Cooper finally took a couple of independent steps yesterday for the first time. Of course he has to do things his own way on his own terms. Not only is he waiting more than 3 months longer than Garrett's first steps, but he's also refusing to take any steps towards me. If I stand him up in front of me, he either sits down and laughs, or he free falls towards me assuming I'll catch him (and of course I do.) The only way he's taken steps is just in walking back and forth between the couch and his toy basket. Every now and then I've looked up to see him take a step here or there today, but he hasn't walked more than 2 steps in a row. I'm curious to see how long it will take before he's walking more than crawling. At this rate, who knows.
I took the boys to the library today and let Garrett check out 5 books. (The limit is 10, but I don't want to have to keep up with 10 borrowed books. 5 is plenty.) When we were checking them out, the librarian asked Garrett where he got a tractor book that he had chosen. He told her where it had been and I explained it was propped up on display and asked if it was ok for us to take it and she said it was fine. Turns out they had been looking for the book for a long time and couldn't find it anywhere. And it was open and on display on a shelf. Sounds kind of like me when I'm trying to find something. She told Garrett thanks for solving the mystery of the missing book. On the way out of the library, Garrett asked why he didn't get a sticker for finding the book. Apparently we need to talk about being proud of our accomplishments no matter how minor they are and whether or not they are tangibly rewarded.
Garrett's birthday is coming up in just a few short weeks. I can't hardly believe that he's going to be 5. I'm just not ready for that yet. I think we're basically ready for the party though. It's going to be so nice having it someplace other than our house this year. I just need to either order some cupcakes from somewhere or start making plans to make my own cupcakes this year. I also can't decide what to do for a meal for our family after the party. We'll have some extended family here who won't be going directly home after the party ends at noon, so we need to figure out what to do for lunch. There will be about 14 of us in total and several who have food allergies. So I can't decide if we should just come home and I should have something already made or if we should find somewhere to go where everyone could find something that they can eat and where we also wouldn't have to wait forever for a table to hold all of us. Who knows what we'll end up doing.
On Tuesday we went swimming for one of the first times this summer. It was actually Cooper's first time to swim in a big pool. In our area, there aren't any public pools nearby. The closest one is about 20 minutes away and it's not very clean. But one of our friends who lives nearby has a pool and she invited us over. (She's given me a blanket invitation to come anytime, but it's just not in my personality to show up at someone's house and swim without an invitation for a specific day and time.) It was a lot of fun. Garrett loves to swim. I never did sign him up for lessons this summer and I'm kicking myself for that. But I think if we had regular access to a pool, it wouldn't take much to teach him. I taught myself how to swim in our neighbor's pool when I was younger. Cooper also really enjoyed the water. He splashed a bunch and was extra talkative. Maybe we'll get in atleast one more swim before the summer is over.
Please pray for my friend Mary. She just had her new baby, Megan, this week and Megan has a blood infection and will be in the NICU for the next week or two. That's all the details that I know right now. I haven't been able to talk to Mary, I've just been updated by her sister and sister-in-law on Facebook. Mary and I have literally known each other since birth. (Well, her birth, I'm 6 months older.) I have very few memories before the age of 10 that don't involve her. Even though we haven't lived close to each other in years and years, anytime we get together, it's as if we just saw each other. I love friendships like that. She currently lives in Florida and of course I live in Texas, but thankfully our parents only live about 45 minutes apart. So whenever we're both in Indiana for a visit at the same time, we always make plans to get together. I'll keep you posted on Megan and Mary. Thank you in advance for your prayers.
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