In the last few days, Sawyer has gotten really adventurous with the chairs from our dining room table. They used to just be for getting on top of the table to swing the light fixture back and forth or to push back just a bit and get him closer to the light switches on the wall. I've already mentioned his recent moment of pulling himself up to the high bar top to line up candy bars the other day.
Today he added an even more unusual trick. After waking up at a very early 6:30 a.m., he seemed in the mood for an afternoon nap (a really, really rare occurrence for him). Mommy wouldn't let him pull her around (she thought he wanted to go into the office yet again, and he's been doing something weird to the keyboard to make the computer restart lately, so we've had to cut back on his office time - or OT, as we call it - lately).
So, what's a boy to do when the stairs are blocked by baby gates and his bed is upstairs? Well, he pushes a dining room chair over to the baby gate, climbs on top, and then goes over the baby gate and starts up the stairs himself. How's that for ingenuity? Problem solving skills are clearly good, at least when he wants something badly enough.
Now, what are we going to do when he realizes that he can do the same thing over the baby gates into the office? Or when he gets tall enough to reach the barrel locks we keep on the AV closet in the living room or the exterior doors? It's only a matter of time, I'm sure. There will be no stopping him then . . . and probably not much sanity left for Mommy at that point either!
And just so I don't neglect my other climbers (where they get this from, I'll never know), I'll also mention that Xander's new favorite past time is pulling himself up on top of the pool table in the living room to walk around. He doesn't even need a toy to get him up there, he just hikes one leg up over the side and pulls himself up. Strong and fearless. What a wonderful combination! And Connor, my big boy. Well, let's just say the baby gates are more like hurdles these days. The ones that open with latches he's long known how to open by himself. And the ones that don't open, well he just scales right over them like they're not even there. Xander, ever following in big brother's footsteps, is very close to doing the same thing. He can almost hike that leg up, but not quite . . . at least for now.
Welcome to my world . . . the adventures never end!
