You Sit Up!!!

You sat up for the first time on January 10, 2012, a week and a half before your 6-month birthday. We were on a playdate with Jaxon and Lacee and went to someone's house for a baby sign language introduction. I had you propped up on the floor in front of me and was supporting you with my hand on your back, and all of a sudden you leaned forward a little to look at something, and when you straightened up you didn't lean back all the way to lean against my hand again. At first I thought it was just a fluke so I kept my hand there thinking you'd fall over in a second, but after several seconds passed I slowly pulled my hands away and said, "Lacee! Look! He's never done this before!" You were very wobbly, for sure, but definitely sitting up all by yourself! I couldn't believe it - you had never even shown any interest in sitting up before, and here you were acting like it was no big deal. I was so excited that I immediately took the below picture with my cell phone and sent it to Daddy and all our immediate family.

Nearly everyone responded over the next couple hours with their exclamations and comments. You only managed to sit up for probably less than a minute before you got tired and fell over, but then later that same day I propped you up on the floor and you sat up for about a minute again.

Unfortunately, Daddy was at a work conference and didn't get home until after you went to bed, so he didn't get to see you until the next day. In this picture below you are showing off your new sitting skills for Daddy and both of you were very proud!

It only took a few more days of practice before you were regularly sitting up like a champ! Now you can sit for over 5 minutes at a time before you get tired and start slumping and grunting, at which point we lay you down to rest. You've had plenty of falls (including a particularly nasty one in sacrament meeting on the hard carpet) but we are trying to show you that tipping over is no big deal so we cheer or give you toys when you fall over. For the most part you're okay with it although you still look at us every time to decide if you should cry or not.

I am so glad that I was there for this big milestone! I knew that it wasn't possible to watch you every second of every day and that inevitably you would do some things for the first time when I wasn't there to see it (like giving people kisses, that one you started at Grandma's house). . .but I am so glad that I got to see this one! I'm so proud of how well you are developing!