Walking

While Blake took his very first steps a couple weeks ago, much of his walking has been us standing him up & providing lots of encouragement to take a few small steps forward & fall into the arms of the other parent/grandma. Now, we can officially declare that he is walking. Yesterday afternoon he was playing in the living room & I stopped by birthday party preparations to watch him. He had figured out how to go from sitting to standing -- he would stand, take a few steps, fall, stand again, fall, stand again, repeat. Within an hour, he had it down & is now standing & toddling off, completely on his own. And perhaps more exciting (or frightening?), he will now choose often to walk, rather than crawl. Our little boy is getting so big!