Carousel's Are Fast!

Carousel's are fast. Really fast. No, seriously, I thought I was gonna fall off of it.
We took Talon to the Markham Fair on the weekend and plopped him up on a horse for his first carnival ride. Again, a metrestone. I went on the first go-round with him and thought I had a pretty good position holding him on the horse. Until. It. Started. Moving. FAST. I was standing on the inside position holding him as he went higher than I thought he would and, let's face it, I'm not tall. The carnie yelled at me to stand on the inside lane and I thought I was going to dive into the mechanisms of the ride as I tried to navigate around the horse's...um rump.
As we went round and round (and round) Mike was sure to get lots of photos of some guy with his kid. I swear, we have like four. Great action shots, and it wasn't too sunny, I think we'll frame them.

On our way to the fair!

Going for a ride

Look at me!

Happy 1st Birthday!

On Talon's 1st birthday we took him to the duck pond by our house to feed the chipmunks! He had a fun time and even tried to reach out to touch them!

Watching the ducks in the pond

Trying to touch a chipmunk

Feeding a chipmunk!

One hungry chipmunk!

Feeding the birds with Daddy

The next day we had Talon's first birthday party!
He tried cake (wasn't a fan at his party, but oh, did he love it the next day!)
He had such a fun time with his little friends and opened lots of presents! He tried to eat the cheesies that were out on the table and stretched him arms right over the bowl and yelled as if to say "someone, give me one!"

Here are some photos of the day!

Playing with Mercedes

Asleep after a long day!

Enjoying his cake the next day!

New Toy!

So Talon has been intrigued by a new "toy" on his change table. Any guesses? A HAIRBRUSH! Yay! After almost a year, we finally have use for it! His hair now even sticks up in the day on the top of his head and I find myself smoothing it over (which I used to do thinking "grow already!"). Hope to have a picture up soon!

First Step!

Talon took his first step last week! Both Mike and I were there to see it which was amazing. I was so worried I'd be at work and miss it! I had my arms outstretched to him and was encouraging (okay, baiting) him to walk to me. He took one step, and voila! Milestone!

Standing On His Own!

Talon can stand up on his own! I think the scratchy grass on his hands spurred him on.
Here's a video.
Oh, and this is the 100th Post!

Another Giggling Video!

Here's another video of Talon laughing! It's so funny!

Almost Standing On His Own!

Talon is able to stand now, for very short periods of time on his own! He also loves walking holding onto your hands, but they must BOTH be holding his hands, or else he will sit down lol. He's really good at the bottom drop when he isn't feeling confident that he can stand on his own or move from one place to the next holding onto the furniture (although he is working on this one and is getting pretty good at it!)

Another thing he does is laugh hysterically at something, which in turn makes us laugh. He does this over and over. I have a video here of him doing it. He works himself up to the biggest laugh and it's so funny!

Also...psst! He's getting some hair!