do I have something on my face?

he's walking!!

Just a few days short of his 10 month birthday, Steven took his first unassisted steps. 10 months!!! I thought I had a few more months of baby left, but he's definitely walking. Crawling is still faster (and closer to the ground), but he can walk. I am so not ready for my baby to be a toddler. A toddler. Oi. He takes more and more steps everyday. He can now walk across the entire living room without falling.

This is a terrible video, he's falling more than he's walking, but this is the only decent one I've gotten so far. It will have to do for now.

*Please excuse the naked baby, and the soggy, sagging diaper.. It was a lazy Saturday. I promise, I do put clothes on my kid when we go out in public.....most of the time. ;)

And here are some outtakes.

New Toy

Steven got a new toy this past week- a walking toy! He LOVES it! He walks that lion everywhere! He's getting so good at standing on his own- he can go for such a long time without falling and most of the time he sits down on his own too. I have a feeling he's going to take off soon!

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more summer fun

Here is a small video clip of Steven and I having fun at the pool. The Coopers (Matt's Aunt and Uncle and family) are living in an apartment while their new house is being built and their pool at the complex has a neat 6 inch deep area, just perfect for crawling babies! Steven had a blast and was completely wore out after all this summer fun.

Tooth Update: Can you see it? We think the other bottom tooth is not very far behind. We've already gone to the store for more Motrin. I still think he's pretty tough though. Night time really seems to be the only time it bothers him. As long as I give him a dose before bedtime he does pretty well. My tough little guy. :)

a toof!

A tooth, that is. So exciting! This is what I found last Saturday, and by Tuesday it had broken through the skin! My boy is getting TEETH! I can't believe it. I was kind of hoping that he would be a super late tooth popper like his daddy, but 8.5 months it is! If you would though, say a quick prayer that he quits biting his momma. She would like to keep nursing until her goal of a year. Then he can bite his bottles and sippy cups as much as he wants. Oh, and while you're at it, can you say another quick prayer that he will actually start taking a bottle? Kthanks.

This picture is terrible. No light, and very unfocused, but it's the first one I took and the cutest smile and you can actually see that toof tooth bud really well.

This one is just adorable. :)

You can kind of see it in this one.

This one's a little better. Man those toofies teeth are hard to photograph!

crawling!

I finally learned how to upload a video! Well, actually, I've known how, but every video I seem to want to upload is too big and I have no clue how to shrink them. BUT this one worked and it's a GOOD one! Steven started crawling!!!

July 5th this video was taken. Steven and I were just playing on the floor and I thought I saw him do it, but wasn't sure so I went and grabbed my camera. I came back and caught him doing this! SO exciting and I'm so glad I got to see it AND video tape his first attempts! YEA!