That's right, I'm standing!

Last Thursday, Austin and I went to the zoo for a quick walk after the rain. The place was dead, because it was about 65 degrees, and as I said, it was right after the rain. It was perfect! We actually got to see the animals. As you can see, Austin actually noticed the Sea Lions this time, and was amazed by them. I'm glad that we got the zoo membership this year, because we only went for about an hour and a half on Thursday, and I didn't feel guilty! It's a great place to get out of the house and go for a walk! On Friday, we didn't do anything too exciting. Grandma and I took Austin up to Fremont to go Shopping for clothes. They didn't really have too good of deals, but we still managed to find him a few things for next summer.

On Saturday, Jared had his first photo shoot for someone other than Austin. After the photo shoot, we decided to take Austin's 8 month pictures. As you can see, he stood up with the support of a table, on his own, for about 2 minutes. Both Jared and I were shocked! He's stood up before, but never for that long, and he's always pretty wobbly. On Saturday, that wasn't the case! Everyday it seems like he's doing something new and different. I figured out today, I think tooth number 5 is going to be one of his top incisor teeth....it looks like it's about to poke through any minute. He just keeps getting one tooth after the other. I would love to have a break here soon with the teething, but at least we are getting a lot of them done at the same time! On Sunday, we took him for his first walk along Ft. Wayne's beautiful Rivergreenway. The Greenway is a series of trails that runs along the three rivers of the Fort. It was probably about a 3 or 4 mile trek I'm guessing, and was awesome exercise. Austin slept through most of it, but he woke up towards the end to check out some of the sites. We'll probably start to do that more frequently, especially since I've finally found a stroller that he'll sit in for a period of time! We recently bought a Jogging stroller, which Austin loves! I'm just glad i've found something that I can push him around with instead of carrying him all over the place!