Man, Are We In Trouble!!!

It seems that in the last week and a half since Gavin has started to what I consider officially pulling up, that is all he is interested in doing. He is using anything he can manage and won't give up! Most of the time he is able to fairly quickly manage to stand, which leads to a great deal of excitement and attempts to cruise around. It is really impressive to watch him try this on new furniture and toys. He even managed to stand up in his truck! I have proof!! We were outside this afternoon and we were sitting at the end of the driveway watching cars and people go by and Gavin decided to pull himself up and stand inside his truck! I was shocked, but thankfully pulled it together to get a picture with my phone...


He was so proud of himself, he was smiling and giggling away. It was crazy! Of course, despite my shock, I cheered him on and told him how well he had done. I don't know what I was thinking... I certainly shouldn't be encouraging such behavior, oh well, I will have to deal with that at another time...

While we were outside, we sat in the grass for a little bit to see if he would begin to like it a bit better. Although he wasn't thrilled at first, he remembered how much fun it is to pull up the grass and throw it around. He then moved on to using his truck as a means to stand up and walk around (of course)!





Although he is easily standing and very steady while holding on, the problem he inevitably encounters is that he gets a bit ahead of himself trying to take large steps to cruise around, let go altogether to reach something else or let go because he picked up something exciting and seemingly forgets that he needs to hold on with at least one hand. I dread that his few seconds of independent standing will lead much too quickly to his first steps, he can't possibly be headed that direction anytime soon, right? Right?!?!?!

Well, despite the fact that I have been enjoying Gavin's disinterest in crawling, I am not quite as safe as I thought because we are beginning to think he may skip crawling and go right to walking at the rate he is at. Oh well, I guess I will just have to enjoy the time I have left with a fairly immobile little boy because I have no idea how much longer I will have that peace!