spider baby

yesterday, ladybug had just woke up from a nap so we were cuddling in the rocking chair (she takes awhile to really wake up). She loves to watch movies on my phone so we were going through some movies I've taken of the girls. The best part was when daddy would appear on the screen and she would giggle and bounce with excitement (such a daddy's girl).

I found one of my very favorites--spider baby. Ladybug began crawling around 8.5 months (and walking at ten). But since she was usually dressed in a summery dress or onesie, her legs were typically bare and she quickly figured out that she did not like the feel of grass. So she adapted and came up with a her own version of crawling that kept her soft skin away from the prickly grass blades. She would crawl, using only her hands and feet, sticking her round little bum high in the air. Some called it a bear crawl, some a crab walk but I think it looked most like a cute little spider. Not in a creepy, eight legged kind of way, but in the way that she held her body high and her tiny hands and feet scurried under her to move her about quickly. It was so adorable, I've never seen a baby crawl like that. And she did it all the time, even on hardwood or carpet. So I have this great video of her, wearing an adorable summer suit with a tiny print of red strawberries, ruffled red cap sleeves and a large applique strawberry off centered on the bum, bare feet, doing her precious spider crawl across a span of bright green grass.

Sitting in the rocking chair, we were having a precious moment of cuddling quietly, curled under her favorite blanket and watching our home movies... when she suddenly reached out and jabbed at the screen. Somehow, she managed to make three well placed jabs in a row and deleted the video. I searched frantically for it, even hooked it up to the computer to scan every drive and used a data recovery recovery. But alas, no video. I might have cried.

:(