Thursday, October 7, 2010

Everyone Knows...

...that my sons tend to be rather late in developing large motor skills. Sitting up, crawling, walking, etc. - they take their time with all of that.

So it won't seem like anything noteworthy when I announce that this evening, at 14 and 1/2 months of age, Shav pulled up to a standing position all by himself. Babies born after him are practically running circles around him, but - hooray - Shav finally pulled up! :)

It happened this way: Jeff was giving Shav and Tobin a bath; and when I walked into the bathroom to see if I could lend a hand, Jeff had Tobin out of the tub and was drying him off...but lo and behold, Shav was standing up IN THE BATHTUB holding onto the side of the tub. Not exactly the safest place to be standing. I asked Jeff if Shav stood up by himself, and the answer was yes. All by his sweet self. I helped him sit back down (before he slipped and fell and conked his head on the edge of the tub); and as quick as a wink, he pulled himself back up. He got to do that a few more times before I got him out of the tub.

It may not be breaking news that Shav finally reached this milestone; but to us, it's worth celebrating. And now...

everyone knows.

I can't post this tonight without including a picture of my friend Liberty and her darling baby Asia. We went to the park this afternoon/evening, and I had a ball taking pictures of their family. I can see why real photographers get so excited about their work; it's so much fun! :)

5 comments:

Mike and Katie said...

I thought about this yesterday when I read your one year post about Shav. I knew he was close to Christiana's age and I feel like she was really late with walking. She just started about a week ago.

There is so much variety among children! It's interesting that all your kids have liked to take their time. Tyler, Tony and Amanda all started walking at 13 months despite beginning to crawl at 10 months, 7 months and 5 1/2 months respectively.

Davene said...

Crawling at 5 1/2 months?? Gracious! I can't even fathom that!! She sure was a go-getter, wasn't she? :)

Margie said...

Congratulations, Shav!

Sally said...

If anticipation is a big part of the prize, then you get a lot of it waiting and watching for milestones like walking! Congratulations, Shav! Wow, your youngest might start walking soon...he's not a baby any more.

Julie said...

Again....this sparks the memory of Kanah FINALLY pulling up in her pack and play at 15 mos while we were visiting Steve's parents. We went in to check on her and she was standing. We laid her down and she sat up and pulled up again. We all started clapping and cheering and calling everyone else to come see. So we put her back down and she stood a few more times to our thunderous applause. We were laughing at how much positive reinforcement our 7th child was getting. All of that cheering because she stood up. She walked about 3 months later while I was on a trip to CA alone. I came back and she was walking.