first steps and first words

I realize I've been slowing down on the blog posts, but you know -- we've been busy! :) Today Wren is 13 months old. He has been doing lots of exciting things! He took his first steps and says his first words!!! The word Wren says the most is "light". His little voice is so sweet saying "light" all the time -- there are lights everywhere and he likes to point this out! It doesn't matter if they're off or on, inside or outside, Wren likes to notice them. He had been saying "dat" for a week or so when he saw lights -- especially the porch light. He has been perfecting his pronunciation though and now gets it right most of the time. He enjoys it when we hold him up to the light switches and then he flips them and looks all around to see what turned on or off.

Wren also has made noises like "hi" and "kitty" but those words aren't very clear. His word "light" is his most clear first word, we would say. He also knows how to say "cat"!

Wren took his first steps at the Harris Branch Library! Yay! We just took a trip last week -- Scott went the International Congress of Medieval Studies conference in Kalamazoo and presented a paper and Wren and I stayed in South Bend and visited lots of friends. On Thursday, May 8 we were having fun with our friends at Harris and Wren took his first two steps while playing with Daddy! Then I came over and got to see him take one more step. He looked very excited (both Wren and Daddy)! He hasn't taken any more yet, but he's looked like he was going to a few times.

Wren received an awesome birthday card from the Wolfe family that plays the Superman theme when you open it and he loves it! He tries to sing along with the theme! It's very cute. We've noticed him kind of singing along with some songs on his other favorite toys, too.

We all had a great trip last week. It was wonderful to see our friends! Thanks for having us, everyone! And it felt a little like we were "home" again, being in the 'Bend, so it was funny to drive back "home" to PA.

Since we've been back, we've been working on transitioning Wren to just eating table foods, rather than baby food. Last night we went to Perkins and Wren ate a whole grilled cheese sandwich, a serving of mashed potatoes, plus a little bit of broccoli, asparagus and tomatoes. He loves to eat!

Scott, Wren and I are busy this week finishing things up at our apartment, doing scholarly work and working on some home projects before we are off to Colorado for Rachel and Ryan's wedding. It is going to be an awesome time! What are you up to?