breaking news!

just moments ago...I TOOK MY FIRST STEPS!

i've been taking single steps and falling for the past several days...

and dad was fretting that i'd be taking my first steps while he is away this weekend...

so mom plopped us down on the carpet just to see what would happen...

and i stood up, departed from mom, and...

right,

left,

right,

left...

dad started laughing with glee...and you know what that does to me...

i started giggling too...and the more dad laughed, the more i did. i was still standing upright, just laughing away.

and of course mom was crying.

the giggles took priority over walking, as they do everything, so the big moment was over.

but mom and dad still seem to be reeling from it!!! don't worry, mom and dad, there will be many more steps to come!!! (you won't be able to keep up with me!)

i'm a big boy now!

don't i look like such a big boy in all of these pictures? the proof is in the pudding! (ps i don't know what that means, and since mom says she is 'figurative language-challenged', she doesn't really know what it means either).

anyway, mom says it's a good thing that i am getting to be such a big boy...because she says i am going to be a big brother! i don't know what that means either, but i am pretty sure she does!

she's been acting pretty funny all summer and hasn't been herself. remember how she had plans to blog more often once her work ended? well, she also had plans to cook dinner every night, take me to the zoo a lot and to go swimming, wash all the windows in the house, and help daddy do some of his weekly chores.

none of that happened. she tried really hard to play with me and chase me around every day, but she also took naps every time i did!!!

anyway, even though i don't really know what being a big brother means, i have a feeling i am going to learn pretty quickly. mommy's belly is getting bigger and bigger, so i think maybe it has something to do with that...stay tuned!

my first family "pic"nic

so grandma tina got a little (a LOT) camera happy at the first family picnic that Nina and I have ever attended...thought I'd post some of her silly pics!!!