First Steps

James took his First Steps today!!! He has been walking holding onto things for quite some time now but today he walked without holding onto anything. He took four steps at most but just give him a little time and he will be moving (running) all around. It was a lot of fun and he was squealing the whole time.

Here is James holding onto his Bear. He sleeps with his Bear and waves good-bye to it when he wakes up in the morning. It is really cute. Jim discovered that holding onto the Bear seemed to give James what he needed to walk on his own. Jim started off holding onto the Bear with James and then would let go.

WATCH OUT!!! James took a lot of falls but he always laughed. Funny Boy.

And here he is taking some steps on his own. What a Big Boy!! He was so excited. Sophia gave him a hug each time he would walk on his own. It was so cute. Of course though, Sophia then wanted to "do it like Brother". Anytime he does something that gets attention, Sophia then has to do it. She pretended today that she didn't know how to walk and needed help learning. Instead of a Bear she held onto a pink blanket.

Then today we also played outside in the "pool". James did not like getting splashed in his face with the cold water but after a while he loved it. He also liked playing with the sand/water table but he ate the sand and learned that it was not good. They had sunhats that I bought them (Sophia matched her swimsuit of course :) ) However, the sunhats did not stay on long. Sophia decided hers was dirty and needed to be cleaned. She cleaned the hat (as well as James, Jim and mine) in the "pool" water.

On Saturday Sophia and I went to some yard sales. She made quite and impression on many people because she found a baby with a car seat and stroller that she had to have as well as a purple feather boa. She had to push the baby around the neighborhood while we looked for good buys. Anything that we bought she had to put under the stroller. It was so cute. Here is a picture of her at home with the boa and baby stroller. James likes to push the stroller too.