Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Natalie's First Steps!!!

This evening, at about 7:30pm, Natalie finally took her first unassisted steps! For those of you who weighed in on our blog poll, the correct answer turned out to be less than one month (from the time that we asked the question), so no one wins.

Actually, this was all somewhat unexpected. Natalie had a very eventful day and was looking kind of tired before dinner. However, after dinner, she got her second wind and spent a lot of time crawling and walking while hanging onto things. After doing this for a while, Natalie started to wonder where Mom was, so she walked with Dad towards the bedroom. Once in the room, Natalie saw her Mom and started to crawl towards her. After crawling for a little while, Natalie got a little frustrated - after all, it is difficult to crawl on a hardwood floor when you're wearing a dress. So, Natalie decided to stand up on her own (without any assistance or external support) and walk the remaining 6-7 steps over to her Mom. Once she did this, Natalie seemed happy and surprised all at once. Being obsessive parents, Mom and Dad immediately had her repeat her performance two more times. Her 3rd unassisted walk was recorded below. She's standing up on her own in the first shot and walking to Mom in the second.