We have a Walker!

On Friday, April 25, 2014 (just four days after Zander turned one), he walked about 6-7 steps from our couch to his mama!  Since that day, he has been more confident about using his legs.  He will stand up and start moving to the object in front of him that he wants to get to.  Sometimes I will watch him just stand in place... not holding onto anything.... contemplating his next move!  My favorite part of this new stage is how he will come from behind me when I sitting on the ground and give me a hug after he has walked multiple steps to get across the room to me.  I am loving his baby wobble as he navigates from one thing to another.  I am glad he is not at running speed yet!! He is already causing his mama (and daddy) to be a little more tired in the evenings from following his every move! Things have been pretty normal (other than our big boy walking around) these past couple weeks.  Zander worked on Mother's Day cards for his grandmas a couple weeks ago and I just loved how he used his table from Grannie to complete his artwork.  (By the way... he is no where near ready to use crayons and make any kind of artwork... lesson learned!;)  I tried to hold his hand so he could write his name and that was quite an experience!)

We went to our town's Spring Folly yesterday.  It was so much fun hanging out with friends and family and eating lots of yummy food.  We ate bloomin' onions, cotton candy, ice cream, turkey legs, pizza, etc.  We were able to find some shade and sit down for a bit with Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Boomer.  There is this neat area downtown where you can sit in a courtyard and enjoy some wine and beer.  The whole afternoon was very relaxing!! We stayed into the evening hanging out with Bri and Chris and listening to some music.  We were out and about for almost 5 hours and Zander did such a great job the entire time.  We were able to come home and put our little man to bed and then head outside to light a fire in our fire pit.  It was truly a memorable day for our family, and we hope to make this a yearly tradition!

Zander continues to say "mama", and he has started to say "dada" or "daddy" and what I think is the word "hi/hey".  He uses these words for everything so we are still working on using the words to identify us specifically!  Until next time....