I wasn't able to get a picture of this momentous occasion, but I figured I have to get it blogged in. Yesterday, Harvey was messing around with the dishwasher - one of his favorite toys, along with my computer hard drive, the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner. I needed to close the door to start the machine. So when I pried his fingers off, I expected him to fall backwards as usual, but this time he
stood there on his own two feet, balancing and grunting with deep concentration and pride. I started screaming to the piano tuner, "LOOK LOOK! He's standing by himself!" The tuner didn't seem very excited by this news and didn't get there fast enough to witness this terrific baby balancing act, but those 5 seconds were the most delicious 5 seconds of parenthood to date. Time literally
stood still (sorry about the bad pun) To me, it was more exciting than crawling or rolling over or even the day he played his first scale on the piano. (just kidding - just wanted to keep the readers on their toes - oops another bad pun). My mother commented that he will walk before we take off for France. Any bets?
He's climbing. It's official. We bought him a little table and chairs and the first thing he did was to stand on top of it (and fall off) He's got all four molars and he has learned how to throw a tantrum. Yes folks, he's a real live toddler as far as I am concerned. He has knocked over 2 lamps, broken dishes, ripped pages out of books, and even has phone conversations in a secret language. Everyone in the apartment building knows Harvy. He has been dubbed "King of the Aberwyck" (we'll put that on his resume when he get's older). He is a real pro at getting on and off of his tricycle. And mom is getting to be a real pro at figuring out how to keep him quiet during a telephone conversation. Which takes some real planning and kniving. Pictured here with his new t-shirt from Aunt Theresa from Nicaragua. He's getting kind of chubby! 
