This week, Joaquin rolled over on Wednesday and started reaching out and grabbing his toys on Friday. On Wednesday, I had left him propped up on my pillow in bed while I brushed my teeth and found him next to the pillow on his belly. He wasn't really freaked out by it...just looking around.
Then today, we were on his playmat and he started reaching out and grabbing his toys and hitting them against each other! He had started tentatively grabbing a week or so earlier (mostly his ball and we have been playing drums with chopsticks and an ice cream carton in the kitchen), but he has never really actively reached for something and he certainly hasn't grabbed anything.
He still has a fascination with kicking and his feet though...I think we're going to have alot of soccer games in his future (yeah Tita Leslie and Uncle David, right?). He likes to be held up so he can kick his ball standing up and he catches the ball with his feet if you throw it from above. If he is not done with his ball and you try and pick him up, he will simply squeeze his feet so he can take it with him!
He also tries to sit up by himself all the time now and likes to use our hands to pull himself up into a sitting position (especially for a kiss) and with Gideon, all the way to standing up! Can you believe it? This kid wants to stand and walk something fierce...
Yesterday was his 16 week birthday which means I am officially off payroll and into my last 6 weeks of maternity leave....boo... He has decided to hunger strike more often when I am out now (mostly for class once a week), so let's hope that's a 6 week or less phase.
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