Cage Match

Two days ago I forced Mike to pull out the baby gates and install them quick. What was the rush? Well Maya has decided to skip crawling in a traditional sense and has gone on ahead to scaling furniture. In fact yesterday I ran upstairs to grab some laundry and when I returned she had already claimed victory over the first step and was seriously pondering how to traverse the others. How much longer before I find her swinging from the ceiling fan I wonder?

Just last weekend I found her here for the first time:



It took about 24 hours for her to figure out how to get down from there as easily as she got up there.

With that mastered it was on to the next challenge;



What exactly does Mommy keep behind these end tables? Nothing but dust bunnies apparently.

A day after that I found her here snacking on salsa and cheese off some dirty utensils. Yum.



Today she was pulling herself up to standing all over the house. I'm thinking actual walking can't be far off.

What does Maya think of the gates?



Well I wouldn't say she's happy about it. I give it about 10 days before she's climbing over them. Lord help me.

At least they're cute.