these shoes were made for walking

b got a check from oma for his birthday and we finally got around to spending some of that money. we took beckett to nordstrom to get his first official pair of walking shoes! no more free-spirit hippy baby for us. well, except that i'm not ready to accept that he needs a haircut yet. that's a different thing though, for a different post. nordstrom is really a great place to go to get first time shoes. they make a big deal out of it and i loved it. they measured b's feet and talked about good first shoes (soft soled leather shoes... too bad because i kind of wanted little tom's or converse). then we tried some shoes on and picked our favorite and b practiced walking in them. he definitely needs some more practice... it will take some time, being a baby is so crazy. then, beckett got a balloon, his picture taken in his new shoes, and a nordy stuffed animal. here is the adorable thing... nordy has been given to kids who get their first pair of walking shoes at nordstrom forever! and an old lady there told me today that both her kids had nordys and they are both over 50 years old! i. love. that. all our kids will have nordys too, i decided right then. beckett loves his balloon, LOVES nordy, and thinks his new shoes are okay. i can't believe we have a full time shoe wearing walker on our hands. they grow up too fast. it's really true. i know this is a ridiculous amount of pictures to go with buying shoes. oh well, deal with it. thanks for the shoes, oma!