Walking

Well, I took a video today of Eliot walking, and I was going to post it here ... but the little trolls that come and steal little treasures when you're not looking took the memory card to the camera. I just had it in my hand! And now it's gone. Argh! I can't find it anywhere. The only explanation is those damn trolls. They stole my keys too; I haven't seen my entire set of keys since Saturday. That's been a real pain in the rear. *sigh*

Anyway, Eliot is walking. If I had to pick a day it happened, I would say it was Monday, Feb. 22 (or Monday of this week, which I think was 2/22). By yesterday, he was more than 50% walking. And today, he's been maybe 15% crawling and the rest walking, so he's walking a LOT. He's also sick. He threw up everything he ate yesterday, and today ate a little bit and mostly kept it down but had one tiny incident. And apparently, it's a little nasty virus because now Brady is sick. Ah the joys of parenthood.

The upside of having a sick baby is that he is very mama cuddly. He really prefers me to dada right now, which of course makes me feel pretty good that I can meet his needs. When he's nice and healthy, he's way into dada and wants to play hard, which in turn makes Brady feel pretty darn good.

A shout out here to my good friend Emily, who had a baby girl last Friday. The new little one's name is Zadie Jean Swinehart, and she was 19 inches and 7 lbs 5 oz. We are really excited to have you join us, Zadie! XO, The Bennons (north side; as opposed to the south side, desert-dwelling Bennons).

Ah, I found the memory stick! It slipped underneath the laptop. (But this is your final warning, trolls; I want my keys back!)

Here is the video (sorry that it is so maddeningly shaky):