Oh, the places you'll go

Just a quick look at some of the adventures Evan's had since becoming mobile (all taken back in March)...

A new take on the exersaucer:

Earning himself his own shelf on the bookshelf:

How Mommy and Daddy realized they needed to get a baby gate ASAP:

Nakey library time (this was so cute...until we realized that he was happily peeing on and under the bookshelf while he was sitting there):

Big boy at 9 months old (a rare moment sitting down...though notice the pacifier living up to its name):

Frisbee in the park:

Swingtime with Daddy:

and finally, some family fun time at the zoo:

Moving on Up

A few days after mastering crawling, Evan decided being mobile was just not enough. Indeed, simply crawling over to his toy box just would not do...standing up to look into it would be much better...and so he did. One day Daddy looked over to see this:



Then, once standing by the toy box was mastered, the next hurdle was pulling to stand in the crib. And a couple of days later, I looked into Evan's room to see this:



And now nap time and bedtime is not so much fun...I mean really, why would anyone want to waste their time sleeping when you can practice standing and sitting and crawling and standing and sitting and crawling again and again and again? Duh, Mom. Another fun trick is to bang on the wall repeatedly while he's supposed to be going to sleep..."Helloooooooo, Mommy and Daddy, don't you want to come play with me?" We've also moved into the multi-paci stage - throwing multiple pacis in the crib at night so when Evan wakes up he can find one and plunk it back in without screaming the house down, thereby letting Mommy and Daddy continue their beauty sleep.

Evan doesn't use pacis hardly at all during the day anymore, but we do still give him the beloved sucker at night, and when he needs it during car rides or plane rides, or in church. (Otherwise he will sing to the rafters at inopportune times). We're okay with his paci use though, and I have a feeling it will continue for awhile, mainly because we're not all that excited to break him of it. Heck, I sucked my thumb until 6th grade...I think I can give my poor kid a break! But I digress....

A couple of days after standing in his crib, pulling to stand and staying stationary was just no fun, so the cruising started. Evan started out fairly tentatively, gingerly sidestepping along a table or couch, but at this point has mastered the one-handed cruising, as well as the all-exciting one-hand-stays-steady-on-the-couch-while-squatting-down-so-the-other-hand-can-grab-something-cool-on-the-ground. Now we've starting standing on our own, at first for just a few seconds at a time, and only when so engrossed in a toy we haven't realized we've let go of our safety net, but quickly progressing into the "Hey Mom, check this out, I'm as solid as a rock, standing by myself like I was born to do it!" Not too shabby...