11 months old!

Tomorrow Will is going to be 11 months old! The big news around our house is that at 10 months old Will has started taking steps! He is walking about 6-9 steps at a time, I am still not used to looking across the room and seeing Will walking. Will is so proud of his walking and loves getting praise from all of us. Lily loves to say “Look Mama, Will is walking!” when she see him stepping around the house.

 A picture from the first day that Will took 5 steps in a row. I love that his tongue is sticking out, so cute!

 Will likes to walk with something in his right hand.

 I love this picture, Lily can be very affectionate to Will. She told me to take her picture. I love Lily’s smile in this picture.

I love Will’s smile in this picture. This is why I have multiple pictures that are practically the same. I love my dslr camera and how it takes photos so fast to catch the smiles.

 Last month I wrote about how Will is always finding fun new things to get into. He still is doing that, he is always busy, we are having baby proof again. The other day I found Will standing in the rocking chair with no hands! Ahhhh! Will was so proud, I got him down, then I got my phone out, put Will down and he crawled over to the chair and repeated this trick, so I took a picture. Then I put the chair away. Another Ahhh moment was when Andrew called me into his room and Will had climbed up to the third rung on the ladder to Andrew’s bed. Thankfully Andrew was holding him/ spotting him so he wouldn’t fall.  I did not want to reenact that trick for a picture! Will loves to climb on that ladder. I have a feeling he will end up mastering climbing up it sooner than I would have wanted. Andrew is such a good helper, I was so proud of Andrew’s common sense to try to keep Will safe and to alert me. I know keep the bathroom door shut and both Lily and Andrew know to tell me if Will is in the bathroom because Will loves to play in the toilet and he can climb/fall into the bathtub. A common question I ask during the day is “where is Will?"

 I can’t believe Lily will be 3 in one short month. She looks more like a 3 year old in this picture than a 2 year old. Lily has been working hard at potty training for the past couple of weeks. She talks about her birthday party all the time and keeps telling me that she is turning 5 not 3.

 Another photo shot requested by Lily.

 Will loves to eat, he always wants to eat whatever the big kids are eating. He has snuck a sip of Lily’s cows milk and he liked it. I hope he likes it in a month.

Will slept through the night one night last week, he was sick so he sleep better. I enjoyed that night so much, especially since I was sick to. When Will is healthy he still wakes up once a night to eat and goes right back to bed. Will has been a early bird lately waking a 6 am most days.

Will loves to play with the big kids, he is happiest outside crawling around. I think he will like spring a lot. Andrew and Lily are so patient and loving to Will.