Jacob Walks One-Handed

Jacob walks one-handed may sound like a funny headline, but it does kinda make sense in our world... We went to the beach yesterday which may be the last time of the season and Jacob had a ball. So much that we think he forgot that he needed to hold something with both hands to walk.

Other than Jacob walking one-handed, he also became more comfortable with his float. We do have some video, but it was from when he was starting to get tired. We didn't get any video sooner because the rest of us were tossing the football around, etc. I was really whipping him around in it and he seemed to like it. After we were done, or so we thought, we started heading in to shore. Once Jacob felt his feet firmly on the bottom, he started walking around using the float as a little bit of support. He looked like he was 100 years old all hunched over, but he was doing it all himself.

Jacob is definitely becoming more and more comfortable with the water all of the time. With each visit, we see a greater comfort level. He is now chasing after footballs in the water (of course at a slow pace), but is willing to crawl around in the water to get what his sights have been set on.

After not taking a nap all afternoon and literally crashing very HARD when we were packing up to leave and getting an hour nap on the way home, Jacob was ready for the evening. "Hercules" as Anyssa nicknamed him for the moment decided to push the cooler around the house and then when it was found on the deck, he felt the need to play with the handle (like at the beach), up and down and then push it all around. Jacob is really enjoying the outdoors more and more all of the time.