New moves

Luc is now (at five months) sitting up on his own! He hasn't mastered it quite yet and still occasionally leans a bit too far and ends up on his side or on his back, but his balance is getting better and better every day. It is so amazing! When I plop him down on his play mat, he'll test his balance and his new found perspective, twisting and reaching for toys. Then he'll look up at me smiling from ear to ear! He is just tickled by the development.

And when he's down, he's in constant motion. He rolls from back to front and front to back. He reaches and wiggles and rolls himself all over the place! From his tummy, he swings his legs to one side or the other, then grunts and pushes up with his feet until he makes a little triangle, bottoms up! And Granny told me the other day that he was up on his knees!

He constantly amazes us. He was in the swing the other night (which he now prefers to sit up in, of course) and from the kitchen I heard it make the click clacking sound it makes when it stops for some reason. Why? Because Luc had leaned over, grabbed the pole and was hanging onto it, preventing the swing from moving. Gah!

Then a few days later he was (supposed to be) relaxing in the swing, when it started to slow down (I think the batteries are dying). So, Luc decided to supply his own power. He sat straight up, grabbed the edge of the tray, and began to rock his body front to back, and lo and behold, it sped up. He was actually propelling the swing.

He's just like his Daddy!