Another milestone

For many months now, Daddy and I would stand Junior up and coax him to walk towards us. He would stand for a while and then crouch down to the floor and crawl to us. It was not until September 29th (two days before he turned 13 months) that we tried the same thing and this time we were elated to see him take 5 STEPS towards us!!! It was just like when he started crawling...out of the blue! After he received many praises, hugs and kisses from us both, we tried again and he once more dumbfounded us with enough steps to make it half way across the room. Of course he still prefers to crawl everywhere. He definitely would make it a lot further if he would slow down and take his time. He gets so excited that his arms start moving up and down and his body goes too fast for his little legs to keep up. He wants to get to where he is going faster than he actually can!

A few other things Junior is doing these days are:
- imitating Mommy coughing (I was sick last week and Junior thought it was funny to cough after I did)
- flipping light switches on and off
- watering the plants with Daddy as soon as he gets home (that he insisted on doing while I was cooking the other day)



- picking favorites (like this book "That's Not My Truck")...

- pointing to things he wants (Lucky Charms)
- follows simple commands (most like a new puppy) "sit", "lay down"
- leads you to things he wants
- puts his head on the floor and looks underneath things for his toys (or the remote control)
- and a daily favorite except for Sunday's and holidays...open and close the mailbox