07.17.2011 Evan standing solo

For several weeks now, Evan could stand solo for a split second.  He could do this even as he just started to learn to crawl (he doesn't like crawling) a month ago.  In the last few days, however, he has started to stand by himself really well.  We have to distract him from realizing that we're teaching him to stand by giving him a toy to hold.  By the act of holding a toy, he has to let go of either the tables or my hands.  The very first few times that he stood alone for a few seconds, he was as excited as I was, and clapped his hands.  In just 48 hours or so, he has learned to stand solo and not be afraid, and is now able to stand just about everytime I help him to do so.  Most of the time, of course, he's still too easily distracted by toys/books/noises/etc to pay attention.  Here are some clips of him standing tall!