Our Hero Conquers Dressing

What you see here in this picture is a young man who has just dressed himself! That's right, Fans: another step on the road to self-sufficiency is being taken. Now to be sure, there is still some initial confusion surrounding the whole one-leg-for-one-pant-leg bit, though it is sometimes tough to tell if Joe is just playing you. He will sometimes, for example, deliberately flip his coat on over his head upside down and say, giggling, "This way?!" (Oh, it's charming! Except when you are trying to shepherd eight feet and three bags out the door for the day. Then it's sort of maddening.) It's probably only a matter of time before he tries to put his pants on his head and say, "This way?" What is for sure charming is the manner in which Our Hero yanks his pants up with one hand from the front, using a second hand only when he encounters the resistance of a back-of-the-diaper dam and uses a second hand when prompted, and then endeavors to yank them up to his armpits. (These pants will be ON.) Socks are also tricky. He can pull them on, but sometimes, the bottom is on the top and assistance is needed to turn it around. This picture was taken over the weekend, but Joe took his pajamas and diaper off yesterday, and put on all his clothes all by himself. High fives all around. He was pretty pleased with himself.