Climbing

Who needs a jungle gym? :) We made a tower out of pillows and Bradley loved going up and down. He really is SO good at backing down off of things instead of going head first (and falling). It just cracks me up how he does it. If he even thinks about going down off of something - just anticipates it - he'll automatically get down on his knees and start crawling backwards - no matter how far away from the drop, or stairs, he actually is. Sometimes different textures even fool him - but he figures it's better safe than sorry. Like in other people's houses, sometimes if he's going from hard wood to carpet and it looks like it might be a drop to him, he will get down and back up. The other day at the park there was a little tiny elevation difference between the sand and the side walk. He would be on the side walk, look over at the sand and get down and back up - then be VERY careful about "climbing" back up onto the sidewalk. One time he walked about 40 feet across the blacktop, looked back and saw the sand - and got down on all fours and started backing up - 40 feet away!! I wish I had my camera - I was laughing SO hard. He is just too cute for words :)

I love his face at the end of this video, he likes to be looking away from you and pretend that he can't see you out of the corner of his eye. But if we smile or laugh he cannot keep a straight face (just like his mommy :) )