Accomplishments

Joshua has so many new tricks, I'm afraid that I will forget one.

He started moving 2 weeks ago. A good, strong army crawl. His lats must be huge because he pulled his whole body around with his arms. His little legs started to get in on the action the other day when he used his knees to get to a toy Caleb left on the floor across the kitchen.

But his favorite new motion is definitely standing up. If he sees me, he squirms over to my feet as fast as he can, pulls on my pants until I bend down, then reaches up for my fingers. When I relent and let him grasp my hands, he tries with all his might to pull himself up. He likes to stand and seems truly happy once up on his feet. If he's ever fussy, a little time on those tootsies and he'll be grinning again. Joshua is only 8 months old. I guess this is within the range of normal, but Caleb didn't walk until he was 13 months old. I don't remember when he learned how to stand up. I know he cruised forever, but I'm sure he didn't start this early. I still think of Joshua as a tiny newborn, so it just amazed me when he figured out how to pull up on the bathtub last night. He's still pretty tipsy so I have to stay right behind him. He cruised down the length of Caleb's bed this afternoon, in pursuit of the foot board to gnaw on.

Which brings me to another of his accomplishment- a tooth! After months and months of continuous drool and a chapped chin, a little tooth cut through yesterday morning.

And finally, he's saying BaBaBa. And laughing at himself. He thinks it's hilarious for some reason, probably because when he says it, Caleb and I chime in with more Ba's and start laughing. He's been babbling for a long time, but this is a concerted effort to make a singular sound. It's the same consonant Caleb started with. Why not Mama, or Dada? I've been coaxing him into saying those words for the past few weeks, to no avail- yet.