God makes us each different. To me, that is one of the greatest joys of being a parent...watching each child grow and develop with their own unique personalities. Right now, one year old William loves crawling into baskets and sitting in them. Our first child to take such pleasure in baskets. It's a little thing, but I know it's a small hint of the ways he will be different than the four before him. The picture above is from underneath our Christmas tree. Caroline has begged me to take her to the store, purchased gifts for each sibling with her own money, wrapped them and made cards for each person. They are all under the tree now. The other kids have not even thought of buying a gift for someone. Just Caroline. She loves to give. God made her different and this time of year it is fun to watch how much joy she has in giving gifts. Today William took 7 steps! He was holding an empty starbuck's cup with a top and in his excitement of putting the top on (he loves taking tops on and off), he took seven steps. He was very surefooted for a first time walker. It made me think he has probably had the capability for a while but been uncertain that he wants the independence of walking. He wasn't even aware he was doing it at the moment. I will be curious to see if he suddenly takes off with walking.
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