These Shoes Were Made for Walking!

 We hit another milestone in our house....

 Now that Riley is spending the majority of her day walking around, we figured it was time to buy her a pair of shoes so that she could walk around while we're out and about.  She has some 'barefoot sandals' and a couple pairs of sandals that Mimi bought her, but they're not all that flexible for walking, so we headed to Stride Rite for her first pair of 'walking shoes.'

Seriously, how cute are these???  They didn't have much to choose from in her size.  The poor little girl is going to have tiny feet like her mommy.  Let's just hope they don't get wider.  So, we had two pairs to choose from in a size 3.  These, and a pair of cute pink ones.  In the end, we opted for these, hoping they'd match more things since they'll be her primary pair of shoes for a while.  And they are super shiny, and just so adorable.  

 

 

And you know what's ironic?  Now that she has her first pair of 'walking shoes,' she can't figure out how to walk in them!  She's slowly getting better, but you should have seen her in the store trying them on....it was comical.

STEPS!!

Riley's growing up so fast!  For the past week or so, she's been taking two or three steps at a time.  She'll walk from the ottomans to the couch and back, or she'll take a step here and there to get to what she wants, especially if what she wants is Gavin.  I decided to try to get some steps on video today, and I'm so glad I did.  Remember, I'm the one recording and trying to get her to walk to me, so excuse the poor quality, but watch Riley take 7 steps to get to me! :) 

 

Fun times Friday

Gavin now is quite the pro at walking, and we spend a lot of time getting places because he wants to walk by himself. These pictures were taken at Niagara Falls State Park. We spent some time just playing in the grass, and Gavin had such a fun time just walking all over by himself.

Notice his hands in all the pictures. They're always up by his shoulders when he walks so that he can balance! :)

Wobbly Walker

We're slowly getting there. Gavin's been taking a couple steps at a time for a couple days now. This is the first time I was able to get it on my cell phone camera though. Sorry for the horrible sound.