Baby steps.

Do you remember the movie, "What about Bob?" Oh my goodness funny. But there was a phrase that the Richard Drifus character would say to the Bill Murray character, "baby steps..." in fact I think it was the title of his book in the story.

Anyways, I guess I never properly understood the concept of baby steps. I just thought taking small steps. Not trying to grow and move fast but taking it slow.

Oh no it means so much more than that now. As I observe Sawyer attempt this wonderful feat of walking, I now know what it means to take baby steps.

You see he doesn't just take one step and then a little while later another and they are all small. No. He take one step every once in a while. And then it is like he forgot how to do it. And then all the sudden he will take two steps and then for a long time he won't even stand unassisted. Then maybe three steps a long time later. Then only one step for days. Then he gets adventurous and takes 4 or 5 but only once because lets face it walking is frikkin scary. So he goes back to crawling for a while and then he tries again but this time only 2 steps. It is up and down. Back and forth. Everyday is a new trial, every attempt is rough.

And that my friends is baby steps. We don't just decide to change one day. We do it one small step at a time. Just as Sawyer couldn't just decide to start walking today, we can assume that we can be come what we want overnight. We have to take baby steps. Some days it will seem as if we grow leaps and bounds and then overnight it might seem like we have forgotten everything we have learned. But if you look back, over time, and evaluate if you are growing, you will see that you are stronger, better, smarter, and farther than you were a year ago, right?

Just as I KNOW that Sawyer will walk someday (no hurry from me), I know that we all grow and change via baby steps. Having a baby teaches you so many lessons. He is such a blessing to me.

Here is a recent picture of my little guy.



And one of his brothers...

When it rains it pours.

These are not totally awesome but I took some pictures today with some new fabric backgrounds that I wanted to try out. He was hard to keep in the right spot so these are what I got, but I think he is lovely. Mommy goggles.

He is so close to walking it is crazy. Tonight for the first time he took like three steps in a row. I say as soon as he builds his confidence that he can really do it look out world here he comes running.

I learn new things every day because of him. And I am amazed daily and the wonder of this child. Thank you God for blessing me with him. I pray that I can be everything he needs me to be for him.

He turned 11 months on Saturday.

So today I pulled out my trusty camera and got some shots of him. And then I made our new banner at the top. All his faces! I love how expressive he is.

just some snapshots

The other day max and I were going to go for a walk and then we were at the car and we realized that we had to go and pick up Marcus from confirmation class at 7 and it was already 6:35. No time for a walk but time for some pictures.

And before I get to those I wanted to update you on some of his new accomplishments. He is standing on his own for like seconds at a time. This is a huge step (get to those in a second) for him. He doesn't even realize that he is doing it and then all of the sudden he does realize it and he sits down. He is also taking a step or so every once in a while. This is not an often occurrence. It is actually pretty random but nonetheless very exciting. He waves all the time now. Hello house, hello grandma, byebye kitty, byebye car. Pretty stinking adorable.

He says Hat, it sounds like, "da-at"
He says Cat, "a-at"
He says dada, mama, baba, nana (favorite food ever, and sometimes all foods in general)

What an amazing thing. Someone should convince Max that we NEEEEED to have more.

Waving.

Kisses.


they like each other.