Favorite Toys-His Toes

This morning Lucas woke up a little after 4am-normally I would have been annoyed by this but considering I had been up since 2am, it just gave me something to do besides lay in bed and wish myself asleep. He was awake and not happy. I figured it was a teething issue again. I got him out of the crib and he was OK to sit on my lap as I rocked him. A few minutes later I noticed he was swinging his leg and looking at his toes. Then he started to spread his toes apart and curl them under. I guess he never knew they could do this. It was neat to watch him explore the cause and effect of his actions. At one point he also looked up at me with an expression like, "Oh, you are the one holding me," then went back to his toes. I don't find many things cute at 4am but I have to admit, this did melt my heart a little.