Tam pulls himself up!

Had to share this next milestone of kiddo-bean's growth...

He pulled himself up from sitting to standing all by himself today! I was watching him crawl/roll around on the floor and he ended up near our trunks (which hold his toys). Then, all of a sudden, he went from sitting to crouching, to standing while pulling on the trunk! I was at first way shocked that he did it, and then way proud. My final thought, was "Dear Lord, we have to finish baby-proofing the house now." He's already quite proud of this trick, except he doesn't know how to go back down again and ends up usually toppling over.

I'll have photo/video as soon as I can catch him doing it again. He's getting so big so fast :-) Any bets for when he takes his first step or starts cruising around the room?

Cat and Tam

Our cat may be smarter than we give him credit for...

Brian heard Tam at the glorious hour of 5:00am this morning. Tam wasn't crying but, murmuring and thrashing around in his crib. Wonderful hubby went to check on Tam and noticed our ol' cat sitting in the hallway to the baby's room. Tam was easily soothed and back to slumber...or so we thought. Our cat got a couple of pets on the head too.

Again, we hear Tam murmuring and giggling around 6am. No crying (thankfully). Good hubby again, goes to check on the baby and see if he'll fall back asleep for another 30-60minutes. Tam's usual wake for the day time has moved back to 6:30-7:00am. This time, Brian finds our cat sitting in the doorway of the baby's room. He doesn't think anything of it since the kitty is often hanging around upstairs where the people are. He gives Tam the pacifier and he curls up and knocks back out.

At 6:30am, Tam again is giggling and babbling in his crib. Okay, he's up for the day. When Brian goes to check on our kiddo he walks in on the scene of the crime! Our cat is sitting on the rug right next to the crib. He's meowing occasionally but not too loudly. Tam is ecstatic to see the kitty! He's reaching his little hands through the crib bars desperately trying to pet the cat. The cat was sitting (smuggly) just out of reach.

Ah-ha! Normally, we ignore the cat's meows during the night, especially since he is a totally indoor cat. However, we nearly always get up if the baby cries during the night. Has our cat figured this out? We think he's going into kiddo's room, meowing to wake him up, and then waiting for Tam to wake US up, and then getting the extra attention after we check out Tam. WTF! Maybe the cat's going to banished to the downstairs for the night hours for awhile.