Sorry it's been so long since I updated this! starting college has been crazy busy and way more hectic than high school! This is the first time I've even touched my computer for something not related to school. Anyway, here is the next chapter!
Allie Claire was always a very active little girl. Beca and Jesse both made sure she had a lot of tummy time and when she was only five and a half months old, she started trying to scoot around. She wasn't super fast, but Beca and Jesse thought it was adorable watching her scoot from one end of her play mat to the other.
However, by the time she was six and a half months old, Allie Claire was getting better at moving. She had started getting herself up on her hands and knees and within just a few days, she was crawling like a pro.
While Beca and Jesse were both thrilled about their little girl's new skill, they quickly discovered the drawbacks. Allie Claire was a naturally curious little girl and now that she was mobile, nothing was safe from her. She got into the kitchen cabinets, pulling out anything and everything.
One day, only a few days after Allie Claire started crawling, Beca left her playing on her play mat in the living room while she ran to the bathroom. When she came back, she found Allie Claire gone. After about ten seconds of panic, she found the baby in the kitchen emptying the tuperware cabinet.
"No, Peanut," Beca said, scooping her up, "You can't play in the kitchen."
Allie Claire gave her a little pout as Beca carried her out of the kitchen. Beca texted Jesse and asked him to pick up some baby proofing locks on his way home.
Later that same day, Allie Claire found the lamp cord in the living room while Beca ran to answer the door. She pulled it out of the socket and was chewing on it when Beca returned only a minute later.
"Allison Claire Swanson," Beca said, setting down the package she had just picked up from the door, running and pulling the cord from her daughter's mouth, "No."
Allie Claire looked angry as Beca took her away from her new teething toy.
When Jesse got home around 3, Allie Claire was sleeping and they took the opportunity to begin their baby proofing. They put outlet protectors in, locks on all the cabinets and drawers, cushions on the doors and on the corners of their coffee table.
By the time Allie Claire woke up at 4, the house was better suited for her new abilities. Both Jesse and Beca got very good at keeping things up high out of little hands' reach, but when their friends came over, things were often at the perfect level for a crawling baby.
One night, not long after Allie Claire started crawling, Beca and Jesse had a get together with all their friends. Allie Claire was the only baby in the group which meant no one else had experience with a crawling baby in the house.
As they hung out, Allie Claire was passed from person to person until she got tired of sitting with her aunts and uncles and wiggled out of Evan's arms to go play on the floor.
"She's gotten good at that," Chloe said, watching Allie Claire crawling across the floor.
"Yeah," Beca nodded in agreement, "She's into everything now."
They chatted for a while until suddenly, Aubrey yelped.
"What?" Matt, her new husband, asked.
"Oh Allie Claire," Aubrey said, looking down, "She spilled my water all over my foot."
"I'm sorry," Beca said as she grabbed a now very wet Allie Claire while Jesse grabbed some towels.
"It's fine," Aubrey said, taking a towel from Jesse, "It's my fault. I should have put it somewhere other than the floor."
Benji, Emily, Stacie, and Amy all picked up their drinks from the floor, putting them on the table, not wanting to be Allie Claire's next victim as Beca took Allie Claire upstairs, putting on some dry clothes.
"You need to stay out of trouble, Peanut," Beca said as she pulled some pajamas on Allie Claire.
The little girl flashed a toothy smile at her mom, putting her fist in her mouth. Beca just shook her head, carrying Allie Claire back downstairs. They continued their conversations until Beca looked at Jesse.
"Where's Allie Claire?" she asked, not seeing the little girl with her toys.
"Allie Claire," Jesse called as the two parents got up.
Just then, they heard a noise in the foyer.
"I got her," Jesse said, going into the foyer.
"Umm…" he called a minute later, "You guys might want to come in here."
They went intot he foyer, finding Allie Claire with three purses open, happily chewing on a pack of tissues.
"I'm sorry," Beca said, sighing as she picked up Allie Claire, "Chloe, Aubrey, Emily, I think these belong to you guys."
"It's no big deal," Emily said, picking up her purse and picking up the items that belong to her.
"Yeah," Chloe said, taking her bag, "We should have put them up higher."
Once the mess was cleaned up, and they were pretty sure they all had their own things back, they went back to the living room.
The rest of the night went off without a hitch, Beca excusing herself at 7:30 to feed Allie Claire and put her to bed.
After their friends left that night, Beca and Jesse both looked at each other with a sigh.
"Who knew she would get into so much when she started crawling?" Jesse said, shaking his head.
"I know," Beca said as they headed up to bed, "I don't think it's going to get any easier from here though."
So there it was! I hope you like it. Let me know if you have any ideas for future chapters! Hopefully I'll update sooner than I did this time.