Austin is a funny little boy as he has two main personalities that both completely win me over. One, the home personality where he is a little rambunctious kid who will climb and fall over anything, and two, the timid boy who likes to observe his surroundings from the lap of his mama.
The other day he learned how to climb up on the windowsill behind our house and do tumbles over the back of the couch to land either on the cushions or floor, he didn't seem to care which. Last night on a family walk he was picking at bird poop on the fire hydrants and then saw a nice fresh dog dropping on the sidewalk that he went and squashed with his foot. As I watched him sleep, I noticed his one shin had a good size bruise on it and the other knee was scraped and I couldn't help but not be surprised. This kid, he runs circles around me at home!
As soon as we go to a social scene though, or have other people around, he gets his serious face on. I think it's pretty cute how serious and timid he can look. Seeing new people can lead us into having a half hour snuggle fest while the rest of the kiddos get to run and play. We went swimming today with two other moms and there was a huge crowd of kids at the swimming pool. The 5 year old we were with had some friends and quickly became friends with even more as they all ran around together and I was so proud of Austin as he followed her around the entire pool, onto the grass, out of my site, and came back with a big smile on his face. Moments like that when you can see how proud he is of himself are not uncommon around here, but I wish I could freeze every one of them as they are the highlight of my days!
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