Milestones!

Over Easter weekend, and since then, Cadence has experienced a number of firsts. He started waving bye-bye, and just now as I was nursing him to sleep, he lay there, eyes slowly closing, his little hand opening and closing in practice. So cute. He also started clapping in response to either seeing someone else clap, or to being asked to clap. And, he's started to really get the whole finger food thing--he just picks up those pancake pieces like they're going out of style. Finally, last night he started to push himself backwards while on his tummy. This is the first tummy-related movement he's done; until now he's just rolled to his back the moment you put him down on his tummy. It's still quite slow, and more accidental than anything, but it's movement, and it's pretty darn exciting. Here are some pictures from the past few days.

Enjoying an afternoon story with Daddy.


Doing rhaspberries while playing with this week's toy from the Early Years Centre.


Fisher Price house from the Salvation Army. I think this is his current fave.


Clapping with mommy.


This is where I usually put Cadence while I cook dinner. I give him the tupperware cupboard, but this time he managed to slid over to the metal bowl cupboard and really spread things out. A drum kit in the making.


The Easter Bunny brought Cadence this blue hippo walker toy. He's not really ready for it, but is enjoying it nonetheless. Which reminds me of another weekend milestone: if you hold him up by the hands, until recently he'd just stand there, but over the past few days he's started moving his little feet to take tentative steps. Small steps, big changes :)


Looking at a book in his chair while I make dinner.