About to watch the 4th of July parade at the Somerton block party
Just after figuring out how to stand up using the stairs-- and moments before learning how to climb those stairs...
So, not only was today Jack's first fourth of July, he also mastered not one but 2 new skills. This morning he figured out (with the help of the case of "variety pack" soda ) how to pull up to stand. It was a very exciting moment-- he seemed quite proud, then flopped back onto his bottom a few seconds later and that was that. Then, this afternoon, he generalized that skill to the steps, as we played in the stair hall. And then, as if he'd been doing it his whole life, he swung one knee and then next up onto the bottom stair and voila-- our not-so-mobile baby was climbing stairs. I like to think he was inspired by his friend Gregory, who we spent time with at breastfeeding group last night, and who has been climbing stairs for a month now. Perhaps they shared notes. What is really amazing to me in this process of emerging mobility is how sudden each accomplishment is, how there's hardly any lead-up, or "practice time" involved. I think Jack just thinks it through, perhaps does some visualization exercises, before he attempts each new feat... at any rate, I am very proud, thrilled and excited to see this learning going on-- and terrified. We had better get on the ball with baby gates around here.
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