Climbing, climbing, climbing

DJ's top-rated activity is climbing the stairs. If he gets carried up or down even a single stair, anywhere, he lets us know he's not happy about it. He's at his happiest when I just let him climb our stairs--up and down, up and down--as much as he wants.

Now that he's got the basic idea down, DJ is working on his form. There's the classic crawling up and down on hands and knees; the sliding-down-on-bottom; walking up and down holding mom's hands; walking up and down holding a hand and the wall/railing; a fancy one-foot-down-and-back-up move; and by far the most complicated maneuver, walking up backwards holding mom's hands. He could go all day.