Ever since Ryan began pulling himself up to the standing position, he has wanted to get even higher. He is our little monkey--always trying to climb up whatever is in his way. While he is holding onto a table or other object he is constantly picking up his little legs to step up onto something else, even if there is nothing there for him to step on. A few weeks ago he wandered into my closet and we caught him kneeling on the top edge of the laundry basket hanging onto my shoe racks above. Pretty soon he learned it was hard to balance on the edge of a laundry basket and he ended up in the dirty clothes. He let us know he was not happy being stuck in there. The pictures show a few times we have been able to catch him climbing. He is always able to get down safely and independently, which makes life easier for me.
While decorating the house for Christmas he climbed up onto the tupperware holding the Christmas dishes to get a closer look at the Advent Wreath.
While visiting Aunt Alissa, he decided to climb into her dishwasher as we were cleaning up from dinner.
Just this morning he wanted to look out the window and climbed onto his tower of puzzles to get a better view.
