Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 09:17 AM EDT

Just a brief update -- for the first time, Sam crawled last night.

Up to this point, she hasn't shown much interest or willingness to move independently. I've tried to get her to "scoot" with me, but she just would get upset. Last night, she was sitting on the couch with Dad, and throwing a little rubber ball to me on the floor, which I would then toss back to her.

I started tossing it to the other end of the couch, to see how much reaching she'd be willing to do, and when I threw it far enough that she couldn't lean over to get it,
our girl started to move, and scooted herself right over to it!

She showed some good upper body strength, and w/Mom and Dad clapping away, she seemed quite pleased with herself, and quite tired after repeating it a few more times.

Watch out--Sam's on the move!

/s/ Proud & Happy Mom

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WOW!

PROGRESS!!

*GO*, Sammy!!

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