What have we been up to?

Sometimes we just fall into the groove of life, and it takes over. Life is going fine. Brennan is walking with his green toy good. Today he managed to make some turns. In the past he has only been able to walk a straight line and we'd have to help him maneuver a corner. I guess that means he's getting stronger and more confident in his time on his feet. He can walk and push the chairs around the kitchen too.
He also has been giving us his toys and other objects. We say thank you, and then he puts his hand out and wants them back. He also can say Da Da. (He can say ma ma too, but has been saying Da Da a lot more often because Adam sort of brain washed him into saying Da Da. That is all they have been working on the last few days while I'm not around is saying Da Da.) But here are some videos of fun things from Brennan.

Here we are at the YMCA during an Open Preschool Gym time. We played on the the equipment and did some walking.

A few weeks ago he figured out how to open and close the kitchen cupboards. As you can see the cupboards close pretty hard. And needless to say, this cupboard is now locked up just as the one under the sink- due to an accident involving ones finger.....

Here Adam is trying hard to get him to say Da Da. He doesn't say it, but you'll notice the 'NO' head nod. This is also something that he has been doing a lot lately. You ask him if he wants something, or wants more and he'll nod 'no.'

I don't have video of it, but he also has a mean bye bye wave down. It's pretty funny to see his little hand flopping around waving.

shapes

Here is another Christmas present.

When he's eating his finger cereal, he likes to raise his hand up the ceiling(and there usually is a piece of cereal in his hand). Why? We're not sure why, but we all get a kick out of it.

Here's another funny one. Lately he has been making this face at me. He scrunched his eyebrows and eyes and pushes out his lips, like he's scowling at me. Then I do it back and then we both laugh.

I turned 30 earlier this month. Here was my gift from Adam, (an MP3 player). He thought it would make a nice gesture to wrap the gift, since he couldn't recall a time when he had wrapped a gift for me, so he thought turning 30 was a big enough deal for a wrapped gift. But he was at work, so I got newspaper and sharpies, and notice the rubber band bow.

Here's the video

So here is some video footage of the walking. My video work will not will me an Oscar, but I'm trying to not let him fall on his face.....

Steps

Today he took his first steps! He wasn't walking by any means, but he walked behind one of those toys that you can walk behind. He did it at the daycare at the YMCA, I was there checking in on him and he was playing with the toy. I asked if anyone had seem him walk with it? They said no, so one of the girls picked him up and helped him stand and get the hang of it and next thing you know, he's across the room.

Another proud parent moment....