One Small Step

Actually, he took about 7 very easy, casual steps toward me today like he had been doing it all his life. We have a walker! He has been hesitating to walk because it must be very scary to realize that you are upright and mobile and that much further from the ground (further to fall). He is becoming more like a little adult (yes, I know how ridiculous that sounds). He knows how to climb up on the couch and sit next to me and today he kind of put his hands on his hips and sort of shrugged, like, "Now what?" He was clapping my hand when we were waiting in line and I was struck by how strong, controlled, and deliberate his movement was. He is so strong and will be playing sports someday soon. He loves to crawl up on slides and create new ways of going down them (surfing down..), he likes to go back and forth between his two rocking horses and compare how they move, back and forth, back and forth, switch, back and forth, switch, switch. Very silly. He is picky with food but today ate apple slices and yesterday ate frozen peas (one of my all-time favorite toddler snacks when I was little). He has about a million cute, loving, flirty, mischievous faces and tries them out at random, usually when he is playing hide-and-seek from me. he likes to "freeze" when he thinks I can't see him and then slowwllypeek one eye out to look at me, then that sneaky, slow grin. What a cutie pie. That's the news here. Bill posted a video of our "swim" lessons. He likes to see the other kids around and get out to do something fun. He is good at paddling and learning how to kick. I have lots to clean up, but we will post more later.