First cold.... and sitting up!

Last week a couple of new things happened.

He pulled himself up to a sitting position as I held his hands. He mastered the move at the first try.
This kid will do anything to avoid lying on his back! He has the happiest grin when we hold him where so that he is lightly standing or bouncing on his feet, it's so funny!

The second thing was a sore throat. It lasted for a couple of days during which Nikolas wasn't able to talk very much. I don't think that the pain bothered him very much--but he was obviously frustrated that the sounds weren't coming out of his mouth properly. He tried to yell or at least say gooo, and you could see panic in his eyes when these sounds got muted or raspy.
Yesterday he seemed to be over the cold, and he kept making sure all day long that his voice was back.