He's walking

Jeremy's been taking steps on his own for a week now. They started when he stood up a little too far away from the dishwasher to "help" so he stepped on over to it. This happened a couple times.

Last night he took a couple solo steps from the coffee table over to Dan. This was more of a run than a walk which leads me to suspect the only reason he did it was because he wasn't thinking and being deliberate about it.

Anyway, not that I expect anyone to jump up for joy at this news, but since I haven't filled out the baby book yet, I wanted to chronicle this somewhere so I can look it up later.

...And they were very impressed.

Because we're leaving next week to spend Christmas on the east coast, I've decided not to bother with Christmas decorations this year. Well, that was the plan; I still ended up with Christmas linens on the table and will put the Dickens houses on the piano. Lights and a tree are a needless expense and a pain while Jeremy is still testing the limits of NoNoLand.

Anyway, my parents and family will be here and have their house all decked out with two decorated trees, an electric train, garland, chaser lights, etc. (all inside the house!) I popped over there the other day with Jeremy and he was very impressed. He just kicked off his shoes, sat silently and looked at everything lit up and moving for nearly a half hour (that's what they say at least, I had to run to the store for some coconut and Christmas tins). For those of you who know my son, this is a huge deal and I was very impressed.

Baby, it's cold outside

It's getting cold outside and Jeremy is sporting a new winter coat. He can't really move in it, and that's a little too convenient for me...(sigh) I will be nice.

Updates on Jeremy

Jeremy has been complaining that he's not well-published on this blog. Honey, no one is well-published on this blog. But anyway, here goes:

Jeremy's latest favorites are: Eating, unrolling toilet paper, unscrewing door knobs, unloading the dishwasher (just about anything he can undo)...uh, new favorites as I compose this post - playing in the toilet and in the fireplace ashes.

Here's a photo many people have already seen of Jeremy's first experience with a toilet paper roll.