of keeping her contained and safe lately:

My Mom suggested getting her a walker- that was a GodSend. Now we play hide-N-Seek around the house as she races to catch me on our hardwood floors.

 I find the laundry basket somehow works at entertaining her for about 15 minutes. She loves chewing on the sides, and I love that I know exactly where she is ;)

Pulling herself up constantly leads to countless bumps and bruises that have become part of our daily routine now, it seems. Here she is after pulling up on her lawn mower and landing on her bum.

Although she does not crawl in the traditional way, she moves about pretty quickly in what Emmet likes to call "the wounded soldier" where she drags her right knee and steps on her left foot. This week, she also started "bear crawling," up on all fours, which looks a lot harder but she prefers it.