Alison & Jeff & James (mainly James!!): James Can Sit Up and Crawl!!

Here are some photos of James from today and earlier in the week. The first is him in the tub--he loves to have a bath and here is holding his blue ducky under the water. Below there is a video of James in the tub. The rest are from this morning.

James loves to stand--he developed the ability to stand over Christmas and is very happy if he can stand holding onto something. He also has started to pull himself from sitting to standing if he can get a good grip on something. And if he has your hands, he pulls himself to his knees and then stands. A few nights ago, he was standing by the footstool and took one hand off and put it on my leg and then "cruised" to the chair and up the length of the chair--so he is now cruising around his playpen and the furniture.

James has been working very hard on becoming a crawler. Yesterday and this morning he started taking a few tentative crawls toward things. He can now get himself up on his hands and knees and can go forward a little toward something. We expect him to "take off" any day now. The new skill he developed today is that he can get himself into a sitting position. We have been putting him in a sitting position but this morning he went from being on his belly to a crawl position and then moved his leg under him and got into a sitting position all by himself. And then he did it again. And again. And again after his nap. So, we think this is now a developed ability. In the last week, his motor skills have just really taken off so we are pretty impressed with him (and completely unbiased!).