Tyler walks

I'm far too late in sharing this news, clearly one of the biggest achievements in a child's life. I guess I could try to excuse my tardiness by saying I've been busy chasing after the little bugger, but that wouldn't really be true, either. Suffice it to say, sometimes it's just hard to get to the computer to write a coherent blog post when there are two little kids running around making you nuts.

At any rate, Tyler DID walk and is walking more now. He took his first steps on New Year's Eve, so it was a great way for us to end the year and start out 2011. While most kids walk somewhere near their first birthday, Tyler waited to dazzle us with his mad skills. We've known for a while now that he COULD walk -- he's demonstrated it by cruising along the furniture and kitchen cabinets, or pushing a clothes basket across a room, or walking behind a random push toy. But he never let go and tried walking unassisted until New Year's Eve. He did it two separate times, once in Daddy's presence and once in Mommy's, so no one missed it. Each time it was about 4 or 5 steps, enough to call it "walking".

Of course, we pulled out the video camera to record the momentous occasion, and like any child, he of course refused to cooperate fully. I think we did get a couple of steps on camera, but the scene was mostly stolen by his brother trying to get his share of attention.

Without further ado, I present the video evidence.



It's safe to say that life as we know it is irrevocably changed!