I caught Daniel in the act of dropping his alphabet down the vent hole.

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Although the kitchen drawers have locks on them, Daniel can get them open far enough to pull out fun stuff.

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Daniel is a ham and a squirt.

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Daniel is fifteen months old today.  It’s a dreary rainy day, so we can’t get outdoor pictures.  I thought I’d take a picture of Daniel in his rocking chair to compare his size.  Daniel was too interested in standing and watching the rain.

I finally got some nice pictures in his highchair.

Compare to my six-month-old spook.

When Daniel started putting his alphabet in the vent, one by one, I didn’t want to leave to get the camera lest he stop.  He also put three bags of beans down the hole as well.  He put the entire alphabet, with 26 trips from the fridge to the vent hole.

Daniel has been able to get down from the couch for a long time now, but for the past couple of weeks he’s been able to get onto the couch by himself by stepping off his bean bag.  Here he takes Bunny with him and then gets a silly bug.

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Daniel will walk quite a bit if he has one hand on his scooter.

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Daniel is dancing to his piano tunes.

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Daniel was so cute laying on his Mammy quilt watching Sesame Street this morning that I couldn’t decide on just one picture.

When Great Uncle Larry and Great Aunt Brenda were coming through town, we met them at Cracker Barrel.

Daniel tried on Aunt Brenda’s sunglasses.

They had a Daniel sized rocking chair.

“What are you doing to my chair, Uncle Larry?”

Daniel has been walking while having a hand on something for a while now, as well as standing unsupported while holding things and even squatting to pick up things and standing up again.  He’s been very conservative about walking.  He just hasn’t wanted to walk without having his hand on something.  On June 23rd, he took three single steps, but hasn’t done much since.  Yesterday Daniel took three steps without support, in a bathtub full of water, of all places.  Later he took two steps in the living room.  I expected him to walk more today, but he hasn’t.

These are Daniel’s bath toys.  I got them free from Earth’s Best by saving receipts from his baby food.  Daniel loves his bath toys and loves to take baths.

Fair warning: this is a five and a half minute video.  Daniel pulls the register out of the kitchen floor.  He plays with a jar and lid for a while then puts some bottles in the floor hole.  There are some interesting sound effects and then Daniel plays with some very heavy cans of broth.

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