Standing up!

As I have told quite a few times before, the milestones seems to be passing by in a very fast pace. Today we reached another big one.... standing up! As you can see he has to hold on to the play pen. Also I had to put him up like this, but once in place he can stand like this for minutes at a time! I have my hands around him, just to catch him in case he falls but I really don't have to hold him or adjust him at all while he is standing... he is doing it all by himself. Once he gets down he just sort of "throws" himself onto his butt and he seems to be fine with that. Personally I was really surprised and impressed by his stamina... This picture was taken when he stood by himself for the first time. He stood there for over three minutes, just holding on to the play pen with two hands (sometimes just one hand) and laughing and giggling most of the time he was standing there.... Once again, a moment of great parental pride for me.....