Currently our living room has three rugs on the floor to protect his falls from standing, and all thee are different pile shag. It's so awesome to see him walk from one rug onto another and another without difficulty. For the first week and a half Jason was walking with his hands in the air like he is a some big mean monSTAR. Two weeks into it and he still has his hands out to his sides but they aren't way up in the air. He loves to carry things in his hands as he walks. A box in his right hand and a ball in the other. Back in forth all over the front room. He hasn't grasped the concept of standing up on his own, he still pulls himself up into the standing position but he will get it soon.
When I went home last month, Jason and I were at his Aunt Jenny's house, Jen and I in the back room talking up a storm when my nephew yelled out that Jason was crawling up the stairs! Brendyn grabs him and brings him down, and closes the hallway gate behind him to keep my escape artist from finding the stairs again. I brushed it off as a fluke, but Brendyn told me he had made it halfway up the stairs (not just up the first or second step!) I was amazed and sad I didn't witness it, thankful he didn't get hurt, and now nervous about him being interested in stairs. After we get back to Naples, I start letting him have a bit more freedom with his mobility. I let him go through our pantry, and he has a box of Rubber Maid containers he can play with, and he crawls (and now walks) from the kitchen to the hallway. With this new freedom Jason has managed to move the curtain that blocks our stairwell (the curtain helps the cool or hot air stay downstairs- Italy has heating and cooling issues) and next thing I know I hear little hands slapping on the marble floor in the stairwell. Instead of picking him up and putting him in the kitchen with me, I decide to follow him and see how far he makes it. I am literally every step behind him because God forbid my baby boy falls down these marble stairs and I'm not close by to stop the momentum. This boy was so excited to crawl the stairs, his giggle sounded like he was getting away with doing something he shouldn't be doing. It was a very cute moment.
Other news on baby Spartacus, on Feb 4th Jason's third tooth poked through on the bottom, still waiting for the tooth on the other side to balance it out. He had a different plan though, instead of getting a bottom tooth in, he got a top tooth on March 31. His grin is going to look super goofy with the asymmetry of his teeth. He is starting to grind his teeth- we have got to stop that! The sound drives Matt bonkers, and gives him the heebie jeebies. It's not pleasant. Another accomplishment is that Jason has learned to clap his hands yesterday while singing BINGO, and couple other songs. He is starting to bounce to music (especially the tv show Little Einsteins- he LOVES the theme song!) Jason also gives kisses now. I have to ask him for a kiss a few times, but once he starts giving them he will give a few in a row. Mommy Nirvana!
Tonight Jason and I are picking Matt up from work and going straight to the airport. We are flying to Verona and then heading to Venice to finish the weekend. We have friends who are going to Venice this weekend and we are going to meet up with them. Should be a nice vacation. Hope to get a lot of pictures!
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