Punkut learnt to sit this morning

Although I'd love to stay here and type in detail what Joel did over the past few days, time's a big constraint. So capturing only these few things:

3rd November, 2005: Joel learnt to get off his butt after I made him sit. He did that at around 8 in the evening. And then again around 9 p.m.

4th November, 2005: Joel did the tummy crawl - he was on his tummy and wanted to reach out to his toy. He was able to push himself just sufficiently to catch his toy. Rewards for hard work? A squeeky toy ball.

7th November, 2005: Joel sat on his own. Aound 8 in the morning, while I was having my breakfast, Joel finally managed to push himself against the sofa. After carefully maneurvering his legs, he was able to sit by himself. We (as in Mom and I) were so happy when we witnessed this. We started clapping and cheering him. Wrong move! he got so taken up by the noise we made, he lost his balance and fell on his side. Poor punkut. Bumpy on the head and scared! but that's all over and forgotten.

I've decided to learn to contain my excitement. No he's still not had his haircut. And I've not tried getting him into his new sherwani. When the time comes (hope that's soon), will do all this and more.