And he arrives

I took Benjy to get some cruiser shoes a week ago, as he wanted to walk around outside holding my hand, and it's getting cold and wet out now so I wanted to protect his feet. Aside from the fact that Clarks shoes don't go up to his size in cruisers - he's somewhat oversized for his age - the lady in the shoe shop didn't really feel he was walking well enough. She asked if he could walk the width of the shoe shop - about 4 metres - and I said he couldn't. A week later, and he's unstoppable. It's amazing how quickly he's gone from just being able to take a few tentative steps, to happily toddling around for most of the day, holding things, turning around, and still staying upright. (I'm posting this a couple of weeks after first writing it - he has now worked out how to walk backwards, which he finds very amusing). Here he is wandering around the playground at the zoo. Also at the zoo, I gave him a baby wipe for his face, and twenty minutes later he was still cleaning everything in the playround. Sweet little thing.