Last Tuesday was a Big Day for Sammy John!  It started, as usual, with bringing him into bed with me for a cuddle.  When it was time to get up I set Sammy in the middle of the bed and stood up.  In that half second, Sam threw himself forward and went head-long off the edge of the bed.  I leapt forward, stretched across the bed Super-Mom style, and caught him by one leg before he hit ground.  He cried a little bit, but got over it pretty quickly.  I, on the other hand, shook for the next hour.

Then I went into Sammy’s room after his morning nap to find him standing in his crib to greet me.  His first time pulling himself up!  He kept working on it throughout the day, which meant several falls, bumps and tears.  Lots of Mommy cuddles.

Sammy chose a special way to repay me for a day spent rescuing and snuggling him.  In the grocery store checkout line he rode in the front of the cart, facing me.  He started shrieking first, and then suddenly reached up and grabbed the neck of my shirt and pulled it down almost to my belly button.  Yeah… thanks for that Sam.  

The end of the day came, after more head-first falls but fortunately fewer incidents of public indecency, and we were all grateful for bedtime.  

Yeah, don’t let that innocent look fool you.