That Wascally Wabbit

Here are some current pictures of Christian. You may be albe to click on an image to view a larger version And below the pics are some stories about what the lil' guy is up to these days.

Enjoy!

This last photo is particularly special to me. I took earlier this week after having realized on that particular day that Christian had learned to sit up by himself. I put him down for a nap and didn't hear anything from him after that. I assumed he was sleeping ... but I walked into the room and was surprised to find him sitting up in his crib, quietly entertaining himself with a book. (Fortuantely, a camera is never far away ...) It was sooo cute!

Since he was content, I walked out and assumed he'd fall asleep in a few minutes. However, the next time I walked into check on Christian, I was shocked at what I saw: Christian was standing up at an angle, holding on to his "Buffs Mobile" - imagine the way a water skiier stands. I had no idea he was able to pull himself to a standing position! He lost his balance and fell backwards onto his mattress. He was fine ... I was horrified. Needless to say, the mobile has been removed from his crib.

That night, we watched Chrsitian has he grabbed onto the rail of his crib and pull himself up to a standing position, with his head dangling over the edge. I am so thankful he did that little move right in front of me. The crib mattress will now be lowered to its lowest setting.

I knew these things were coming, but I didn't expect we'd be faced with it so quickly and immediatley. There seems to have been no learning curve for Christian - he's a quick learner!

We tried the local church today, and decided it was time to leave Christian in the nursery. It was only his second time to be in the care of somebody other than Jonathan or me for more than a few minutes. It was his usual naptime, so we weren't sure how he'd do being away from us ... and being tired. We returned an hour and a half later to find him happily playing with some toys next to another baby. We were told he did great and needed minimal attention from the nursery workers. We were so relieved!

As Jonathan noted, it was the first time we actually sat together at church in 10 months (since at Calvary Santa Fe, I was in the nursing mom's room with Christian during the service). It was nice to be together again.