The Evolution of The Walk

Finally!! I have been dying to blog this and only just got back to my computer this afternoon... SO! It began a couple weeks ago with the "finger walk" and we knew it was just a matter of days...


And sure enough April 15 (I can finally think of this day now without cringing!), the day after Craig leaves for a few days' work I am at my friend Marni's house having a baby pow wow when I see her out of the corner of my eye - she's up and crossing the room! So these are a few of the actual first steps and my reaction which I SO wish I could edit out:)



And finally, this was the following day is Soho when we hooked up with The Papa for a few hours in between jobs. All little long to watch, but worth it if you love us! She was so proud of herself you could totally see it on her excited little face -- some really great days!


She also is hugging on request - you could just die. Well I do and I ask for them all day long. As for speaking, she talks all the time - stuff that sounds like "ithagethagum" "amagoothema". And get this, two days ago I said "Finley, do you want your sucker?" Not really expecting an answer, I was just going to give it to her and she goes "Neh." shakes her head and means it! Then I said "Finley, do you want some water?"and she says "Yeah." and takes the water. It may not sound like much, but when you spend all our days with someone like a baby who can't do things like this and then one day they just do them... This is B-I-G. We have actual verbal communication!! W-O-W!!!!