My thoughts...

Drum roll please...Wyatt took his first unaided steps today!  He has been walking holding onto my fingers for about a month but recently he has been letting go.  He will drop my hands to bend down and grab a toy.  He will stand holding onto the couch then turn and sit on the floor. So, we decided to try to get him to walk.  Mom sat on one side of the room and me on the other with Dad sitting ready with the video camera.  Lo and behold, he took about 5 steps on his own then sat down.  I got him up again and he took about another 7 steps to get at the video camera.  We were all screaming and hollering.  I swear I have never seen something so exciting.  Literally, Brad Pitt could have walked through my front door and exclaim he's leaving Angie and wants to be with me forever and my reaction would have been the same.

I am listening to Christmas music on repeat and have been for about three weeks now.  I know, I know jumping the season a little bit but I am totally obsessed with Christmas music.  Something about Bing Crosby's creamy velvet baritone makes me all warm inside and giddy to wrap presents.  And Mariah Carey's vibrato makes me hopeful for a season filled with love.  It's an addiction really.  I have sang "O Holy Night" to Wyatt so many times now that I think even he is getting bored.  I admit I listen to Christmas music all year round but nows the time I can do it unashamed.  There are even radio stations dedicated to holiday music.  Oh, the Joy of the Season!!

At Wyatt's last doctors appointment, Dr. Greg asked me if Wyatt was saying "Bye Bye" or "DaDa" in context.  Well, he's not really and now I am panicked that is he behind the curve although I know he's not because Dr. Greg said it was fine.  He is very vocal but sometimes he gets things and sometimes he doesn't.  I cannot make him say "Hi" on command but introduce a nice old lady in the supermarket and he will say "Hi" to everyone he passes.  But he doesn't say any of the normal baby words.  He waves but refuses to say "bye bye".  If you ask him where the light is he looks up and I swear he said "ite" the other day.  He also says something that sounds like "taht" and "dit" which means something to him because he says it all the time but not in the rambling way.  I am pretty sure he has got "cat" down too.  I know I need to stop worrying about it because he does speak but until I get him to say "bye bye" it is going to weigh on me.  Arg...

We are going Christmas tree cutting on Sunday.  Honestly, this is perhaps my favorite day of the holiday season.  We go to Jones Tree Farm and climb the "mountain" (its really a big hill) to find our perfect tree.  I have many memories tree cutting with friends and family and I am eager to pass that tradition to Wyatt.  I purchased a snowsuit and boots and upgraded ourselves to a back pack carrier to get him ready for the trip .  The front loading carrier I have goes up to 22lbs but it's kind of a stretch for Wyatt to get into and for me to carry.  It took me a long time to find a back pack that wasn't industrial capacity for hiking.  Honestly, most of them turned into a highchair or a tent and were much too extravagant for my needs.  I really hope the weather is nice so we can have our mega adventure.  Post and pictures to come for sure.