Stepping out, Speaking out

Stepping out.

Graham took his first unassisted steps last weekend. I thought his first two little steps on his own were from the chair to me, until Dan came down to the playroom shortly after and corrected me when I prouldy announced "Graham just took his first steps to me!"

"Oh... he took a step from the coffee table to me a few days ago."

You'd think MAYBE this might be something worth mentioning when it happened? Not until I tried to take credit for being the target of Graham's first steps did Dan claim that honor. That's okay, we'll give Dan that one, since overall Graham is a Mama's boy.

Then this weekend Graham REALLY got his confidence and has been taking 5 or 6 steps at a time. It won't be long until his little baby walker is retired!

Speaking out.

Cole is constantly being reprimanded and put in time-out for for hitting, kicking, and pushing down Gi-gi. But Graham LOVES Cole and continually goes back for more. The other day Cole was standing near where Graham was hanging onto the ottoman and Graham transferred right over to Cole and started hanging on him.

"No! Gi-gi!"

"Cole, what?"

Cole looked up at me and pointed at his little brother and tattled on him for the first ever time in the most pathetic little dramatic whine: "Gi-gi push me!"

And so it starts...