And we were hoping she'd be the quiet one...

Laurel is four months old next week, and in celebration, decided to start sitting up this week!

Ha! Lying down is for babies and chumps!

Ben sat up at five months, and we thought that was fairly impressive. On the plus side, sitting up made him pretty happy, so he actually crawled late. We're hoping for a similar trend with Laurel! (Otherwise, stay tuned for the post where we discover her on top of the fridge or bookcase)

Ben and Laurel - July 2007

All in all, she's pretty pleased with herself, but we are getting the usual associated crummy sleep patterns that come with reaching developmental milestones (why would she want to nap when she can sit?) resulting in much evening crying from an overtired baby.

Now, if I could just figure out how to read...