Outside

I know I have said it before but Chance loves it outside. He wants to go out all the time. He loves playing in the yard and in parks and he never wants to go inside when we ( me and Scott) are done playing or working. We have been going to parks for the last week or so nearly everyday. The weather is so nice here now, soon it will be way too hot to go out for long. These pictures were taken a couple days ago when we went to Audubon Park which is a big park in Uptown. It is very pretty with big Oak trees and a marsh in the middle with lots of birds and ducks all around. There is a golf course and the Audubon Zoo is in the park as well as trails for biking and walking. We take Chance to one of the wide open spaces so he has plenty of room and just let him go. He crawls all around getting dirty but having lots of fun. Due to all this outside play he has discovered bugs. Flies, Ants and other creepy crawlies. He points at them and makes all sorts of excited noises. He hasn't tried to pick one up yet but I know that is just a matter of time. Yesterday Scott flew to Fort Wayne, IN where he will be for just one day and then he is off to Syracuse, NY again but we will all meet up in Florida on the 10Th of April where Chance will be staying with my Mom for a week while Scott and I go to Las Vegas to work the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention. It will be a busy month but I am looking forward to Vegas it should be a lot of fun. Then we are all coming back to New Orleans.

Walking: We finally found the right walking motivation. We had tried toys and food and even things he isn't allowed to have but always wants like the laptop but nothing would motivate him enough to walk he just sat down and crawled over to it then went on about his business. Well a few days ago now I was sitting on the floor trying to get him to walk to me with my arms outstretched. When he started to sit down I just dropped my arms and head and stopped talking like the strength had fallen out of me, then he stood back up so I raised my arms and head and started telling him to walk to me again. He caught on to the game and sat down and stood up a few times before turning toward me and taking three big steps to reach me. Now that he knows the game he has walked to me a bunch of times. He has taken a few more steps on his own to reach things he want too. He is still choosing crawl over walk but he is getting closer.