Baby Steps!

Van is standing and attempting to walk on his own!! I wish I could capture this maneuver on video, but I am scared to not have my hands quickly available to catch him.  He starts propped up against something then he'll slowly bend forward and take a little step. This step is usually accompanied by a huge "did you see me??" smile:)

followed by a mischevious "it won't be long" grin...

Goodness gracious.

In his rather tedious and sometimes boring novel, News From Nowhere, William Morris writes:

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

I am trying to decorate our house with that concept in mind.  So yay for Auntie Snags sending a beautiful birthday gift, already put to good use this morning!

...And not so much on the beautiful end, but we can justify its usefulness in the sense that it helps to "uncork" my creativity...

Here is my 2nd Wine & Design painting:

(I think Mary Rob analyzed it beautifully--"It sort of looks like an 80s sweater") haha!

Tomorrow we are headed to Saint-Jacques for my birthday dinner and I am so excited! Happy little Fridays!!