Robert was incredibly pleased with himself when he managed to get himself onto the little shelf on this coffee table. He kept giggling long enough for me to snap this picture. He ran into a little trouble trying to free himself, though.
Robert was incredibly pleased with himself when he managed to get himself onto the little shelf on this coffee table. He kept giggling long enough for me to snap this picture. He ran into a little trouble trying to free himself, though.
Later on in the week, he perfected his technique. With enough drool, anything is possible.
Click here for a movie of Robert crawling like a maniac across the floor.
As usual with the movies - if you have a regular phone line connection to the internet, you might want to save it to your hard drive first by right-clicking the link and choosing Save As. Then save the image to your computer and double-click on it to view. Oh, and we discovered that Windows Media Player has controls that let you adjust the brightness as you're viewing it.
Pressing the bouncy seat foot controls with his hands is still as exciting as ever this week.
Another source of fascination is the basket of this bassinet, where we store extra diapers and wipes. Today's $16,000 question: How much time did Robert spend on Tuesday chewing the edge of the Huggies bag? (Answer below)
Dad and Wendy visited this weekend. Here Robert's showing off how tall he's gotten, and trying to help grandpa put a number into his cell phone.
He also drank from a cup for the first time! He'd been very interested in reaching for mugs and glasses, so we put a little milk in this cup and let him try it. He's a fancy baby - his first sips were from a silver mug engraved with his initials.
Click here for a movie of Robert grabbing mom's coffee mug. The look on his face when he first gets a whiff of coffee is hilarious, but it doesn't stop him from going for it a second time.
Robert at cruising altitude. The stage before walking is called "cruising" - pulling oneself up on the furniture and moving around while hanging on. Robert seems to like the idea. I just put this trunk in the living room to use as a coffee table and he seemed overjoyed that it was the perfect height to rest his elbows on while kneeling.
Answer: Four hours. In a row.