Gone in 60 seconds

Ollie's mobility has increased ten-fold recently. He's quick and determined. He sees something he wants, he's after it in a matter of seconds. When he's bored with a toy, he's off to find something else to play with. When he's tired of being cooped up in one room by the baby gate, he'll stand up against it and shake the heck out of it. We've had to pick up the cat food whenever we are downstairs. Inevitably he makes his way for it when he's bored with his current toy in the living room. The thing is he has to travel half way around the downstairs to get to them, but he's there in a matter of seconds. You can tell when he's coming though, he gets excited. There is also his favorite Pepsi can. We had 1 Pepsi left over from x-mas in the pile of pops we have. Every time he passes the pops he has to grab that 1 can and beat it up some more. If you come to our house, don't ask for the last Pepsi.

Steps are another new thing. He can go up them when he wants (with parental supervision). The problem is he thinks it's part of a floor, so he tries to sit down on them and then wants to go back down head first! Not a good idea. I keep trying to teach him how to go down correctly, but he'll have none of it. He'll get it eventually.

His cruising is better. He can go along objects easily in short spans. Longer ones are not far off. He also loves his push carts and has become quite adept at it. He's pretty much given up on his exersaucer because he can't be mobile. We can't sit down without being conquered by Ollie. The cats don't come around much anymore, if they do its farther than Ollie's reach.

Clear the road here he comes.