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So, Wesley is standing more or less on his own now. With one day left until he is nine months old, he can pull himself up on objects, then let go of them and balance for 10-30 seconds, swiveling to look behind him or bouncing on his toes without losing his balance.

Yesterday, at my parents' house, he was balancing like that in front of my father and trying to get at the pen in my dad's breast pocket. He kept leaning forward, realizing he was overbalancing, and straightening until he'd regained his balance. Then he'd try again. Every few tries, he'd need to catch himself on my dad's arm, but he was mostly stable on his own.

I am so overcome with awe.