Stairs

DJ discovered that the stairs existed at Miss Eleanor's a few weeks ago, but he didn't really know what they were about or what to do about them.

This past Friday, when I went to pick him up, Eleanor showed me that he'd crawl to the stairs, pull up on them, and then lift a knee in a primitive attempt at climbing them. Since we effectively have no stairs in this house for him to practice on as we live in a rancher, I figured it would be awhile before he actually starts climbing stairs.

How wrong I was. While at John Wehmueller's parents' house, DJ was crawling around, found the stairs, and crawled up them without missing a beat. To show me this wasn't a fluke, he then proceeded up the next stair. As I was eating birthday cake, I immediately had to drop my plate to keep him from going up further and then, to keep him from going back down face first! Teaching a baby how to go down the stairs "the safe way" (i.e. backwards) is a challenge!

Once I got him down the stairs, I realized a split second too late that my cake was in mortal danger... It would figure.

Happy 30th birthday John Wehmueller!
And happy stair climbing, DJ!