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Sam took his first steps on Tuesday, September 2nd.  I came home for lunch.  Kate got really excited and said "Sam, let's show dad your new trick."  He is good for about a half dozen steps.   If you crouch down outside this range he will crawl to within the 6-8 step walking range and then stand and walk to you.

The day after he started walking he stopped eating baby food.  It was an immediate and definitive decision.  He bobbed and weaved to avoid spoonfuls of food he liked the day before.  Now he eats a lot of what we eat.  The only difficult part is if you are eating something he shouldn't eat, like an apple.   Sam is now confident he can handle any food we can handle.  If he sees us eating something he wasn't offered he starts reaching for it.  I've tried explaining that apple sauce is chopped up apples, but I'm not sure he understands quite yet.  The only thing he has tried so far that he doesn't like is cantaloupe.  He'd love to try chips and salsa, eat an apple, and have turkey with spicy mustard on it.