Getting Around

Ephram's more and more active.  He zooms about a room now doing pretty much whatever he pleases.  We had fun watching his movements change during his ninth month.

He started trying to jump out of his swing to get to Boone.  He really loves that dog!

Then he started only crawling around if he had toys in his hands.  In the past he had crawled with toys before, but now it is very rare to seem him crawling anywhere without a toy.  Often he is using them to help him glide along more quickly.  (Books and DVD's work best for this!)

Then we started noticing that it took him almost no time to pull up to standing anymore.  We'd turn around and he'd be up.  He also started leaning on objects much less, which limited the falls he was taking.  He still falls down plenty though!

Then he started lifting toys up to see what he was looking at.  His favorite toys to show around?  Mr. Giraffe and Mr. Monkey.

Next he started going over to the baby gate, standing up, shaking the gate really hard and calling Boone over.  We also often found him at the fridge, oven and dishwasher - standing tall and staring at his reflection whilst dancing and laughing.

Before we knew it he was ready to push things around.  He started with this MegaBloks truck that used to belong to Charlie.  Soon he graduated to pushing around our kitchen chairs, his high chair, and anything that he could manage to push along.

We decided it was time to get him his own push toy.  Right around the time he got it, he also started squatting, kneeling and then standing back up.

He is one mobile little boy now.  He has yet to walk across a room, but I don't think that day is far off!