Mobility increases!

It is always fun for us to go into Drew's room when he is waking up from a nap or a night's sleep to see what position he is in. Sometimes he is sitting there looking up at us. Sometimes he clearly does not want to get up in the morning and he rubs his eyes sleepily. Other times he is standing up at the rail of his crib, as is the case in this photo. He also finds the edge of the railing quite tasty! Now I know why modern cribs are made with safe paint that doesn't chip and can't be ingested by infants! When Jana came in Drew switched his attention from the railing to the camera cord. Look closely and you can clearly see Drew's two front teeth! They are visible now when he smiles, but hard to capture on camera. Jana did a great job of making them visible in this photo. I don't know if everyone who reads Drew's blog realizes this, but you can click on most of the pictures and get a larger image (it might help with seeing Drew's teeth).

We love to watch Drew stand and smile for us. He is such a happy guy!

Last night while I was unloading the dishwasher Drew came over and started to "help." After this initial time helping, whenever we open the dishwasher he immediately comes over, stands up, and then wants to reach in for the dishes.

Drew has reached another milestone: he officially crawls! He's been doing army-style crawling for quite a while, but last night he suddenly made the switch to regular crawling and wow has it ever increased his mobility. Before, he usually started crawling, did that for a few feet, and then switched to army crawling. Last night it was like he suddenly decided that wasn't fast enough for him, and so he decided to crawl. Here is some video of Drew crawling in the kitchen. Unfortunately, our kitchen timer went off during the video, so keep that in mind if you've got the sound on.

Drew's crawling has led him to some places that he hasn't been before. With his increased mobility I have been spending time putting covers on all our outlets, moving things out of his reach, and also installing safety locks on all our Drew-accessible cabinets. Last night Drew disappeared under our kitchen table then emerged behind his high chair and found something fun to bang on.

Another milestone for Drew that I haven't posted on yet is that Drew has started to eat real food (not ground up in his processor)! He has had some potatoes, fruit, cheese, meat, and maybe even a piece of potato chip from his dad! Not all the food is immediately successful. Last night Drew was eating some shredded cheese, pieces of sausage, and some bread. We just place the food on his tray and he feeds himself (a very messy process). There was a LOT of food on Drew and on his chair when he was finished! As you can see in this video, the bread was not the biggest hit.