Continued Adventures in Mobility

Fischer is a very happy and busy child. He's thrilled and totally absorbed by anything new that catches his eye. And, now that he's able to get around everywhere, he's free to investigate things at will--this is when those "eyes in the back of your head" are needed most! The gated living room and his pack-n-play keep him contained, but that doesn't mean he's always happy about it! Fischer wants to play and be played with almost constantly. It's a ball, but we've gotta make dinner and fit other things in, too, Buddy! Fischer's very outspoken, too, no matter what emotion he wishes to portray ;)

We borrowed a "Jumpstart Baby" computer program from our "crazy neighbors" that Fischer just LOVES. In fact, I had the bright idea of showing it to him on my laptop. When I tried to take it away because he was drooling on the keys, he grabbed for it and ended up ripping one of the #8 off the keyboard! So, it's a better solution to prop my open computer up so he can't reach it but can see it, and we connect a keyboard that he's free to bang and drool on. Viola!

His newest "tricks":

-Fischer stands on his own for random lengths of time--he often throws his hands out or up and bounces on his tippy toes before finally landing on his butt. He can also stand and clap.

-Fischer plays "shy" when someone he hasn't seen for awhile or isn't familiar with strikes up a conversation--he lays his head on mine or Joe's shoulder and holds on tight, while smiling and flirting nonetheless.

-Fischer has started waving "hi"--he extends his arm and opens and closes his fingers. He mouths 'hi' but doesn't really say it yet.

-On Monday, April 6th, at 10 months 3 days, Fischer took 2-3 unassisted steps at daycare! Joe came into his classroom to hang out after taking the kids to school, stood him up, knelt down across from him, and Fischer took off toward Joe :)

Fischer and his friend Hailey are watching out their classroom door. I can see them from my office :).

Check for 3 new videos on Fisch Finder--ones of Fischer standing and 'bodyslamming' Joe, one of him standing for me, and one where he's saying "Kitty" for the Crazy Neighbor Lady.

One more thing...

Fischer and I are walking for the March of Dimes March for Babies on Saturday, April 25th (right around the corner!). There's a link to sponsor us at the top of Fischer's blog page. I'm pretty bummed that I haven't gotten donations, yet. Please sponsor us--even $5 or $10 makes a difference! THANK YOU!