Judson pushed himself up and tried to figure out how to get moving. He moves one arm and then his leg.
"Come on baby. Come to daddy." Austin says. Judson got moving and crawled right to him. He looks at Coralee in a taunting way. As if to say "Haha, I learned to crawl before you!"
This tempts Coralee to try to crawl as well. Going right for Olena. She pushes herself up and moves an arm slowly. Olena smiles. "You can do it Coralee." She says.
Coralee started moving and picks up a cheerio to suck on. "Num num num." she says. Olena laughed. "Come on Cora."
Coralee picks up where she left off and crawls to Olena. "YAY!" Olena and Austin say.
The babies are soon using their new skill to get into everything. From Austin's music instruments to Olena's art supplies.
While Olena is painting, Coralee picks up a small, non toxic pink paint can she was using and dips her hands into it. She pulls her hands out and touches the wall.
Olena gasps. "No no no no. Not on the wall!" She says and picks her up. Just as Judson got into Austin's instruments and plays with his guitar.
Austin and Olena take deep breaths. "We're in for it now." They both say as they stick Coralee in the tub.
They clean the baby up and make dinner. Leaving the little handprints on the wall. "Do we paint over her handprints?" Olena asks. Austin smiles softly. "Nah. It's cute. We should leave it. It's like a little reminder of how tiny she is.
"I have an idea." Olena says and picks up Judson. She sticks his hands in the blue paint and puts them on the wall next to Coralee's handprints.
Austin smiles. He writes Judson Atticus Brown age 8 months in blue above his handprints. Olena dips a paintbrush into the pink paint and writes Coralee Georgia Brown age 8 months above her handprints.
"There. It's perfect." Olena says. "Now when they get older they'll see how tiny their hands were." Austin replies and smiles.
