Walkin' and Talkin'

 The little man started walking last night.  He's taken a step or two here and there before, but last night he was cruisin' back and forth from Dad to Mom, then from Mom to Dad.  He was awfully proud of himself too - clapping and laughing, with this very big grin like in the picture.  He's 15 1/2 months old now.

He's also been doing a lot of talking lately too.  He found my phone Monday night and picked it up and put it right to his ear.  We don't have any phone toys so he's never done that before.  He said really slowly - He-llo!  Monday night we were at Bugga and Papa's watching the Denver Broncos game and he said "football" very clearly.  He speaks very well when he speaks - usually pretty softly and with very clear, slow pronunciation.  His vocabulary has really grown in the last month or so.