independence a la William

I do believe that we have a perfectly stubborn, wonderfully independent little man growing up under our roof :) William fears no depth - whether over the edge of a couch or down a step or 2 into the playground. He navigates flawlessly over/around/through any obstacle and is slowed down by nothing save that old pre-nap exhaustion.

An example - At the park a couple of weeks ago, W abandoned our normal post on the blanket with Stephanie and Connor and took off across the park on his own! He crawled away from us towards the trees, paused, sat, pondered, then continued on his way to the playground where he crawled down two concrete steps into the mulch. After a short path to the slide, he had had enough and turned around to head back to the blanket. I was in total shock! This adventurous outdoor extravaganza from the same lil guy who freaked out at 6 months when I sat him in the grass for the first time. The rate at which babies change is astounding.