Becoming Mobile

Well, because even just a couple of weeks represents a pretty significant portion of Grant's little life, a lot has happened since our last "Grant post." Grant has 2 little teeth in the front now, so the biting-phase has begun. Honestly, of all the milestones babies have, teeth was the one that I thought I could wait quite a while to have happen and been perfectly happy. I guess I was just attached to his toothless smile. But oh how wrong I was - the little teeth are pretty dang cute ... and sharp! But it's pretty fun to have a little baby toothbrush taking up the 3rd slot in our toothbrush holder. :)

I've been meaning to post video of this for a while, but Grant has been pulling himself to standing for probably about a month now. He's become much more efficient at it recently, but the laundry basket was his favorite toy for a while because it provided a good base for bracing his feet and handles for pulling. Now he'll pull himself up on most anything he can get his hands on. The video below is some of his early standing days (though I suppose his standing days are still relatively early now too!). As a side note, he's been pacifier-free for a few weeks now, so it's cute to see him with it in.


So we think there is a remote possibility that Grant was laughing at more than just the dirty diaper. Perhaps, like most kids (myself included), Grant just thinks his dad is totally ridiculous (no offense dad!). But he sure has a fun sense of humor.


We've been saying for at least a couple of months now that we need to baby-proof the house. Well, that fact hasn't changed, but Grant has. We are pleased to announce the next stage of Grant's evolution - the crawl (forward). Why forward you may ask? Well, Grant has been comfortable getting up to all 4's for a few weeks now, but could only go in reverse. He hadn't figured out how to move his legs, so when he tried to get to something in front of him he'd push off his hands. Think about it - when you push off with your hands but don't move your legs what happens? That's right - you go backwards. Grant would get stuck up against a wall or something and get REALLY frustrated. Well, no more. Behold the crawling Grant. (Warning, this video is PG-13 for partial nudity, but everything potentially offensive is covered by a size 3 diaper)