Crawling!

Owen started crawling around 8 1/2 months so he's right in between the ages when his brothers learned.  He was doing a lot of down dogs and scooting around for a couple weeks prior and then finally got it.  He initially started out with a straight leg and pushing off with one of his feet but now he's an old pro.  Of course whenever I'd get my camera out to try to catch him he wouldn't do it.  Then I figured I'd get out his biggest temptation - a ritz - and off he went.  He's quite a happy little fellow now that he can get to whatever he wants.  He then promptly learned how to pull up to standing and then decided the stairs were his favorite so we quickly had to get a gate to keep him in.  Even a couple months in and if the gate is open he heads straight up the stairs - he loves them.  

He loves the stairs almost as much as he loves a ritz.  His reward for all the hard work!