Sitting up!

Today Joel was able to sit up by himself for a couple of minutes! I was so proud! He had been sitting up for very short periods of time on the changing table, but today I sat him on the floor and he sat there for a couple of minutes on his own. He looks really confused while he is sitting up, because if he moves or reaches for anything he face-bombs into the blanket. I clapped and made a big deal about it, which made him smile! He's a bit of a show off! For my "bad Mommy" moment this week, I put him on our bed this afternoon while I was brushing my hair and, yes, he managed to roll off the bed onto the floor. Fortunately, he thought this was a funny trick, even though Mommy was crying. The boy will be the death of me yet! I'm sure he will have many more bumps and bruises along the way in life, and Mommy is going to have to toughen up! Not much seems to bother him, though, and he is content to wiggle and giggle and just check out his world. I feel like a bad mother, with this mishap and the whole "Houdini" thing, but that's how it goes I guess. As long as he's happy, we must be doing something right!