Okay, you all know how much it pains me that my video apparatus is at the shop, during the most critical moments possible- the week of Mister's first steps. Grammy was pretty lucky that the week she was here, was the week that Julian went from a couple of steps a day, and mostly crawling, to walking all day, and sometimes crawling.
It all started a couple of weekends ago- we were sitting on the floor and Nico and I were rolling a ball back and forth and the kids were catching it and rolling too. I had Zoe in my lap, and Nico rolled the ball to us. All of a sudden, Julian stood up and walked over to Zoe and me. I grabbed him and yes, cried.
Since then, he practices all the time. Before the walking, he would hold on to his Alligator walker and practically run through the house like a menace, ramming into unsuspecting ankles. You could hear the roar of the clapping wooden gators coming at you from the other room, snapping violently toward your bare toes. He and Zoe would chase after each other and take turns charging everyone. If he was playing with a toy and wanted to take it somewhere else to play with it, he would lay it on the alligators and roar across the room with it bouncing on top of the snapping alligators. Although the roaring alligators are still fun for running and charging through the house, he obviously takes great pleasure in padding along the floors by himself with his hands free for carrying and balancing.
2 comments:
Being there to watch Julian hone his walking skills and gain in confidence was one of the great joys of being a Grandmother.
Mister Man is showing great balance and he looks like he finds it fun to be up and running.
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