Before history repeated itself...

So here’s a little blast from the past…below is a picture of the first time that a then 8 month old Gracen pulled up.

Five minutes after this photo was taken, she was discovered crying behind her bedroom door, having somehow flipped, climbed or flown out of her crib. When she first debuted her little trick, I thought…”How cute! She can stand up in her bed.” Not even thinking that this was a huge indicator to lower the mattress. Lesson (quickly and thankfully without harm) learned.

Thus when I discovered Pavin, who will be 8 months on Sunday, doing the following, it took me all of 5 minutes to lower the rails to the lowest possible setting.

Gracen was feeling a bit jealous at the little party I was throwing over his mad skills. She insisted she be in a picture too.

He’s kind of bummed now, as he really seemed to enjoy the view from the top. But he’s finding other ways to fill the time…like eating us out of house and home!

In addition to nursing, baby food and table food, he’s now supplementing with formula. He almost always insists on holding the bottle himself and does this "stare down" thing, lest anyone think of taking back the goods. I fully expect him to lap Gracen in weight in the very near future.