All of the boys started walking over Memorial day weekend. They are truly amazing. Although they all crawled and stood and sat at different times, they all took their first real, independent (not falling forward into parents arms) steps within 24 hours of each other. Mikey and Konrad started talking multiple steps on Saturday. They had been standing and taking one or two steps over the week so we kind of hoped they would start walking over the weekend, but then Zachary surprised us and not only took his first steps but started really walking on Sunday morning.
Konrad is the most daring and he is a definite show off. He has to pull himself up on something but then he walks all the way across the room by himself. He is so proud and his face lights up with such joy when he accomplishes a long walk. Mikey is the steadiest on his feet, but also the most cautious. He can stand up in the middle of the room and then he takes some steps, but he lowers himself to a crawl if he has to go far to get what he wants. Zachary hasn't really committed to the walking yet. That first day it was definitely on purpose because we were doing it so much with his brothers getting them to walk and then clapping. Now he kind of gets distracted and then accidently starts walking around, but he is not doing it with the level of intention or for attention and praise like the other two are. They are all teething again, and its the mean ones, the big ones. Konrad is still working on tooth number eight, but Mikey and Zachary are cutting nine and ten and it looks like it hurts. They are all starting to chatter and make baby conversation. Sometimes they just talk and talk and who knows what they are saying but it is really funny. Konrad especially has all of the body language and talks with his hands and shrugs as he talks. It is really funny. Sometimes I think that he is saying real things and he just can't articulate well yet because I will repeat what I think he says and he nods sometimes...other times he repeats what we say and then I know he meant to say it. All three of them sing the ABC's in some form or another and also all three say "ee ii ee ii oh" from Old MacDonald which is pretty darn funny. Mikey is the best with animal sounds and he barks and meows or clucks like a chicken when he sees the animals. They other things that Mikey has started doing is clapping and saying "yaaay" in this low "crowd roar" voice, its pretty funny...Mike and I sometimes look at each other and say "do we sound like that when we say yay", maybe we do. The boys are so interested in each other and they are always playing with each other and of course fighting with each other over toys. They share sometimes, but sometimes they do not. Konrad has started biting to mark his territory with toys...not good. We have considered covering his brothers with vinegar or soap, but we haven't done it yet, lol. So far we just yell "no bite" across the room and that gets him to stop, but his brothers have gotten some real bad bite marks. Other than that, the boys are doing so great and they are simply amazing and growing up so fast!
Helping with laundry
Hanging out in the pool
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