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Because so many things aren't evident from the pictures and videos, here is an update on Gabriel's goings and interests. He pulls himself up on anything - chairs, the wall, bookcase, table...He is pretty good at falling. That is, he goes down butt first. However, when standing he likes to let go with one hand and look around. In looking around his head leads and leads down when he loses his balance which ends up as a head first fall to the hardwood floor. He currently has two bumps on his forehead...He also tries letting go with both hands and grabbing onto something else, which rarely works in his favor. In his crib, where the railing is continuous, he is quite good at walking around inside along the railing. I guess this is called cruising, though its really slow-going. He also has a preoccupation with a particular light socket. He kept reaching for the chords and pulling on them, so I finally unplugged them and put socket covers in. Well, those socket covers are now intense sources of amusement and squeals. Instead of trying to pull on them, he now licks them....! All told, he is doing very well. Still breaking hearts in the street, eating up a storm, exploring and learning.

nap time

dangerous interests

detour

hi

down under

like little piggy

oh, my

At play

up

entering the danger zone

Squeeky

this crazy week

yummy camera

hi mommy...

Slippery

post-mischief (w/ 1st boo boo)

mischief-maker

Developments

Gabriel can now sit up on his own and is starting to crawl. He hasn't really realised he's crawling, so only has taken a few crawling 'steps'. Yesterday after I undressed him for his bath, he rolled over and made a beeline for his bath towel about 3 feet away and did all of this in about 10 seconds. It was hilarious! Naked baby running for his towel and squealing happily as he played with it and rolled all around the bed with it. The small things... And we still haven't baby-proofed at all! Looks like this is another thing I must do before heading back to work next Tuesday.