Balancing Act

We've now got a runner and 2 almost walkers.  Danny has gone from drunken sailor to Usain Bolt.  He has no fear and is perfecting his walking skills by the minute.  Sammy is now free standing all the time and cautiously taking steps between items.  He is great to watch because he carefully evaluates the distance between the two items and then gets to the farthest point while holding on to the first one, let's go, takes a few seconds to make sure he is balanced, then one step, then balance, then the next step, until he gets close to the destination, reaches and extends his arm to its maximum potential and lunges toward it.  It's clearly a well planned endeavor every time.  Elsie loves to practice walking, and her favorite game is walking to you, then turn around and walk back.  Then laugh and giggle about it.

Elsie also loves a new game, peek-a-boo.  She has liked this game for a while, but has finally started to participate.  So now I play peek-a-boo, and she puts her hands on her head and pulls them away quickly with a surprise look.  This is also followed up with laughs and giggles.  We are working on the hands on the eyes, but hey it's all good.  She is definitely starting to copy behaviors.

Sammy is completely in love with Jeopardy.  We watch it everyday, and he is fascinated by the music and laughs and dances when it comes on.  He even gets super excited when Alex announces the final jeopardy category because he knows the music is next to come.

Danny is all about walking and exploring all the new things he can reach now that he is walking.  He is even starting to climb, he got up on the coffee table, and is regularly climbing toys to enhance his height.  He has good coordination and is always looking for trouble.  It's a great combination.

We are getting ready for a trip to St. Maarten,   In all my prepping I wasn't great about taking enough pics this week, but these will hold over until our vacation pics are posted.  See you in 2 weeks!