For whatever reason, I was convinced he would be walking by his 1st birthday. But, that day passed without him even showing an ounce of interest in moving past his aardvark crawl. I knew he would walk when he was ready, and I didn't give it much thought after that. Except when I saw that the Royal Baby was already walking, I had to do some quick calculations: he is HOW old?? Great job, George.
Last week, Max took a ministep as he was trying to pick up his basketball. I got pretty pumped.
Then, when I picked him up from Nana's on Tuesday, she casually said - oh yeah he's been walking all over today. She is Bosnian and sometimes she says things that don't quite mean what she thinks they do, so I didn't believe her. But then, off he went! He walked from one side of the rug to the other! I couldn't believe it! I was so happy and so proud, I was tearing up and smothering him with kisses!
Luckily, Mike would be home early that night, so I told him we had a surprise for him. As he walked into the kitchen, Max was already standing up, and he just walked right over to Mike. It was so freaking cute - not to mention, impeccable timing! We got a few videos where Mike would entice Max to walk by offering him puffs. If you don't know what puffs are, they are Max's best friend. He would do anything for a puff. When he sees the puffs come out, he literally squeals with delight. The first thing he does in the morning is point to the kitchen and signal for more. More puffs.
I handled this milestone way better than when he started crawling and I was at work. I was just so happy about this new phase and what a big boy it made him look like. I went through my usual thought process: he is his own person. He is going to experience so many milestones and chances are, you won't be there for a lot of them. I mean, will I be hiding in the bushes as he picks up his first date? Probably. But the point is, he is progressing and he is learning new things and it's all good in the hood.
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