Doing it on his own

Edward is starting to write his last name on his own now. He has been writing his first name now for a few weeks with no help and without looking at his name plate. Last Thursday, we were at Kirk's work and he suddenly asked if he could write his name on Kirk's offices dry erase board. Not only did he want to write his first name but he wanted to try to write his last name (this was the first time he had even tried it). I wrote it on the board for him and he copied it. Then at Co-op last Friday he wanted to show his favorite person that he could write his name. He not only wrote his first name by himself but his the first 5 letters of his last name too. I was so amazed. He had no help from anyone. Then this week on Tuesday he wrote his first and last name on a couple of his papers. I helped a little with his last name but it is so amazing to me how quickly he is picking things up.