Pumped Up Kicks

Eli's first pair of shoes.

 Eli got his first pair of shoes (or "kicks" as the kids call it these days) last week and he LOVES them! We went shoe shopping for both kids at a general clothing store in town but Tali didn't find any shoes that she liked. So only Eli got a pair.

At first, he was petrified. I had to hold a shaking baby on my lap while they measured his feet. You could tell he wanted to cry but was trying to hold it in. Once that was over, we were given two pairs of shoes to try on. As he's only a size four (tiny little feet!), these were the only two pairs they had. The ones pictured above fit perfectly and he didn't want me to take them off. He crawled (yes, crawled - these shoes are magical!) around the store with them while we looked for Tali.

At home in his new kicks.

Since he's really only taking a few steps at a time, I just put them on when we're out of the house so he can get comfortable in them. But because he idolizes his big sister (more on that another day), he loves wearing shoes just like she does. And Tali was very excited for him. She has taken to calling his shoes "kicks."