What a week! I keep coming back to this computer to update all that's been going on in Gardner's world this past week or so.
Still crawling, and getting faster! We now fully understand why this has been called the most exhausting part of baby's first year (for the parents, that is!). I am trying to childproof my home without making it look like a padded cell. We are trying to teach him what "no" means, too, because all of those safety measures won't mean a thing if he doesn't understand his limits, anyway (I would hate to imagine a 15-year-old who still has a toilet-lock in his bathroom)!! Anyhoo....
He started mimicking us this week. He blows raspberries (spits bubbles) when Ken and I do the same thing. I was reading him a book this week and, upon reaching the page with the horse on it, I "neighed." He looked up at me and promptly did the same sound back to me, as if he'd been doing it for weeks. I sat still, not believing he actually did that. Then I burst into laughter and tears all at once!
Last night, Ken was videotaping Gardner crawling all over the kitchen as I loaded the dishwasher after supper. Before our very eyes, he pulled up onto his feet for the very first time, and we caught it on tape. Oh, wow. Gardner's doing all of this too quickly for my emotions to keep up with it all! This is a lot for me to swallow in one week's time!
Way to go, Gardner! You are more than we could have ever dreamed of!!
Still crawling, and getting faster! We now fully understand why this has been called the most exhausting part of baby's first year (for the parents, that is!). I am trying to childproof my home without making it look like a padded cell. We are trying to teach him what "no" means, too, because all of those safety measures won't mean a thing if he doesn't understand his limits, anyway (I would hate to imagine a 15-year-old who still has a toilet-lock in his bathroom)!! Anyhoo....
He started mimicking us this week. He blows raspberries (spits bubbles) when Ken and I do the same thing. I was reading him a book this week and, upon reaching the page with the horse on it, I "neighed." He looked up at me and promptly did the same sound back to me, as if he'd been doing it for weeks. I sat still, not believing he actually did that. Then I burst into laughter and tears all at once!
Last night, Ken was videotaping Gardner crawling all over the kitchen as I loaded the dishwasher after supper. Before our very eyes, he pulled up onto his feet for the very first time, and we caught it on tape. Oh, wow. Gardner's doing all of this too quickly for my emotions to keep up with it all! This is a lot for me to swallow in one week's time!
Way to go, Gardner! You are more than we could have ever dreamed of!!
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