Caleb has been a bit behind the “average” for crawling/walking. He’s almost 14 months and just learned to crawl a couple weeks ago. There’s nothing wrong developmentally or physically our doctor says because every other developmental milestone is there.  He just has to do it his way in his timing. If we try to help him he refuses but if it’s his idea then watch out… there he’ll go!

So yesterday as I was playing with him he started attempting to pull himself up on the couch which shocked me because it was the first time he’s ever tried that. He didn’t have much to hold on to and ended up falling flat on his face but he shook it off sat back up, and looked over at me and signed “please”. He wanted up on the couch… or so I thought. I thought to myself, “Self? If he was trying to pull himself up, maybe he doesn’t want to be ON the couch but stand up next to the couch…” So I picked him up and placed him against the couch where he immediately locked his legs and stood! Of course the next trick will be to get him to stand while awake…

Well actually he was awake…

Boy he loves soft things, he loves to “snuggle” with anything soft like the couch fabric… or mommy’s sock…

We call that fuzzy sock his “Wuvee”. And anytime he gets something soft in his hands or near his face the thumb goes in and he rubs the soft thing on his upper lip. It’s so adorable!
And then today, we were watching the NFC playoff game… GO GREENBAY! Ahem… and Caleb crawled over to me and laid down on the pillow and cuddled with his dada as we watched the game. I cherished it with everything in me! I love being a daddy!

See the pic of our cuddles at Melissa’s Blog !