Will is sitting up very well these days and considering crawling. We say "considering," because really what he is doing is figuring out creative ways to get to his toys without actually having to crawl. This includes rolling - this kid can roll fast! - as well as Mom's personal favorite, his ability to fold himself in half. In this technique, while seated with his legs in a V-shape in front of him, Will can bend so far forward that his belly touches the floor! You can achieve a remarkable reach radius when you're this flexible!
A few pictures from Aunt Linnie's visit and Will's reaching techniques are below:
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We also hopped on a plane to Tulsa, OK to visit the Misner side of the family. We were surprised to discover that Tulsa has many rolling hills, and enjoyed our tours of several neighborhoods, the parks and downtown. Will met Aunt Katie, who traveled to Tulsa from Maryland, for the first time, and also got to see Aunt Karissa, Uncle Matt and Mimi and Poppie. But the icing on the cake was that Will met his new cousins, Alex (7 months) and Lydia (2 1/2 months), for the first time!
Here is a photo of the proud grandparents with their adorable grandbabies:
Will picked up a few new things in Tulsa from his cousin Alex, including a penchant for saying Da-Da-Da-Da, much to Dad's delight (though it is somewhat indiscriminate). Not content with just one consonant, we now hear a medley of Ba-Ba-Ba-Bas, Fa-Fa-Fa-Fas, Ka-Ka-Ka-Kas and La-La-La-Las. Think Ba, Ba Ba, Ba Babara Ann...; Fa, la la la la, la la la la...; De doo doo, de da da da. Hmmm, perhaps we have a mix CD in the making! There are some Ma, ma, ma mas mixed in, but much to Mom's dismay, the Ma series is usually employed when he's getting a little sad! Looking at it in a positive light, perhaps he knows that Mom is always happy to give him a snuggle when he needs one.
It's especially cute when he makes these noises under his breath while concentrating on something else, and he often rehearses the full sequence in his crib when he wakes up in the morning.
A few pictures from our visit to Tulsa are below:
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