He started spending a lot of his time walking the hallway (supported by the walls) while his Grandma and GG visited:
We often catch him crawling around and pausing in a squatting (or semi-squatting/semi-standing/semi-kneeling) position lately:
He also spends a lot of time in the downward-facing dog position (yeah, I know he's not doing it correctly in this photo, but it was the best one I could capture - sometimes he really surprises us and holds the position with his legs crossed like this):
For the past week or so he's been working on crawling while IN the downward-facing dog position (you know, like a monkey walk). This morning, when placed nearly naked on the COLD kitchen floor as we were getting breakfast and lunches made, he perfected it (to spare his exposed knees, I'm sure). We were cracking up watching our little monkey boy move around the kitchen:
Also, he can now walk behind his dump truck at length, often circling the couch. He pushes that easel toy from his Uncle Davey and Auntie T'in clear across our bedroom floor daily. He lets go of the furniture, walls, and his toys to stand unassisted more and more often, and for longer and longer periods. And we learned today when we picked him up from daycare that he got himself up into a standing position without assistance (not pulling up on anything or anyone) 3 different times. We had hoped to see it for ourselves tonight, but instead we actually got to see a couple of half-steps between the ottoman and Jay's knees (he was tricking James, making him think he was closer than he was, then backing up so that James had to step a bit to reach him - it worked). We're just doing our best to encourage him (we've moved furniture around yet again, in the hopes of enticing him to take steps between pieces, and we're now placing objects on top of them so that he may be more inclined to walk toward them - at their level - rather than crawl) and congratulate him when he tries something new. It's all very exciting!
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