he's a walker

so i would say that harper is officially a walker. he does still crawl a bit; but he spends way more time toddling around. i could just watch him all day. and he finally started wearing shoes. i only have one pair though! he's always hated things on his feet; he even pulls off socks. so i've been making him practice around the house. he's doing quite well.

he still hasn't said a complete word. he usually gets the first syllable out. he says "li" for light, "wa" for waffle, "pp" for puffs, and "le" for leaf. we're trying to teach him animals and their sounds (it's not as serious as it sounds) with some flashcards. we ask him what a cow says and he'll say "mmmoh". a puppy says "woo" and a bird says "kaa". with the bird sound he raises his arms in the air as if they were wings. dad taught him that one. actually the bird sounds more like "aaah"

a week ago, we had to evacuate so we went to arkansas and stayed with ashley. she has a park directly across the street from her apartment. so harper got to play in the grass and work on walking. and he went down the slides for his first time. he would just giggle. he loved it.

here's a few pics from our trip:

he really liked this.
he loved playing the piano.

"a leaf, mommy"

here's a clip of him walking. the camera gets wobbly. i had to keep him from eating the leaf.

hopefully, i'll soon post a video of his animal sounds.