Nathaniel the stuntman

For a while now, Nathaniel has been able to climb up on the couch in the living room. For a while now, we've had to tell him not to stand on the couch or try to climb over the arms onto the end tables.

Now he has a new trick.

In recent days, he's taken to climbing onto the couch, locating a pillow on the floor, then launching himself onto the pillow. I have to admit, it's quite fun to see him kind of announce his plans (with a "whoa" or "wow" before the launch), then proceed to falling face first and laughing when he hits the pillow.

Of course, this will end badly when he misses a pillow at some point, but our couch is low ... and (of course) Amanda and I are trying to keep him from this activity as much as we're trying to keep him from standing on the couch or climbing over the arms. He no longer stands or climbs, so I hope the stuntman days will end soon as well.

In other news, Nathaniel's Oma (his grandmother, my mother) visited last weekend, and Nathaniel was quite the charmer. It was too short a visit, but Nathaniel and his Oma really seemed to love getting to see eachother. Now we have to plan a trip for us to visit Oma in Pittsburgh sometime.

Hope everyone had a fantastic fourth.