Half past four

Luc can sit up by himself for a few minutes at a time now before toppling over or pitching backwards or (more often) leaning forward to rest his hands on his legs (tripoding). He loves this entirely new perspective on the world.

He wants so badly to be mobile. When we put him on his tummy, he rolls to his back. From his back, he rolls and reaches and grabs for any nearby hand-hold. And when he does get a hold of something, he pulls with all his might! He tries really hard to pull himself up, and I believe he could do it if only he had the coordination and balance.

He loves to be tickled! He laughs and laughs, especially when I'm pretending to nibble on his tummy. I'll ask him "what does a turkey say?". Then after a short pause I say "gobble, gobble!" and lift him up to nibble on his tummy. He loves it!

He still isn't that fond of tummy time, but when he does stay on his belly longer than five seconds, he props himself up on his hands very well now.

His favorite toy is still most definitely the entertainer. He just loves to stand up! He grabs the toys and can pull almost every one of them into his mouth now. He is so strong!

He is getting pretty good at twisting and turning his body when he's in that thing too. No matter which direction he's facing, he can wrench himself into a pretzel to see something he's interested in or to look for us.

He looks at us differently now. It's like he's starting to recognize us as mommy and daddy. It's very cool.

He is already working at walking... When we hold his hands and lean him forward, he actually walks, placing one little foot in front of the other!

We've recently started signing with him, just a few words, like mommy, daddy, dog, i love you. We just show him the sign whenever we are say the word. Of course it will probably be months before he picks it up, but we are really looking forward to being able to communicate with him.

Right now, his favorite form of communication is singing! A few days ago he just started making these high pitched sing-songey noises, like oooohhh... aaaaaaiiit... nnooooooooouuu... Sometimes it seems that he's just talking to himself, truly enjoying the conversation.