Walking and Talking!

Gavin took his first real steps today!  He's been trying so hard to walk for the past few days but he would get shy and plop to the ground.  But today, for whatever reason, he just went for it and moved forward.  I love how babies struggle with something one day and then just do it the next.  So amazing!  I will say that his little walk looks more like a penguin waddle but we'll take it!  Now I just need to get him up and running by his first birthday next week.  Here's the video we took of his big moment.  Please excuse my loud and annoying voice...I was just so proud of the little guy...

And while we're on the subject of Gav's milestones....he's added a few more words to his vocabulary. He now says bird and dog, bringing his total to 7 words.  And I swear he says Mickey, but it sounds more like diddy.  Every time he sees Mickey Mouse he says diddy so I have to assume he's trying to say Mickey.  But most of the time Gavin just speaks his own little language.  He pretty much never stops talking.  And he'll talk to just about anything...the TV, the door, his toys, his books, the pantry....anything!  We have no idea what he's saying but to him its a real conversation.  It's hilarious.  Here's a little sample of our jabber-jaws...