Pulling Up

It is always crazy how all the sudden one day Connor starts doing something he has never done before!! He has been trying to pull up on lots of low to the ground things but all the sudden today he can now get up on much higher things.

He was trying so hard to pull up on the couch and getting really frustrated. Without touching him I lifted the couch cushion a little so he could see the frame the cushions sit on and patted it with my hand and told him to use that. It was like a light bulb went off in his head. He giggled put his hands there and used it to pull up high enough so he could then reach the top and muscle the rest of the way up. As a mother I was so amazed how he just needed a little help and was able to succeed! I was also quite shocked that he obviously got exactly what I was telling him!

 But he didn't stop there!! Then later he used the baskets to get to the second shelf with his books (more than once).

 And the shelf to get up on the diaper trash can.

 And then as I was taking my contacts out I found he had pulled up my bed!! Wow Buddy! So much progress in one day!

It was so cool today to see that learning moment and how Connor was able to use that knowledge to work in lots of other places!