Levi's Walking!

Levi walked for the first time Tuesday. He has taken steps before but this was 6-7 steps across the living room floor. Very exciting! He also saw himself in the mirror this week and said “baby.” Very proud of my smart little guy. He has also said "Here you go" and tries to feed me and his sister. He has also said, "Jump down" and consistently says: Uh-oh, Up, Down, Mom and Dad.

He's also taken to throwing things. He sits at his highchair and really winds up, throwing food straight out his highchair at a fast pace. Will have to find out if he doesn't like the food and wants another kind, is not hungry or what. The beginnings of our need to start to teach the rules has begun. "No eat" was quickly followed with "no hit," "no throw." Also the distract to another activity/toy has been used more and more as a way to get a behavior to stop. To encourage a way to throw that is ok, we are playing more ball together. He has been very taken with pushing a car around on the floor lately. This keeps him busy. He also has been doing what I call a "turbo-crawl" across the floor. A very fast crawl to get at something.

I saw him climb onto Kaylee's stool the other day, peering up onto the counter. Scary - he could have fallen glad I was there watching him. He can also go up stairs now very well. And goes up and just starts playing with the kids while I'm still talking to our daycare provider when I drop him off.

He's also liking drawing with chalk now on the driveway, though at times he still wants to taste it instead of draw with it.