I seriously can't believe how quickly the little dude is growing up in the past two weeks! It's almost scary - I'm finally starting to understand all of the people who have been saying all along, "enjoy every moment because they grow up before you know it."
So I already mentioned how he learned to crawl a week ago Sunday which is - what 12? days ago?? I ignorantly thought we would spend some time working with crawling and perfecting our skills before moving on. Umm that's a no! He's very determined to stand and walk upright. He really only uses his crawling skills to propel himself to the nearest object tall enough for him to pull up on, and he's still not really crawling, it's an army
crawl on his forearms.
His favorite destinations are the couch, leather chair, and laundry basket (which with my neverending quest at laundry and folding there is ALWAYS a full basket in the living room). His balance is bad and he hasn't learned that a wide stance will be more stable, so he spends a lot of time falling over. Sometimes it's traumatic and he cries a bit, but generally he just looks a little surprised, "hmmm how did THAT happen?" and he rolls over to try again. He really loves it when me or Bryan are sitting down on the furniture and providing a nice sturdy leg for him to
climb up. I can't sit on the couch now without a little Gremlin peeking over the edge and grabbing on to me :) Another favorite is to chase after the dogs, luckily they all tolerate him quite well.
He still LOVES to bounce so luckily he can be contained that way for quite a while. The exersaucer still works, but he gets bored with that far quicker than he used to. As I realized from the moment that he first crawled, the days of being able to look away from him are long gone!
Also, as shown in a previous post, he has figured out how to stand up in his crib. Nothing worse than seeing a sad little face standing up and crying with tear stained eyes peeking over the top rail as if to say, "but I really don't NEED to take a nap!" Bryan had to lower the mattress all the way down, and I was forced to take down his adorable mobile that he loved watching (thanks to Kristin for giving it to us!).
It's just hard to comprehend how quickly he is figuring all of these things out. On one hand it's
fun to see him develop, but on another it's sad to leave behind being a true little baby :( The only silver lining is that all of this activity has made him a much better sleeper! We've had far more good nights than bad nights lately which leads to a much happier Mommy and Daddy!!
The Fourth of July is truly an Independence Day for Corrigan! Now that he can easily pull himself up to a stand using whatever stationary object (or human) is nearby, he will no longer be contained. The days of being able to "kind of" keep an eye on him are long gone, not only has he become a proficient crawler, but he tends to overestimate his balance when standing and spends a lot of time tumbling over. He wants to walk more than anything, but that darn balance thing gets him every time!! I keep thinking that parenthood is going to get easier at some point, but it seems like once we get something under control, like his sleeping, a whole new challenge presents itself!
standing up and cruising all along their furniture, watching 4 yr old A.J. play, and generally entertaining all of us with his antics. We had every intention of going to watch the fireworks, but both boys were overtired (and I wasn't going on a large amount of sleep either) so we settled for hearing BOOMs in the distance!
