3/16/12: climbing, climbing

Yesterday, C figured out how to climb onto the back of the couch. He was sitting on the couch with Elodie and I while I was reading to the kids, and all of a sudden he was sitting on the back of the couch, grinning and very proud of himself. He repeated the process multiple times before I put an end to that because of safety reasons.

Then today he's already managed to climb the back of his highchair twice. Both times, he needed assistance to get down. :)

12/8/11: C climbing on step stools

I keep finding little guy on step stools or makeshift ones all over the house. Tonight he was whining and I looked over and he was standing on the step stool in the kitchen and was apparently stuck so I helped him get down. Earlier tonight, we found him on toy drum just big enough for his two little feet to stand on trying to get stuff off the tv stand. He also discovered today that if he climbs the stairs that he can reach the back top of the dresser drawers and get everything we've put out of his reach. Smart little dude. Last night, he fell off Elodie's step stool in the bathroom (under daddy's watch). Yesterday, he was on his knees on the step stool, leaning over trying to turn the dishwasher on. Then later, he was on his feet on the step stool trying to get stuff off the kitchen counter. He's also discovered he can climb onto his toy airplane on his knees and then he'll do a little dance. It's really cute but each time I see him up on his knees, I'm afraid he's going to fall and hurt himself. This kid is constantly splitting his lip open.

And no, he's not walking by himself yet. So close though. Tonight he took one step to me about 3 different times. He cruises furniture though and is a super fast crawler.

And no, no words yet. He says "yaya" but it's not a word. He does say "dada" and I think it means "daddy" but who knows for sure. He does know some signs. He waves and claps. He puts his hand up to his ear for "phone." He signs "milk" (moving his fingers) for everything. Sometimes he wants milk, but more often he wants something else, whether it be food or something he sees on the counter. So we offer him milk, he'll swing his hands really big to push it away and shake his head. So then we ask him if he wants to eat or wants food, and then he'll usually put his hand to his mouth (sign for food). He used to sign "more" but he won't do it anymore. He'all also pull himself to standing hanging onto my legs and put his arms up to say "up."

Oh, and C's actually slept through the night the past three nights in a row. Hallelujah! Must be a God thing b/c the only thing I've done differently is put a cotton jammie on under his fleece footed jammies (but I've done that in the past with no magic sleep through the night function) because it's been really cold. Anyhow, here's to praying this stays this way for the rest of his life...the sleeping through the night thing. :)

If C has something in his mouth and Dave or I has to tell him "no" for some reason, C will start to cry and put his hand in his mouth and throw all the food that was previously in it out onto the ground. So annoying. And when he gets mad, he'll throw whatever he has in his hands.

10/21/09 - L escapes

I don't know if we mentioned before but our lovely daughter can climb in and out of her crib. It's actually kind of funny to watch her get in because she kind of does a head dive to get in but her getting out is just good climbing skill. To execute either climb, she uses her legs to swing over the railing so, with her sleep sack on, it was never an issue of her getting out. Well, all that has changed now. Tonight, I put her to bed as usual and went downstairs. E asked me to make cookies so I started that and then went upstairs to go to the bathroom. As I passed L's room I could hear that she was still up, but that wasn't anything unusual. I went to the bathroom and when I came out I heard some noises down stairs but couldn't make out what E was doing. As I passed L's room, her door was shut and she was quiet so I assumed she was asleep... that is until I was a couple of steps down the stairs and realized that the noise I was hearing was balls bouncing down the basement steps. As I finished going down the stairs and came around the corner, there was L, holding her new doggy and trick-or-treat pail, throwing balls down the basement stairs. She turned around and saw me and said "came down, get toys"... because as we all know, you can't sleep unless you have toys. So yes, our daughter can now get out of her crib whenever she wants... OH JOY!!

10/18/09...climbed out of crib

L climbed out of her crib this morning and came into our room and said, "Hi daddy. Climb out crib. See daddy." D forgot to put her sleep s@c on backwards last night so she was able to take it off this morning and climb out.

10/15/09...climb out of crib

Both this morning and this afternoon, L climbed out of her crib while I was standing there.