On the move

Here's our little guy in action - a great shot captured by Auntie Laura when we visited last month just before his 9-month birthday.

He's even more on the move now, and on Tuesday managed to crawl from his room to the kitchen in search of me. He is becoming much more independent though, and is beginning to explore on his own or is content playing with his toys. Kyle's balance is greatly improving, and he can manage to stand unsupported for several seconds. We fear that it won't be long now before he starts to experiment with taking his first real steps! He's growing up faster than we can believe.

Kyle had his first "swim lesson" on Tuesday, and although he wasn't as excited about the water as he was when we took him to the pool at the hotel, he wasn't unhappy with it either. His favorite part was sitting on the edge and leaning forward to "jump" into my arms in the water, although he also enjoyed "swimming" after the little toy football floating away from him. I'm going to try to take him on a weekly basis so that he can get used to being in the water and hopefully pick up some of the concepts soon too. Only three more months until we will be on vacation at Lake Almanor!