Stander-Rander

When Walker was a baby, he would spend hours standing in our laps while we supported his weight.  We loved the feeling of being eye to eye with us.  Grammie Betsy termed this move "stander-rander".  Charlie, as you all know, has been marching to his own drum and because of his stroke, has larger hurdles to leap than most kiddos.  But today, after over two weeks of being sick and bogged down with a lung infection, he reenacted Walker's move.  He is planting both legs firmly in our laps and popping up into an upright position.  His head is up and supported, his spine is aligned and he's using his left leg as much as he is using his right.  We were also able to hold him by the waist instead of under the armpits because his core strength has improved.  As Pa John pointed out, Charlie is really pleased with himself because he smiled and chortled all through his stander-rander performance, which he repeated over and over again.  In fact, we were all smiles.  This is another big moment for Charlie Fighting Bear!  On a separate note, here are some photos from our day: