Altitude: 2'6"

Quinn has reached his cruising altitude of 2' 6" - for the first time today he cruised along the furniture! We were excited and he was quite proud. They were little shuffling sidesteps, but by the time he'd done it three times he was going pretty fast. It's funny - he didn't seem that proud at first, but once we made a big deal out of it he realized that this was one of those "learning things" and then he wanted to do it over and over. It seemed the perfect melding of nature and nurture - doing it was innate, but encouraging it expedited it.

Occasionally while holding a toy in each hand and another in his mouth, he reaches for a fourth toy while standing, resulting in accidental free standing for brief instants. Full blown walking can't be far away.