Standing Up

So lately nap time has been pretty difficult. Since Nixon is crawling around everywhere, once I put him down for his nap, he just crawls all over his crib and talks. It takes him a long time to fall asleep because he can entertain himself with crawling and making noises. So every once in a while I will go in and put his binky back in his mouth and give him his cuddle blankey until he falls asleep. I have to say that he is a lot happier now that he's mobile. Anyway, so Saturday afternoon, I put him down for his afternoon nap. After a little while, he just starts talking and making noises like crazy. I go in to give him his binky and this is what I see.

As soon as I walked in he just gave me this huge grin like "look what I can do mom." I was laughing so hard. I ran and got my camera to capture this "first" of his.

And now this is his favorite thing to do. He crawls everywhere and will climb up on anything that he can find that will allow him to stand up. He is definitely a wild child. He crawls everywhere, and if something is in his way, he won't crawl around it, he will only crawl over it. It's so funny. He is obviously following after his daddy's footsteps who started walking at 7 months. We are hoping that this isn't the case, but with the way things are going, we won't be surprised if it's coming soon. And I do have to admit that it is nice that he's mobile now. It does make things a little easier for me, but at the same time, I have to keep a closer eye on him. We have the baby gate up on the stairs, and we are baby proofing the house a lot more. Things are good and we are so happy that we have such a healthy, happy baby.