Fairytale Town

We took Braden to Fairytale Town for the first time a couple of days ago. It's a little kids place that is all themed out in nursery rhyme type stuff. Slides and stuff for them to get into and on top of and all that jazz. I used to go all the time with my grandparents when I was little, so it was really cool to be able to take my own kid there now. We went with Chris's brother and wife and their 3 boys. Since the day we went was going to be 105 degrees, we got there as soon as it opened at 9am to try and beat the heat. I was sweating by the time we left at (almost) 11am. Yuck.

Here are a few of the pics.

We have a walker!!

Braden took his "first" real steps tonight!!!!!!!
I figured this huge milestone warranted a blog post! So here I am!

For a little while, Braden has been taking a couple steps here and there, but they were always just a couple while he transferred himself to another toy, caught himself from falling forward, etc. But tonight, it was different! You could see his little mind turn and his confidence grow with every step he took. His little face would scrunch as he'd brace himself to fall. Then we'd pick him up and he'd start all over again. The cool thing is, is that I managed to catch it on tape!
He started the night taking 3 "non-falling forward" kinda iffy steps. So I ran to get the camera, and I managed to get him taking his first REAL steps, the steps where he knew what he was doing and did it! Again and again and again.

As the night went on, after I turned off the camera, he got increasingly better, more confident in himself and took more and more steps. It was such an awesome thing to see, and both Chris and I were here to watch. I'm a proud mama tonight.

Here's the video. I just let it run on and on, so it's a little long and unedited. But I'm sure you can deal. Please excuse my loudness. =)