Crawling, for Real

The Highchair

These pictures make you travel back in time to when the entire highchair was made from wood. Don't worry, you're not looking at a baby picture taken in the late 70's. You're actually looking at me sitting in my mom's highchair. Yes, for all those who are aghast that mom would reuse such a critical piece, it is safe. (Although mom did say she would update the harness. The old metal clip has seen better days and the safety pin to adjust the length of the strap between my legs is a little suspect. But hey, it works.)

I do have to get used to the whole tray thing and not being able to freely look every which way whilst eating. A good thing for mom while she's spooning in the food, a little upsetting for me in the beginning (I definitely like my freedom). I did figure out one thing though, the little balls that are on my backrest are good head scratchers. Mom laughed pretty hard as I kept rubbing my head on these.

I've enjoyed three meals here so far. The second being the most enjoyable for me and the most trying for mom. It was great fun to smear food all over the tray. (Mom accidentally dropped a spoonful of apples, apricots, and oatmeal and I went to town.) Surprisingly enough, mom was a good sport and gave me even more food to play with when I had finished eating. According to her, I was "exploring texture." Of course, this resulted in an immediate bath afterwards.

Mastering a Skill

Mom and dad never thought it would happen so quickly, but I am repeating the skill of standing up throughout the day. Mom got some better pictures of this for everyone! It's causing a little trouble though, they're constantly moving me away from what I want (standing at the coffee table). Is it the finger prints on the glass mom, or are you really looking out for my best interest?

Mom didn't quite get to the camera fast enough so she missed the first step...me reaching, really hard, for the spinning wheel that I'm holding onto here.




My legs are a little wobbly here, but I've figured out how to hold on to something tight and increase my stance to improve balance.














Check me out...standing on my own two feet. This new found independence of mine has been hard for mom. I think I saw a tear yesterday all because I'm so grown up! I don't know what will happen to her when I talk or walk!

Waving Hi!

This new trick actually doubles as two since I can also wave bye in the same manner. I've been successfully waving at everyone for about the last week. Most of the time on cue from mom or dad. Who knew that my accomplishment would result in waving about a 100 times a day. It never ceases to amaze mom and dad, so they continually ask me to do it. I better learn some new tricks now to put some variety or spice into their life. If you look closely at this picture, you can see I'm trying to learn how to snap while waving. I love it when mom and dad snap their fingers and I try continously to recreate that noise.

A Little Help Here Please!

What a surprise mom had this afternoon when she came in to get me from my nap. There I was looking at her, almost right in the eye. I was standing up in my crib! Wow, how did that happen, she wondered. Well, I just pulled up a little on my bumper pads, got stable, and then reached high for the edge of the crib. Low and behold, those legs I have do more than just crawl...they help me standup as well!

Watch out mom, walking may not be far behind!

Playing by Myself

I am now truly sitting up on my own. No hands behind me waiting to catch me if I fall, no pillows surrounding my possible landing zones. Just me, myself, and my toys. Sitting up gives me a whole new view of the world and also has given mom some high expectations. Like the fact that I should play by myself for a little while. I guess I should have expected this when I combined reaching for my toys, crawling to get to them, and sitting up.

I am getting so big, and talented. If you look closely at the pictures you can see that my hair is now growing over my ears. (Mom is now constantly trying to tuck it behind them, but it needs to do a lot of growing before she's permanently successful.) I am now waving hi when someone asks me to "Say hi." And, I'm just learning how to show everyone that I am a big girl, as shown in the picture below. When mom says "Big girl" I raise my arms really high! I also do this when I hear her say "Up." It's slightly confusing.