This and That

Observations from today:

James's developmental therapist was here, and she started to sing the ABC song. James turned to me with a surprised smile, as if to say, "Mommy! She knows that song, too!"

Matthew has apparently been listening to our admonitions to be gentle; this morning, he came up to his brother and patted him very softly on the head.

We tried bigger hunks of pears at dinner tonight, and the boys liked those a little better (though they still have a hard time holding on to them, because they're so slippery). James especially liked the ones he swiped off his brother's tray.

Mattie can get his head and shoulders above the rail of the baby gate -- not the one pictured here, but the one with metal bars at the top. (I told him to cut that out, because this gate was supposed to be good until 24 months.) Maybe we should have gone with the extra-tall version!

James has started to lift his rear end up (downward dog style) as if he's getting ready to stand -- more baby steps toward baby steps. :)

I had to leave James alone in the living room for a few minutes this afternoon when Mattie woke up from his nap. When I first left the room I heard a little bit of fussing...and then I heard the clunk of the entertainment center cabinet door opening and the click click of CDs hitting the floor. We'd been telling him "no" all day when he tried to open those doors, so he seized the moment while he could!