From Joe: Finally! Walking! This is my first official post on this blog (or any blog for that matter) but I think that this is as valid a reason as any. Kirsta and I think that Patrick just wanted to give a preview of his big plans for 2009 by waiting until today to walk. He has pretty much been able to walk for a few weeks now, but earlier this morning he walked away from a chair in the dining room without any destination in particular before sitting down after a couple of steps. Then tonight, he was standing by the green tupperware while Kirsta and I were by the kitchen and he decided to make it a party by walking on over. Now we are working out his new skills and he is probably regretting unveiling his talents. Hopefully soon, he will be helping Kirsta cook and clean and take out the trash for us too. Happy New Year to everyone. Hope your day (and year to come) are as enjoyable as ours was and will be.
*little clarification from Kirsta: Patrick has been taking steps by himself for a few months now, but he could only get 4 or 5 at a time, and would only walk to either Joe or I. We tried to not jump the gun to say he was walking because he really wasn't, he was falling with one foot in front of the other and it just kinda looked like walking. But starting today he has been pulling himself up and simply walking away! Out into the middle of the room with nobody there, 10 or 15 steps! The video doesn't quite capture that since Patrick will gravitate toward the camera no matter what else he was doing, and I wasn't that far away with the camera, but you can see how good his balance is now! Soon he will be cruising solo all the time, we're sure of it.
3 comments:
yeah Patrick! what a cutie! I thought he was walking a month ago? I'm confused. It's so funny when they fall down. It's so cute to see how each walk so differently. Max looks like a drunk old man walking & he always has to have something in his hand, just like he did with crawling. In a week you will look back at this video & be amazed at how fast he gets good at walking! Welcome to toddlerhood, the ability to walk without assistance!
Walk at 1, talk at 2. Right on schedule! Yay Mr. Man!!
he's not walking he's cruising!! that one or two steps is apparently for sissies! good job little man. ~e~
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