10 Favorite Recent Things from Our Boy

In no particular order:
1. Nodding his head "no"- which probably is more about having figured out his head moves those directions really fast rather than meaning "no". He figured it out when looking at the shadows on the ceiling from a ceiling fan.
2. Opens "safety gate" to climb the stairs without supervision. Jared actually witnessed him learning how to do this from Nika. It was the following day when he surprised me with his new found abilities, and I got to him when he was about two-thirds of the way up. Good thing he only wants to go up.
3. Holding his own bottle. He has actually been doing this for awhile and is more skilled when half asleep in the middle of the night- go figure. During the day he will hold it for a little bit, but once you come to assist he will leave it to you so he can rub his head...or your arm...or the blanket...or Nika. It is usually his right hand.
4. Hollering out for us from the crib- standing up, holding on to the side rail. If left too long this holler turns into a distressed cry. Once you are in view, he is all smiles. If, however, you go out of view before removing him from the crib, he will return to the distressed cry. Sometimes Nika goes in to rescue him and he will start talking to her in a cheerful voice.
5. Turning of the computer. Little Tech Guy has become more sophisticated in his repairs, which now include turning off the computer while working. There really isn't a way to hide the button from him, he knows where it is suppose to be.
6. Saying "Da-da". He is really good at this when you say it first. He does make a lot of other sounds-this boy doesn't stop talking.
7. Crawling faster...and faster. It seems that everyday he shifts it up a gear. When Jared says "good-bye" as he leaves for work, Corban looks for the door to open and darts toward it. His crawling abilities get him in trouble every once in a while, like when he crawls under a chair, sits up, and discovers he is trapped by the "foot rests". I caught him one day determined to get one of Nika's toys and he was high-centering over one of those bars.
8. Dancing. This boy can keep rhythm with beatboxing. We discovered this when Jared was casually beatboxing, as he regularly does, and Corban started bouncing out the rhythm.

9. Sticking out the tongue. He does this in a lizard-like action. Not really sure what makes him do it, but the home teachers had him going for about 10 minutes.We never could quite get it with the tongue out because he is too fast- but that is why his lips are pulled in like they are.

10. Explorer. He doesn't really play with toys, so it is good we haven't put much money into them. He prefers trying to figure out how to get into the most difficult of spots, and then chattering loudly until someone comes to the rescue.

Love this boy! He makes me want to have a gazillion!