STANDING ROOM ONLY

Last night Kristen and I had finally gotten 'The Older Boy' (see Spellbound if you haven't it's a silly and fun documentary about young spelling-bee contestants. anyway, the 'older boy' reference is from there) to sleep, but Tobin was still fighting it. So while we tried to calm him down we caught up on our Tivo'd shows for the week.

While sitting there on the floor watching, and being the jungle-jim that Tobin wanted to play on, I suddenly realized he wasn't leaning on me and he was standing all by himself! Typically he kneels, pulls himself up on something and stands while leaning against it, or we stand him up in the middle of the room only to have him bend and sit instantly. (course he's also been known to push the kitchen tables' chairs around the woodfloors as a walker.)
But not this time. He was standing and leaning against my legs, and suddenly he just let go of me and stood there for a second or two. It just happened and by the time I realized and told Kristen, he'd stopped. He tried again a little later too (yeah, he stays up late like his big brother did/does).

So we're on the way. He'll be at it all on his own soon.