look what i can do mom!

after i changed sullivan's diaper, i went to wash my hands. when i returned, this is how i was greeted:

he's looking at the floor like he knows he next move will be to get from his crib to the ground.

here we are at babies r us. as you can see, i am trying to use my shopping cart cover, but it doesn't fit the babies r us (or target) carts that well because those carts are slightly bigger than a grocery store cart. sullivan likes sitting in the cart, but would much rather have the leg holes facing the other way so he can see where we are going, which makes sense to me too. when i was grabbing food to stick in the cart, he completely turned around and got on his knees.

now i really need to start using that little seat belt!

this new standing skill has created something of a problem: when we put him to bed for the night, even though he his clearly exhausted, he is not quite done hanging out so the first thing he does when we put him in his crib is stand up. and once he gets there, he is not quite sure how to get down. so he cries and cries until one of us goes in and lays him back down. then he rolls over and stands back up and cries and cries. we aren't quite sure what to do. if we keep going in when he will cries, he will realize that all he needs to do is cry for us to come get him. but then do we let him stand there and cry? and how will he eventually get down? will he fall? what if he smacks his head? bah, all these questions. soon he will figure out how to sit himself back down and this won't be an issue, but what do we do until then? the last two nights we have had gone in and sat him down and eventually he fell asleep. hopefully we will figure this out soon.