Mr. Strongman
All of his "face planting" seems to be paying off: he now holds his head up! It seemed to happen overnight. And when he is held in the cradle position (on his back, like a little baby), he makes attempts to lift his head and sit up.
His other new thing is to "stand" on my lap and bounce up and down with a look of wonder on his face.
Today he was laying on his tummy and, for a split second, lifted his head up on his own!

His other new thing is to maintain eye contact with one of us for a very long period of time. I keep expecting him to get bored, staring at my face like that, but he seems very interested. Maybe he's looking for a pattern in my freckles.

Today his nana played the tongue game with him, sticking her tongue out while making interesting sounds. He slowly started to imitate her (without the funny sounds). He can't seem to stick his tongue out very far, but he is at least aware that he has a tongue and that it can be stuck out. It's pretty cute.

He must have smiled a grand total of 15 times today. He giggled once. Good times.