Our Oregonian Life: October 2012

The big day has arrived and Michael has started walking. Don't get too excited because it is not consistent but it is becoming more frequent. He took his first official steps on his 18 month birthday, then it stopped for a while. He is back to walking a few steps at a time several times a day and he is, as we call it, "wall walking" consistently. You can see his attempt at walking in the video that follows. This is one of his favorite spots to "practice".

I here that the weather back East has been starting to feel like Fall. We have been warmer than usual at this time of year. We are still hitting the mid to high 80's during the day and it cools off to the mid to low 50's at night. Really the best weather if you ask me. We have not had a drop of rain since late June so things are very dry right now but the rain will be here before we know it. We are in a total burn ban which is not helping us work on cleaning up our yard since we had several trees dropped to may way for garden beds and fruit and nut trees.

Michael is still a bit on the smaller side. He is almost 21 pounds now. Not blowing up the growth chart like some of his cousins (Elliott, Piper and Peyton (Tim's nephew's twins born in February 2012)) however. I am afraid to ask how much Eleanor weighs now.

Here are some more pictures of Michael.