Natasha has started spending the majority of her day cruising. And by cruising I mean grabbing unto furniture, pulling herself up to a standing position, and then walking along by holding tight to that particular piece of furniture. She knows better than letting go because, as she learned about two weeks ago, letting go means falling flat on your back into our hard floors and it hurts. My mother-in-law can testify to this, as she was on the phone with Matthew when this incident happened and heard her wails and screams very well! Anyway, babies are not stupid, and Natasha now knows and understands the consequence of letting go. So she taught herself how to sit back down on the floor and how to get up again and it almost looks like she's exercising - up and down, up and down! It's quite funny watching her.

But today I noticed that she crawled next to one of Matthew's house plants which sits in a big white pot on our floor. She knelt next to it, put her litte hand right into the soil and took some of it out! Yuck. And somehow some of that soil managed to get around her mouth. Needless to say, the plant is now at its new temporary, out-of-reach location until we can figure out what to do with it. Anyone got a cage?? I've noticed she also started pulling the lower kitchen cabinets out, and generally getting into things that are within her reach. Pulling curtains is another favourite activity as well as sticking little fingers into our bedroom fan which stands on the floor. Yep, it's definitely house proofing time!