Standing and Cruising

So that didn't take too long - last night after standing up on his own, he pulled himself up on the couch, then cruised over a couple of steps. He stood for close to half an hour before bed - and boy did he sleep well last night.



So this morning I step outside to turn on the sprinkler and come back in and there is the boy standing up by the coffee table! He looked all proud like "look what I did without you, Ma, and look at this cool magazine I want to eat!" After a massive photo session Mike came home for lunch and William repeated the new skill for him. :)

STANDING!

William stood up today without any help by grabbing the stroller and pulling himself up!



He thinks it's pretty cool to do that. Although I've never seen a boy try so hard not to crawl while crawling! He's hilarious - he's crawling as if he'd prefer to walk - toes up and he can move so fast now! We were eating dinner last night and all of a sudden he sprint-crawled across the room; our eyes got so big watching him go so determinedly. Looks like I'm in for a long couple of years running after him! :) It's my pleasure to do it!

Cigar Anyone?

My Dad in the Philippines!

Oh my gosh, you guys, my dad is SO cool! He went to the Philippines with a group of guys and they built building for some people over there who needed them. I missed him a lot - but I'm glad he got to go. This is a picture of him with the guys he was building with. I think they look like they had fun!