HE CAN WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it!!! Even as I type this, I can't believe it!!! COLIN CAN WALK!!! I don't even have words to describe how excited we are tonight! What a great day! Let me start at the beginning...we spent the day with some of our best friends and their families. Jeff and Nat brought their kiddos over and we went swimming at the big pool. Ellen, Wes and Aubrey joined us all for dinner and we ended up getting take-out at Babe's because it was packed and the babies were not having an hour wait in the hot sun. We took the food back over to Ellen and Wes' place and had a great meal. Afterwards we were all hanging out, having a few drinks and lounging around. Colin has been standing up like a champ and walking around holding our hands for weeks now. In the past few days, Jer and I will sit apart from each other and encourage him to walk back and forth. He has gotten two steps in before he then falls. Well, tonight that all changed!! We were sitting on Ellen's living room floor and Jer and I were FAR from each other. He just took off!! It was amazing!! He walked back and forth for about an hour, with us moving farther and farther away. At one point, he started making turns and going away from us in a completely different direction!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WALKS!!! It was truly the most amazing sight I have ever seen. My little baby walked all around all by himself!!!!!!! What a champ!! The best part was that we got to experience the moment surrounded by our best friends. They were all there to witness history and they were all cheering and clapping for him. I could not pick a better way to experience a milestone. Luckily we had the camera and Ellen got the pics above. I will be getting some video asap! What a wonderful and special day...I will never forget it!

Hot Dogs, Enzo, and Vegetable Beef

The first shot is of Colin sharing his hot dog bites with Enzo. We had chili dogs for lunch today and I cut up a hot dog for Colin and put bites on his tray. Enzo went nuts (how shocking) and Colin (as usual) gave half to the dog. I swear he does that because the only time Enzo will let Colin pet him is when he is giving him food. :-)

The second shot is from tonight. Colin had a vegetable beef dinner and dipped his hands right in the bowl. The next step was to wipe the hands all over the face. Hence picture two. It was just too funny not to get on film! That stuff stains fast, too! We got right into the tub afterwards and I had to scrub to get the orange tint out of his eyebrows!!

Colin has been practicing a lot on his walking this week. Tonight Jer and I sat very close together and let Colin "walk" back and forth between us. We let our arms go for a second and he mostly falls into our arms, but he is starting to get a few steps in there first! He gets so excited...walking is his absolute favorite thing to do. It is so funny, he tries to lead with his belly, which totally throws off his balance. He is getting better at it, but he still mostly resembles a drunken sailor! I get so nervous because he really REALLY wants to walk, so badly that he will take off after Enzo and if I don't watch close he will go right down on his face. On more that one occasion, Colin has been standing up with his hands on the couch for support and then gotten a wild hair to go after the dog. Luckily I am always beside him to catch him. I have to watch that kiddo like a hawk!