2nd Thanksgiving

A wonderful day with my family. Tyler and I opened up Declan's door this morning and went into his room to get him together. Declan is so happy. He's always happy when he gets up but seeing us both in there first thing in the morning he can't contain himself. He's shaking with excitement and he looks like his little smile is going to bust right off his face. We have so much fun with this kid.

Hanging out at home in the morning we discovered Declan's new word, or is it a phrase...

When he wants my hands so he can walk assisted he reaches for them and says "dee dah" every time.

No idea what he thinks he is saying but I'm pretty sure it's a command. Good thing he's cute.

This afternoon after Declan's nap we headed over to Lowville Park for a mini session photo shoot for our little guy. We met up with Gramma and Poppa and walked around in the fall air. Declan could not sit still. Then at 4pm we met up with the photographer. During the first part of his shoot he did a lot of walking but of course he wouldn't let go of my hands...until...that moment when my hands were free and he kept on walking. He kept walking toward me as I kept backing up. He did it! Such a long walk over the uneven grass!! Lucky Gramma and Poppa got to see him making those first steps and if we're lucky the photographer may have gotten some shots of that treasured moment.

When Gramma and Poppa has to leave we walked to another location for some more photos. Declan got to sit in the wet grass, crawl through the dirt, play with sticks and climb a huge dirt pile. He was having a good time. While he studied some leaves the photographer tried to get some smiles out if him. She showed him the digital images of him that she'd just snapped. Big smile and a "Hi Declan" from the litte guy himself. Too funny. That's pretty cool that he can recognize himself so easily. What a nice afternoon. The kid tired me out.

And we're so thankful.

So lucky.