The crawler

Elise has been crawling for about two weeks. She has mastered it enough so that she can buzz around quickly without planting her face in the carpet. She follows us around the first floor, but is not thrilled about the tile in the bathroom. It is not heated, and she is spoiled by the heated tile in our kitchen.
In the foreground of the video you will see a stuffed puppy. (Not a real stuffed canine, of course, but that would be the only way a cat would make it in the house.) Anyway, that toy is one of her favorites. We are especially happy about that because it was cheap. But apparently you pay extra for stuffed animals with names, so this one had no name when we brought it home. Anni suggested "Cocoa," which seemed too Miami Beachish to me. So it's called Puppy. Clearly it needs a better name.
After we shot this video Anni pointed out Elise's drab outfit. Yes, I dressed her. I guess she does look a little like a black and tan. Drab or not, those corduroy pants slow her down on the carpet, which is good for those moments when she is eying the low-hanging Christmas tree branches and feeling a little adventurous.