Extra! Extra! Ethan Takes First Steps

Yesterday afternoon, Troy and I were eating dinner in the living room and Ethan was zooming around on the ground as usual. When we are eating, he is usually somewhat like the dog pacing back and forth between us looking for bites and tidbits from our plates. He will crawl over and pull himself to a balanced stand and pat your leg and say "uh, uh, uh" to get your attention for a nibble.

Yesterday while he was standing in front of my knees, he suddenly jerked one of his feet into the air and moved it forward! Troy and I both looked at each other amazed as if to say "did you just see that?", and suddenly he turned towards Troy and he took a couple of more steps. You know that these milestones are going to happen...but it is still so freaking awesome when it does!

So he is officially toddle-ing. Now that he knows how to lift his feet and move he is wiping out all over the place. It is pretty exciting!

In other news...

Here's Benji with his and Jen's new daughter, Savannah. Isn't she so sweet? I caught her with her eyes open when Ethan and I went to visit them.
Here's Ethan and his buddy Cason - Holly and Shaun's son. They were so cute smiling at each other while using babyspeak code to discuss whatever plans they were hatching...

"HA! HA! The joke's on you - suckers!"

Ethan at the park today getting a taste of the season to come...
Ethan and Alex, Adam and Courtney's son, goofing around at the park together...masters of mischief and mayhem...