Yeah my boys do that sometimes too. Even funnier... they will jump on my legs to be picked up, when I reach down they will turn backwards and give me their butt to pick them up that way! I thought it was so weird the first time they ever did that... but they do it all the time and its been 3 years now, guess they just like being picked up so they face outward! haha
My Dexter leaps into my arms when I bend down to pick him up... he wont even wait for me to reach down all the way, silly boy!