First Pair of Shoes

Jackson's a pretty good walker these days.  This winter has been bad so we haven't gone out much, but he does walk around Target a lot, often pushing his stroller.  Last week the weather was starting to get nice so we decided to hit up Stride Rite.  Jack got his feet measured (size 6 wide), and we tried on a few pairs.

When I first took a pair of shoes out and put them on the floor, Jack tried to step into them.  Super cute.  I go them on his feet and for half a second he wasn't a fan, but then started walking around with them on like a pro!  He was so funny.  He would take a couple of steps, then bend over and touch the shoes, and then walk some more and repeat.

We decided to go with the Step 2: Early Walkers which are super flexible and Jackson seemed to be comfortable wearing them.  They only have two different color choices in his size, navy and grey, and blue and green.  We decided to go with these:

And Jack is super excited about them!

He loves to carry them around the house and try to put them on.  He also knows that now when we go out, he puts on his hat, coat, and shoes.  So cute!

Yesterday it was actually nice outside (before the 6 inches of snow we got this morning), and Jackson took Willow for a walk.

He held her leash and they walked down the street with Jackson's new shoes on.  How fun!  Until Jackson tripped and scraped his face.

Poor baby!  He's only tripped a few times with his shoes on, but I guess this happens when you wear shoes.  (Happens to me all the time.)  He hasn't fallen since then and his fall hasn't seemed to discourage him or his fondness of his shoes.  My baby's getting so big!