yesterday, out by the kiddie pool, carter stood up by himself, with nothing to hold on to! he was very busy with the hose, and i think he just did it, without thinking about it. he then moved to take a step, but reality came crashing down on him and he sat down on hisa bottom. but today he has done it about 5 more times. never inside, but always out in the dirt. and this time, he is thinking about it. you can see it in his face when he stands up--sort of like, "huh! would you look at that!"