Standing tall
Esme was trying to crawl for a while — she did circles for a good month or two before starting to move forward. Still, we think crawling was never really her goal. Since she was just a few months old, she always enjoyed standing up more than anything else. Of course, up until this point we had to hold her up, though we always got a sense that she never really enjoyed that too much.
Well, Esme has progressed quickly through crawling stage and is now able to pull herself up easily. At first it was just once a day or so. Now, she’s almost spending as much time standing as anything else. She isn’t officially “cruising” yet, though she is able to move a bit once she gets standing. Her balance is not there yet, so we have to be on our toes and watch in case she falls backwards (luckily no serious problems yet).
She seems very excited about this new development and it’s only a matter of time before she is mastering her next move.
April 11th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Your days of wine and roses are over! The next step will be pictures of harried parents running after a little bubble. And you thought that life was easy…. Looking at Esme standing up made our weekend. She is still a doll and with each group of pictures – we love her even more. Don’t forget the good old days when Esme was in a basic horizontal position.
Best of luck.
April 13th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
love these, especially photo #5 – a real Jeffrey face from when he was little and trying to do something and was getting frustrated. Hey….he probably makes the same face now! 🙂