Anders Can Climb Stairs

Just after Christmas Anders started figuring out how to climb the two stairs between our family room and kitchen.  Soon after that he was tackling our entire flight of stairs.  He was so happy to be able to do it on his own and he would smile when he reached the top, like he knew it was something that he could be proud of. I have to admit that it makes me a little more nervous because I don't want him to do the whole flight of stairs without me right behind him, but it does also mean that he is learning and growing as he is supposed to.  Here are just a few pictures of Anders figuring out the stairs!

This was Anders figuring out the two stairs into our kitchen.

Here is a video of Anders climbing those two stairs.  It is so sweet to watch him figure out something that is so simple and inconsequential to us.

 

He was so happy when he reached the top.

 Here he goes, tackling the whole flight of stairs.  You can see my hand right behind him in a few of these pictures as I was spotting him.

I think it is actually really cute watching babies crawl up stairs, even though it makes me a litle nervous. 

I think this is my favorite tactic, the wide leg base, preparing to climb a stair. I am not sure how well that actually works for him, but he still managed to climb like that