Gavin is walking around well now. All over the house. He wobbles a little bit and falls every so often, but can really move! He likes to be able to move faster but is more insistent on being held when he’s upset or tired. He’s also starting to indicate that he wants kisses and hugs more. Tonight he stopped eating several times and held his face out to get kisses before resuming dinner, while smiling adorably at me. How could I resist?

He’s cutting some more teeth on the bottom, one is just poking through now. He gets pretty fussy from the pain. We’re trying baby Motrin instead of Tylenol and it seems to be a little better.

He’s trying lots of new foods. Black and pinto beans, almond butter cookies, mandarin orange slices. Most of them he likes, including some beans I pulled out of my bowl of chili…he must have already developed my taste for spicy food!

We went to the park and watched the ducks a couple times recently and Gavin loves watching them. He gets so excited he leans as far as he can out of his stroller and makes excited baby yells and points at them. It’s a lot of fun.

We’re having a lot of fun together, reading books, taking things out of containers and putting them back in and toddling all over. He’s also recently become an expert at washing his hands and putting clothes in the hamper.