"The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days."
-Voltaire
As James nears his first birthday, he decided to check off two major milestones. First, he stood up on his own. Then, he took his first steps. Most babies learn to stand first, then learn to take a step, but James decided to knock them both out at the same time. Since then, we’ve been able to get him to take up to 4 stuttering steps before he drops back down. Sorry Ashlyn, your days of being able to hide by moving faster than James are soon coming to an end.
Uncle Dean and Aunt Cheryl came in town this past week and we were able to meet up with the Wolfe family for dinner. James did his best to charm everyone, while Ashlyn was very thankful for her “tiger hat with hands” thing. Okay, so the picture didn’t show off her excitement, but we know how much Ashlyn loves getting her picture taken. The last picture in the series is proof that she was still wearing it at home.
James is lucky to have an older sibling to learn from, and in almost all things he tries to do what she does. Whether its arts and crafts, playing with water beans, playing with iPods or brushing daddy’s hair, James tries to do the things that Ashlyn does. So it was ironic this weekend when James got Ashlyn to do something that we’ve been trying to talk her into for over a year. Ashlyn has been afraid of the electric toothbrush, and no manner of bribes has been able to convince her to use it. James gave it a try, and all of a sudden Ashlyn thought it was ok. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
James also wants to be like his daddy. Okay, so not really, he just wanted wanted to pull the cord out and we liked the pictures.
In other areas of development, James is getting better with the spoon. We won’t pretend that he’s perfect, but he’s at least holding it so that the spoon goes in his mouth correctly and at least 30% of the food actually makes it into his mouth along with the spoon.
And here he is, taking steps 5 through 9. Go James go.
