At first you don't succeed: videotape, videotape, videotape!

So I had the camera out tonight because Peter was being so cute eating his avocado off of his corn tortilla (yes he was eating something similar to what we were having for dinner and it was the second night in a row of this). Later in the evening, I wanted to try to videotape him walking. Of course the little stinker just butt scooted. The second time around I was not ready and he walked all the way from the chair near the door to the kitchen and I didn't get it on videotape. The other times he butt scooted. I told Rob that this was going to be my last time videotaping because Peter was getting whiny and I got him walking. At first he wobbled and then the video starts. He did whine at the end but we have footage. We hope you enjoy.

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Walking

Peter took his first steps out into the land of "no furniture to grab" today. I got so excited I called Rob, not knowing that he was right there. The problem was that this scared Peter and he stopped walking and sat down. He did such a great job. I think he will be everywhere soon.

Walking, Talking, and Just Having Fun

Peter has been getting so much more confident with walking. He has regularly been walking between Rob and I but today he actually let go of a piece of funiture and walked over to another peice of furniture. There was a full stop in there too. I was so proud, I stopped talking midsentence to watch him do this. He was also all over his father, giving him a ton of kisses, and just playing while squatting over and over again. Work those muscles baby!

At one point in the evening, he decided to climb the stairs and I went and turned our desktop computer on. As he was sitting on my lap he picked up the reciever of the phone, the old style one with no buttons on the receiver, and he said hello. I decided to call my parents. He then had a 10 minute conversation with my dad and when I saw that he was about done I told him to say bye and he did along with a wave. It was just too funny. My dad loved it.

On a side note, for those of you who know about my mom's fall yesterday, she is home now. She has no pins in her ankle like dad previously thought. They just did surgery to set it. She has another surgery in two weeks but they are trying to find her a doctor closer to home, not one that is 70 miles away. She is happy to be home and will be out of work for a couple of weeks. I need to say that my dad really stepped up to the plate and has been doing a wonderful job. I also have to say that this has shown my mom how much she is loved by her coworkers. One of them drove her car all the way home for her today. She has also been having numerous phone calls and visits, when she was in the hosptital, and this has helped her. Thank you everyone for your support.

Sleeping Situation

We have a new sleeping situation. A friend suggested to me over Christmas that maybe we should put Peter's mattress down on the floor because he seems to be really scared of the crib. After lots of him playing tonight instead of going to sleep and lots of screaming when I put him in the crib, I set him up on the floor. Within a few minutes he was asleep. Now we have to see how long he lasts there. I did also set him up with a great pillow that may make him feel more comfy. Time will tell.

California Visit

We have had a very busy week. Lots of time with Grandma and Granpa. Noticed that Peter has another tooth. Of course, it is not the molar that he has been working on for months. We had a visit from one of my uncles. Christmas was wonderful and fun with lots of books for Peter. We played on the beach and in the water a little bit. Peter did not like the water because the wave was too big. We had a play date with oen of my friend's little ones. We also got to see our cousin Jessica. This morning he woke up all happy, after a night of screaming, and we think another tooth is breaking through. We hope it is. For the first time, he gave us all kisses. That really told us that he is feeling better. He is also saying Bye and waving so we think he knows that we are flying to Oregon today.

One last piece of news. I got a phone call last night from my friend who was pet sitting. Stormy passed away some time over the weekend. We have known that it was coming as he was getting sicker and sicker since his buddy died over the summer. We will be burying him when we get home (if we can dig well because we had another 3 inches of snow yesterday).

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas (Noel a very Merry Birthmas) and have a wonderful New Year. We look forward to spending time with all of you in the next coming year.