Walk This Way

It was always looming out there.  The inevitable.  The inescapable.  The unavoidable.


The day our baby girl started to WALK.


And folks...that day has come at last.  She's a WALKER now!!  An actual toddler!  


Since just before Christmas, we have gotten Makenna to take a step, maybe two, here or there.  She was definitely not really into it, and I think she only did it sometimes to make Mommy and Daddy quit bugging her.  She was definitely getting steadier on her feet and able to stand without holding onto anything.  We even noticed her squatting to pick things up and then standing back up again, which was cause for all kinds of excitement.  Not long after that, it was pushing up to standing from sitting on the floor.  I was SO thrilled when I first saw her do that, only to be knocked down a few notches when dear hubby said he had seen her doing that for several days before.  He just assumed I had already seen it, since I am home with her and usually the one who gets to see everything first!


Makenna slowly worked her way up to two, three, four steps in a row, but even then, she was only really doing it if we "enticed" her into it - holding out a cell phone, remote control, her brush, whatever.  And then, last Wednesday, it was suddenly GAME ON.  We had the video camera all ready but couldn't manage to catch those five, six steps she was taking.  Until...

WALKING!


I believe I counted 12 steps there?  YES!  All to get to Daddy's cell phone.   Which, of course, Daddy would not let her play with.  Which, of course, made her a little pouty.


Since then, her confidence has been growing exponentially.  She is walking more and more every day, without either of us even encouraging her to do it.  She walks to get the kitties, to get her toys, to pick up her sippy.  She can take a few steps, squat down, pick something up, stand back up and keep on truckin'.  She dances and she bounces, and she knows how to catch her balance when she starts to fall (although she doesn't QUITE always make it!).  


Even though I've been watching it every day, I'm still amazed that she's really doing it!  Our little girl is REALLY walking!  It makes me such a proud mama.  I just can't wait to see what she is going to do next!