The day of Talmage turning 13 months he decided to walk 6 or 7 steps.  He has done more.  I thought he would be really walking by today but he's had a cold so I'll cut him some slack.  :-)  This video was that day.

Harrison turned 6 September 3rd.  We had donuts, eggs, and hot pink breakfast smoothie for breakfast and then Travis and I had lunch with him at school.  

My parents take the older two boys on a trip every summer.  The last 2 years have been to Corpus Christi.  This year they changed it up and went to Beaumont TX.  It's "alligator country".  My mom found a place where you can "swim" w/ the alligators.  It's shallow and the small alligators have their mouths taped.  They went to the beach too.  I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Better late than never!

Harrison is in kindergarten and LOVES it.  All reservations he had about school are LONG gone.  His teacher called last week and said how much she is enjoying getting to know him.  She said he has missed some social centers because he is too busy visiting with friends.  She said he needs to work on his self-confidence on answer questions, thinking he can read and write, etc.  I think part of that comes from seeing Douglas read independently and write a lot and Harrison knows he can't do that yet and that is all he associates with reading and writing.  He doesn't associate the learning phases yet as real reading and writing so he doesn't think he can do it.

Happy first birthday little buddy! Some things about Talmage:
-I nursed him completely until 12 months.  Hooray!  I'm very proud of myself.
-He loves solid food.  He is NOT a picky eater.  He even likes tomatoes.
-  Within a week of turning 1 I weaned him and he is doing great w/ whole milk.
-He likes to play peekaboo
-He is kind of cranky at home.  He doesn't like being downstairs.  If downstairs I have to hold him.  He likes to be upstairs w/ all the toys and usually breaks out in a grin while walking upstairs.
-His brothers still adore him.
-Somewhere in his 11th month he decided not to slither on his belly to get around but started crawling on hands an knees.

Talmage had his first stomach bug and vomitted on our last 6 ours of our drive home from Utah.  He also mananged his first cut by walking alond the furniture.  He hit his head on his eyebrow.

Holy teething!  His 7th and 8th tooth came in.  The are on the bottom, on the outside of the two middle.  He had his first long drive to Utah to meet all the family and he did pretty well.  He likes holding on to our hands and walking.  He has finally starting grinning big for other people.  He does however, start fussing when strangers hold him.