Checking for monsters

At seven and a half months old, Abby is beginning to bid farewell to many of her close friends in the infant nursery and is now forced to hang out with kids that are half her age. Micah, only 11 days older than her, moved one door down in the children's wing of the church a couple weeks ago, having proved himself capable of propelling his body toward people and things through the advanced baby skill of crawling. Abby has yet to offer us hope of impending forward motion, and prefers to attain her goals by rolling--quite artfully--back and forth until she reaches her destination. She can cover a lot of ground this way, which is how she wound up under the bed yesterday morning while I was getting ready. Thankfully, all she found under there was a big warm purple blanket--the one we lovingly refer to as "Big P."