Moot Thoughts & Musings

Ellis has been gradually finding his feet. From pulling himself up, to inching along holding onto things, to letting go while standing for a few seconds. But he wasn't ready to let go and walk. He loved walking while holding on to something...anything from our hands to the furniture to a chair that would budge. Sometimes we could coax him into a few steps if we let go of his hand, but he just wasn't ready yet.

Then this past week, he figured how to push himself into a standing position from a sitting position unaided by something to hold onto. The look of pride on his face proved that it was starting to click in his head.

Then yesterday afternoon, Chris called me into Ellis's room where they were playing. I looked in, Ellis looked at me, and walked across the room into my arms! He is so excited that he sometimes falls over in it. He holds out his arms, wiggles his hands, and grins and laughs. He knows he's done it! He can walk!!

It's crazy, because in just the past day he's gone from a cruiser to a walker. Now that he's figured this out, he's so thrilled that he keeps walking, albeit a little unsteadily yet. And if he really wants to move, he'll resort to a crawl. But he's made the transition mentally.

I'm so proud of him!!!