Merry Christmas

Hi Santa

Little helper goes exploring

Top Notch burger lunch

Maestro

Late night trip to Pharmacy, checking out the massage chair

Happy Birthday #1

The prepster

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A gym full of fun

Spatula Collector

Mall play area at Halloween

First day walking

This morning when I got back from my jog, Steph and Bill were in the front yard. Bill was standing holding the fence post. Then he just left it and started taking steps towards us. It was great. He didn't seem to mind repeating it again and again. Inside, we got him to take a few steps at a time.

Very exciting!

Play time

Turn my back for one minute

Truckin

16th Ave SW

Camp Long

We need a cleanup before Mom gets back

My new track suit

Lucy and Cora came to visit

Relaxing back at the homestead

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More Boy than Baby

Sunday morning peek-a-boo

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My New Ride

Oops

Let's see what is new.

Bill is much more talkative now. No real words, but lots of it. A little bit of Daadaa. He also seems to have a specific type of noise he makes when he is exploring and runs onto something new.

Bill is standing up all the time against furniture. He can balance for a couple of seconds on his own, but will sit down to avoid falling. He is crawling super fast and getting into anything and everything.

He points at things he wants during meals. Well, he makes a stern noise and looks at what he wants at least. Who would have known he wanted a bunch of pickles today at lunch, but he ate a half dozen slices. It is usually difficult to verify how much he has eaten because he frequently gives it to Butch.

Butch has been under the weather lately. He wasn't eating for a couple of days, which had us a bit scared. He seems to be back to eating normally now though.

Stephanie has been working hard. She had a pretty tough weekend taking care of Bill during my run.

On Saturday, I ran the Cle Elum Ridge 50km. It was a beautiful day for a run in the mountains. Stephanie and Bill met me at the aid stations to support and cheer me on.

This photo would look like I was quick with the camera, but he actually did this three times. I feel reassured that when he does get stuck like that, Bill makes a fair amount of noise.

Meetup II

Meetup

First day of school

Older photo of Bill in jogger, for comparison

Getting bigger

Future Fly Fishers of America Club