He is on the Move!

After we got back from Indiana I was sitting in Mally’s bed reading her a story and Max was in his crib – suppose to be snuggling and getting ready for bed.  I heard him just a yappering and have a grand ‘ol time.  I peeked over my book and there he was kneeling and looking over the railing at us.  When he made eye contact with me he giggled and was so proud of himself!  It shocked the heck out of me to see him kneeling there.

Then it was only a few days later and he was crawling.  He wasn’t a long distance crawler and he did start going in reverse before he figured out forward.  In this same time he figured out how to sit up by himself.

I lowered his crib a notch since he was just kneeling.  I figured one notch would be fine.

Then on Saturday night he did his first long distance crawl.

Now he follows me from room to room.  But he needs lots of encouraging or he gets frustrated.  : )  When he is frustrated he will sit on his butt and fake cry.  If you ignore his fake cry – it will turn into real tears and he will cry louder.  Just so you know.  : ) 

Oh and then the day after I lowered his crib… Mrs. Carolyn told me she caught him standing in his crib!  I yelled, WHAT!  He has never stood yet.  He just pulls himself to his knees, and I just lowered that crib yesterday!  She said she laid him down for a nap, went to the bathroom came out and there was a little hand waving around.  He pulled himself up and swatted his door open.  She said he was pretty proud of himself. 

He never stood again.  Well today we had a snow day so I was here with the kids all day and went to lay them down for naps and they both were refusing them.  I find Max standing in his crib and Mally standing on the other side pushing on his head saying “Lay down Max.”  The joys of them sharing a room, I guess.  : )

Here is a little video of Max crawling.  Mally is in the background dancing and singing and paying completely no attention to us until her song is done.