Next Steps

Charlie has been making those next steps toward walking. When I picked him up from daycare on Friday, he was standing holding on to an exersaucer near the sofa. I sat on the sofa and gestured for him to come to me. I held out my hands, and one by one he grabbed them. Then he took two steps toward me. It was the first time I'd seen him do anything but shuffle his feet a little while he was standing and holding on to something.

He definitely has 3 teeth on top now. John's already brought up the fact that based on family history, he'll be needing some braces! I agreed, especially since it looks like he inherited the Knepper mouth (small jaw) and his Daddy's teeth (big)!

In other milestones, Charlie had his first pancakes (at least outside of what he may have had at daycare) on Saturday at the Original Pancake House. He sure did enjoy them. He also went to his first carwash on Sunday, and seemed to enjoy looking through the windows at the machinery.

At home, we've had to remove Lucy's bell from the back door. It was hanging from a ribbon on the doorknob, and with Charlie getting around now, we're having to tie up all the loose cords hanging from the window treatments. I'm going to have to sew a bell in the end of a sock or something, and hang that on the door. Right now, Lucy keeps nosing at the cloth we have hanging there to wipe her paws with, and I think she is confused that it makes no sound.

As for the adults in the household, John's band has a gig again this coming Saturday night, and this time I've arranged a babysitter so I can go to watch. I also did my civic duty this afternoon and went to vote in the presidential primary. This was an early vote, since I'll have a schedule tomorrow that would make it difficult for me to get to my polling place. Since I've lived in Ohio since the first presidential race I was old enough to vote in, I've never felt like my vote counted as much as it does this year. We also had a couple of issues to vote for, so it was well worth the extra time and effort to go out of my way. I'll be interested to see what happens in the coming days.