You are a constant source of amazement, my beautiful boy!
Yesterday evening for me, you had pulled yourself to standing on the book shelf in your room and proceeded to toss all of the books and DVDs over your shoulder like usual. But then, something amazing happened...you held on to one of the DVDs with both hands...which means you weren't holding on to anything. You stood there for what seemed like a really long time, although it was probably under a second. But, you've done as much in your crib...in fact you love to play the "let go fall down" game every night. But, last night, standing at your bookshelf, you started to lose your balance and play the "fall down" part of the game. But you corrected your balance. You shifted your torso weight forward, and balanced out, giving you like at least a half a second (or was it a mili-second) more of standing-up-all-by-yourself time.
This little amazing feat, albeit brief, was the longest you've stood up on your own two feet! And that little balancing move was even more incredible.
I had to call your mother immediately!
Then today, your Mom called me with an equally amazing tale of your pre-toddler triumphs!
One of your favorite books that you love to read, or have read to you, or play with is this funy pop-up activity book based on the old tune "The Wheels on the Bus"...you know..."round and round, up and down, swish swish swish." Well, you seem to know where that book is always placed in your shelves. You go and climb up to standing and grab the book at least once a day for your Mom to read to you.
Today, though, you were playing with a soft toy truck. You were playing with the wheels. And your Mommy said "wheels! Those are Wheels, like the wheels on the bus!" And she started singing the tune.
Then, guess what you did? You dropped the soft toy truck, did an about-face and high tailed it over to the book shelf where you immediately pulled up to standing and grabbed your "Wheels on the Bus" book!
I know you can kind of understand some things we say, and I know you understand things we do (like laugh or smile), but I didn't know that you could understand us THAT well and make major connections like that! Or maybe it was just a coincidence...who knows?
But, I know that you, sir, will continue amazing us all around town!
And speaking of amazing....remind me to tell you the story of how you amazingly pretty much saved your own life the other day!
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