Squats or jumping bean?

So the other day I was doing push-ups for my little workout. Usually when I do this, Stephen tries to get under me - it throws my work out off but it sure is cute. Well this time I looked up after a set and Stephen was doing squats. I was shocked. I was amazed that he connected the days I do squats with the days I do push ups. Well the more I watched him the more I realized that it was totally unrelated. He was jumping - or at least he thought he was jumping. His feet never left the ground :) He just kept doing it and laughing and when I started jumping he laughed and did it even more. So anyway, at the end of our jumping spree I took this little video. He's a little worn out but you'll get the idea.

Hi Dad!

Stephen loves to say "Hi." Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night, I'll go in to lay him back down he'll give me a very perky "HI!" and sometimes even two "Hi-Hi." That's when I know I'm in for a long bout in the rocking chair to get him settled back down again.

Well today Stephen walked into the bathroom where Dan was brushing his teeth and said, "Hi Da!" That's the first time he's put two words together!

FINALLY - He can stand up unassisted

Stephen has been walking now for 3 months. He's gotten pretty good and can almost run. But for the longest time, the only way he could get to a standing position was to pull himself up by going to a piece of furnature, a wall or someone's leg ;) It was pretty sad to see him fall down in the cultural hall at church and then watch him scramble to crawl as fast as he could to get to a place to pull himself back up so he could walk again. I just assumed that kids learned how to stand unassisted about the same time they learned to walk - not this kid. I even tried showing him how to do it - I looked mighty silly ;) Well a couple of days ago he just stood up in the middle of the room - tadah!