Learning to Walk!

On March 29th Mikey took his first steps! 2 1/2 weeks shy of one year. He took the first ones in the morning and so dad was so sad to miss it while away at school. But Mikey helped to make up for it when that night, as dad came home, Mikey was standing behind the door (which he does every night when he hears the garage door open :) When dad opened the door Mikey was standing alone and when he squatted down Mikey took a few wobbly steps into his arms.

Here he is showing dad his new skills again when he came home.

Before he actually started walking he would just stand up forever swinging his arms. It was so cute. Here he is talking to Willie and swinging his arm.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6816554714891009752&hl=en

About a week or so before he started walking on his own, Mikey would walk around holding my hand. Now he never wants to since he can do it alone so I love this video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2637144893071333834&hl=en

And finally here are the videos of his first few shakey steps. Now he's a champ at walking, but this first few "baby steps" are so cute.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6901478769848432748&hl=en

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7738785462753043775&hl=en