New Tricks

Mr. Mister is learning so many new things these days. I guess he's just at that stage of life where everything is so new. Most recently...

- He pushes himself up on his hands and knees! He wants to crawl and I can see him trying to figure out how to get to the toy in front of him as he is on his hands and knees. He tries to move his legs, but can't quite get it yet. I'm sure it won't be long. He does slide himself backwards a lot, which frustrates him because he wants to go forward.

- His first love is still standing and walking, which is why I'm excited that he's starting to crawl. We thought he may walk first, but plenty of people have reminded us that it's developmentally beneficial for babies to crawl before they walk. Anyway, he loves to hold our hands and walk. He has the whole one foot in front of the other idea down, but he still lacks some trunk control so he's a little wobbly. That doesn't bother him, though...he smiles and laughs the whole time he is walking.

- He waves bye-bye! It's so cute...his whole arm goes up and down.

- He is eating more and more big boy foods...most recently he added Cheerios, cheese, yogurt, bread, and crackers to his menu. He LOVES food and gets very impatient if I don't feed him fast enough.

- His top two teeth are coming in, joining the bottom two for four good looking, although somewhat crooked, teeth. Every time he sticks his thumb in his mouth, we can see the orthodontist bills coming. But it's really cute and really convenient so we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.