Turning Pages

Luke has gotten very good at turning the pages of his board books when we read them. He can't yet get one page free by himself, but if I loosen a page, he'll grab it and turn it over. (Otherwise, he'd grab the whole second half of the book and close it!) He gets very excited sometimes - especially when I ask him to turn it and then cheer him on when he is successful!

Couch Cruising

Here's a classic-looking video of Luke cruising along the couch. He's getting more and more brave and cruises almost everywhere! He can even go from thing to thing if they're close enough to each other (about 2 feet apart). Life's getting exciting! (And I realize his pants are a little long for this sort of activity - I rolled up the hem just after I took this video)

Standing Practice

Here is a clipped version of one of his saucer standing sessions. I noticed that he was practicing standing alone ALL BY HIMSELF! It's SO CUTE!!! So, I taped it and cut the video so that most of what you see are his attempts to stand without holding on to the saucer. There's a great big attempt at the end!

Cruising!

Luke has crossed the "cruising" frontier! Here's an example of him cruising to get to the water bottle on the other side of the saucer. Most of the time still, he needs an incentive to go somewhere, but he's getting more mobile with each day! (Also notice at one point he stands up on his tip-toes!)

Throwing Ball

I've shown you Luke throwing a ball before, but he gets all excited now after he throws it!

Standing

Luke's getting much more confident standing! Here he stands one-handed for a while, and even though his solo stand is rather short here, he DID earn the "stand alone" sticker on his baby calender today for doing several longer stands!

Pots & Pans

This is my desperate attempt to keep Luke entertained one morning while he was fussy - it worked! These pots were being thrown away, so there's nothing he could do to them that would matter. :)