I'm Almost Walking!

Jayden is getting so big! I've been shocked at how fast he has grown. I can't wait for him to be a big boy and learn to walk and talk, but I'm secretly (well, not anymore) sad about it. We are not sure that we are having another child, not sure that we can now because of my blood pressure, so that means that Jayden may be it. This may be the one year of babyhood we get.

I love to rock him. He never goes to sleep, but I think about how soon he will be too big for his Mommy to hold him. I never imagined that I would feel this way about him.

He can stand on his own now, and he took one step yesterday! Brian and I were folding laundry, and he was standing between us. He took a step and came to me! We were thrilled, but he wouldn't do it again. I'm sure he's thinking, "geez, do something once, and these people won't leave you alone."

We're also moving him to table food. He's only 9 months, but I want him to learn to feed himself. In the mornings, he gets sqished banana and Cheerios. He mostly pours them out, but he does manage to eat two or three pieces of cereal.

I wanted to link to an article I wrote about him, so that you can all read about what he's taught me during these first few months.
http://www.babyproductdepot.com/2005/10/being-jaydens-mommy.html