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I've had to move the laptop into J's room. He cannot be left alone. It's not his fault - it's ours. We did not baby proof at the speed we needed. I expected him to crawl by now - he just made it by the end of October deadline. On Halloween our little Jack O. lantern was crawling across the room. D counts the two days before that as when he started with only 2 steps. I disagree, I needed to see more than 2 steps so Halloween it is/was! And well, it wasn't really a deadline but the consensus from friends and family after seeing him at the beginning of the month rocking away on his knees.
Now just a little over a week later and he's crawling over things and down the hall and exploring his world constantly. Toys - who needs toys when the world is at your fingertips?!?! The poor cats are so confused. How can he suddenly get their tails even if they move away?

What I didn't expect for Halloween or anytime soon was that J would also start pulling himself up on things. Last night I could hear his shrieks of delight upstairs with D. When I went up, I was told he had pulled himself up on the bookshelf and was ripping down books left and right. How fun! He's taken a few tumbles and I'm shocked that some don't phase him (face planting on the floor after bouncing off the armoire headfirst) while others cause hysterics (falling backwards and hitting the armoire before sliding onto the floor). Yes, I see the pattern here - that pesky armoire. It's the one spot in the room without carpet.
We rushed out last weekend and bought two area rugs. The one in his room is a very large remnant that covers most of the floor. It's nearly the same color too so it blends. Everyone is much happier now. So now the new question is when will he walk? Some of the same friends have guessed a familiar time frame - 1 month. I'm guessing by Christmas which is what, six weeks?
Now it's time for baby proofing in earnest . . . draw locks, furniture ties, and the simple removal of some items from his room. The plants have already left. Smaller ones have returned in their place because they fit on the newly installed shelf that also houses some breakables. The mini fridge that has not been used in months is going to need to go too. We're a little slow in the baby proofing. We normally do it when we see an immediate need, as in that very moment (i.e. moving the plants).
Autumn and winter prove to be fun! Locked up indoors, away from the cold and flu, J will have ample time to explore every nook and cranny. I will thus have ample opportunities to find things that need fixed, cleaned and moved.

Not sure why he's making the funny face.