Getting down!

Nic has figured out how to get down off of things! He is no longer trapped if we put him on the bed or the couch!

I have been showing him how to get down off of the bed on the floor since we moved into our new place two weeks ago. Just in the last few days he has figured out how to do it. The real surprise was when I left him on the couch last night and he turned around, and slid down and stood up on the floor!

The last few days he has been standing - a lot! He has realized that he can balance pretty well and is now standing on all sorts of different surfaces. He loves to stand up on the bed and then fall forward. In our new apartment we have put a Queen size mattress and a crib size mattress on the floor shoved against two walls so there is plenty of space for all of us to sleep - and in the boys' case - play!

Nic has now realized that he can easily get down to the floor by crawling over to the crib mattress - which is shorter, and then turning around and sliding down to the floor from there - like using steps!

He has also taken - just today - to crawling backwards - it looks like moonwalking as he slides along. He didn't crawl backward much when he was learning to crawl so this is is pretty interesting!