When I left my office at noon today for my lunch break, I entered a very cute scene. While Daddy vacuumed the carpet nearby, Gavin was crawling all around, up and down the hallway, thoroughly enjoying himself and his new newfound mobility. 

I love letting Gavin be a "free range baby," exploring anything interesting that crosses his field of vision and following him closely behind to see where he wants to go next. He's become quite the expert crawler in such a short period of time and has already overcome his initial fear of linoleum. Of course, it's impossible to let him safely roam all the time so most of our living room is now Gavin's play room enclosed in baby fencing.

This gives him plenty of room to crawl around and keeps his toys corralled. It also keeps the cats away although Burt has mistakenly jumped in several times and proceeds to pace the perimeter looking for an exit. He never does and we have to rescue him.

Gavin loves pulling himself up and standing with the fence for support. He'll stand for several minutes but hasn't figure out how to sit back down yet. When he's bored from standing and wants to sit down again, he'll get frustrated, start wiggling around and eventually lose his balance and drop to his rear end. Hey, it works for now!