Will has been getting better about the whole walking thing. He still crawls a lot, but he continues practicing the two legged race. He'll start walking somewhere on his own, and a big grin will light up his face because he's doing it, and he's proud. As he should be. Walking is a tricky biz. With all the noisy toys he  got for his birthday, he's driving me insane. He will put two or three toys together and hit the buttons on all of them so they all start playing their individual songs at the same time. Happy, happy, joy, joy. Mostly he really likes seeing the lights on 'em. He has one toy that has a button on the top that lights up and plays music. He routinely will stop by it while he's walking around, hit the button and immediately stand up and walk away, letting the music trail after him like an annoucement. Now that he's hit the one year barrier, he gets to try all sorts of new foods. So far he's enjoyed all of them, without any problems. I was actually kind of worried about cow's milk because I'm mildly lactose intolerant and so is my sister. But it doesn't seem to bother him one little bit. We had to buy him a new high chair because the one we were using was not able to restrain him enough. He'd pull a Houdini from the seat belt then attempt a Superman. Crazy kid. The new high chair has a five point safety harness, so there's no gettin' out of it. It makes me want to laugh villanously. The new high chair will also convert to just a booster seat when he's ready for that. It even has a recline feature for feeding young babies just learning to eat solids who don't hold themselves up very well yet. So you get all your needs met from one high chair. Not bad.

On the moving issue: Portland has finally come open again, and, of course, Steve will be bidding on it. Boise is also open and we'll also be bidding on that. Hopefully, we'll get one of them. I keep telling Steve that it would be just our luck if Boise was really fast on the uptake and offered him a job, and not know what was going on with Portland. We would really prefer to go to Portland, but we sure wouldn't turn up our noses at Boise. Steve has been getting a lot of kudos at work for the power of his awesomeness lately, so that should help. We will see, like always. So, everybody, keep your fingers crossed!