I CAN WALK!!!

Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that? I was really stubborn when it came to learning how to walk. For a couple of months now, I could stand up, hold onto things and cruise around with help from the furniture, but if Mommy & Daddy tried to help me, forget it. If they tried to stand me up, I would sit right down. If I was going to learn to walk on my own, it would be on my own terms and in my own time. I didn't want any help except from inanimate objects.

And then, on Sept. 20, 2008 at 14 Months and 9 Days, it happened. First, I practiced standing and balancing. When I was pretty good at that, it was a step here and a step there. Then when Grandpa George came to visit, I walked from him to the coffee table where Daddy's cell phone was. Now I'm weeble-wobbling all over the place but I still mixed it up with crawling just because I'm an expert at that.

Mommy & Daddy have tried getting me walking on video which up until now has been like trying to capture real footage of Bigfoot or a Yeti. But of course, I always eventually give in...

I'm NOT Afraid Of The Stairs!

Quite sometime ago, I easily learned to climb the stairs. And let me tell you ~ if those baby gates aren't locked (making me feel very much like a prisoner in my own home) I will be up those stairs and in the kitchen in milliseconds. In addition to the stairs, I'm climbing all over the furniture too. Mommy's found me on Daddy's nightstand and the card table (very easy to reach from the massage chair).

















I owe a big thanks to Opa Woof and Oma Debbie (that's Grandpa & Grandma in German!) for teaching me how to get down from things backwards, like when I get off the couch. I get on my belly and slide down off of it. Very easy. They taught me this while we were in Europe.


So instead of trying this on furniture only, I decided to give it a shot on the stairs. Here's a video to prove my immense talents...

New Things!!!

A lot of people having been nagging Mommy (which is odd because Daddy will tell you that Mommy does most of the nagging) to help me update my Blog with stories and pictures from our European vacation. Don't worry, it's coming. In the meantime, these should hold you over...