First Steps, A Million More To Come

Yesterday, in front of his great Aunts and Uncles and second cousins, Rowan took his first steps. He had taken a couple on his own with us during our trip but they were weak and wobbly. These on the other hand, were different. Later at Aunt Hanan's he was focussed on getting something he wanted and off he went. I yelled which frightened him and caused him to stumble. Who knows how far he would have made it if I hadn't ruined the moment. He is also able to go up the stairs completely unassisted. We discovered this in Florence when like a true spider-chub, he took off across the floor and up the concrete steps before John could catch him. He has since been up the entire flight between the basement and the main level here at home. Watching him do these things is both shocking and endearing. We are so proud of our little guy who might just not be a total clutz like his mom and dad after all.

Here is a shot of little R going up the steps in Italy. His father could do nothing but slap his face and drop an F-bomb (I think) because he was just too slow to do anything else. Well, actually-- he wasn't too slow to type on the blackberry anyway.