First Steps

Taking those first steps is a pretty big milestone.  Usually it happens around 1, so we're about 2 years later than "normal", but it still happened.  Today was a pretty uneventful day, other than it being 60 degrees in late October.  We were outside for an hour with Leah in her rolling stander, and I think that might have sparked a renewed interest in walking.  She came into the house still in the stander and I couldn't believe how tall she was!  She rolled over to the garbage and proceeded to pull out (and eat) a carrot peel, but we won't go into that here.

Anyway, after dinner she asked to go in her stander.  We were out in the family room that has hard floors, and Leah was standing up using her HKAFO's and holding onto her walker.  She leaned forward a little bit and then pulled herself forward.  Oh My Goodness!  Was that just her first step????  Yes, I think it was!  Then she did it again, an inch at a time.  Well, then wouldn't you know then next time she fell flat on her face, and only barely missed splitting open her face by about an inch.  Oops.  Tears and tears, but we had a little pep talk about how sometimes you have to fall a few times before you learn how to do it right.  I'm not sure she totally bought that, but we then moved into the kitchen where I held onto her legs and she pulled herself forward about 3 feet....  just a little bit at a time. 

I wish I had a few pictures or a video to share, but I didn't think this is what would be happening this evening.  Hopefully we'll capture her in the action soon!