she scoots to her own beat

It finally happened!  Anne started crawling - at the ripe old age of 16 months!  She began moving around 9 months but, unlike most children, she moved by scooting instead of crawling.  I've tried unsuccessfully to post a video of her scooting b/c it is so unique but I've posted a few pics from the summer that demonstrate how it is done.

First, she flings both feet straight out in front of her:

Then she drags her bottom across the floor to meet her feet:

You can see the trail left by her bottom in this pic:

I had never seen this before but it is adorable.  It also wears out the bottom of all of her pants and turns them black.  The upside is that her hands don't get dirty even though her bottom does.  The doctor assured me that she would move on her own time but that I could take her to physical therapy to move things along (she only pushed herself up to a sitting position on her own about 5 weeks ago).  Of course, we've had amazing progress since then.  About 3 weeks ago she pulled up by herself to a standing position for the first time.  And last week she simultaneously started crawling and cruising at the same time.  Then, last night she began walking while pushing her shopping cart across the floor - which was met with a lot of cheering from Mom, Dad, and Harrison!  As eager as I am for her to start walking I am really going to miss her little scoot and I can only hope that she continues to scoot to her own beat throughout the rest of her life!