Moment almost missed!

Yesterday my babysitter was sick, so I got to stay home from work with Brielle! I was sorry that Jenny was sick, but so happy to be able to stay home. By the end of the day I was even more happy because Brielle decided it was time to crawl! She has been getting so close for weeks now, and we have been waiting for the moment to arrive. I was on the phone in the kitchen and she was playing in the living room, so I was watching her out of the corner of my eye. I knew she would make her move when she didn't think anyone was watching. Sure enough! She wanted her dad's guitar bad enough to take a few crawls in its direction. I got off the phone and started jumping up and down saying yeah!!!! Of course that made her stop crawling and started clapping instead. I coaxed her a few times to get her to do it again. And by evening she was really enjoying her new freedom. She isn't too fast at it yet, thankfully for me! It will keep me busy chasing her as soon as she gets her confidence. I of course called Jeremy at work right after she did it. Unfortunately he didn't have the day off and missed the beginning efforts, but he made up for it when he got home. I was really hoping she would wait until after Christmas so that we wouldn't have to rewrap presents and redecorate the tree, but it so exciting to see her take this next step that it will all be worth it. It makes me sad to think that I might have missed her taking this big step had I been at work. It has really made me appreciate the days I do get to stay at home with her. Even on days like today when she fights her afternoon nap and is cranky all evening.