Crawling, Standing and "No"... Oh Joy!

That's right. Koleton is officially a crawler! He's been going strong for a little over a week now :) He is so funny cause he'll be moving right along and I'll come in the room and he tries to get away super fast - so fast in fact that he trips all over himself! haha It's kind of like I'm chasing him and he has to get away lol It is so cute.  He also decided that he prefers standing to sitting.  He pulls himself up on everything now... including his crib. Here's the "Oh joy" part! It used to be that I'd rock him to sleep but sometimes he wouldn't have it, so I'd go lay him in his bed and he would put himself to sleep. Those days seem to be long gone.  Now he almost refuses for me to rock him to sleep and then the second I put him in his bed, he pulls himself up and just stands there either talking or crying. Joy. He does seem to be getting a little better lately about this though :) It may have something to do with us fixing his DVD player and Bolt being on the tv again... haha! I asked Brad to go check on him before he leaves for work to make sure he is covered with his blanket because his room gets so cold he is just a frozen popsicle when he wakes up in the mornings. Well Brad went in this morning to do so and there was Koleton, standing in his crib just watching Bolt! Neither of us heard him, he was just doing his own thing. Mr. Independant now!

Yesterday, a few minutes before Brad gets home from work, Koleton crawled himself over to the front door, which happened to be open. He stood himself up against the glass door and just waited for Brad to get home! It was the cutest, sweetest thing :D He got all excited to see his Daddy when he came walking up! It was just like he knew it was time for Daddy to get home, so he went to greet him :) So adorable!

Now that Koleton is on the move... he has been hearing a lot of "No"s haha We have the cat's water and food in the bathroom now to keep them away from the puppy. Well, Koleton thinks those are the greatest toys EVER! Of course we watch him so he doesn't accidentally drown in the water dish... but if we are going to the bathroom and Koleton is in there with us it's "No, Koleton!" and he looks at you and gets this mischievous grin and tries to go for it again lol About the third time he stops and looks at you like "what? I wasn't going for that again... I was, uh, doing this instead!" lol He definitely understands "No" now :) Still is learning his limits, however!

I swear this kid is just growing too fast! I was going through my videos of him because I switched PC's and seeing him when he was first born... so tiny and helpless and dependent and CUTE! Now, though he is still CUTE, he is becoming more and more independent each day! And hitting milestone after milestone! With the way he loves standing, I bet it won't be long before he is walking :) Then we are all really in trouble! haha