No longer a baby.

Introducing the latest and greatest in WALKING babies!



He's walking, you guys. Walking. He's been taking 1 or 2 steps here and there, but never really on purpose. As you can see in the video, these steps are definitely on purpose considering the boy just stands himself up in the middle of the room to take them! This started on Friday, so we'll call 6/29 the day he took his first real steps. Not even 10 months old yet. Holy moley.

It's hard to describe the amount of pride felt when your little one reaches a milestone like this. It's a very distinct feeling. It's the same feeling as when he smiled for the first time. Or the first time he crawled. It's the same feeling we'll have when he puts 2 words together or says his ABC's for the first time, just like we had with his sister. I imagine it'll be the same feeling as when he reads a book by himself for the first time or writes his full name. My heart is just exploding with excitement that my boy is growing up. Tears started filling up in my eyes as I watched him on Friday. Bittersweet that my baby is not a baby anymore, but thrilling at the same time.

Welcome to your first week of toddlerhood, buddy. On to new adventures!

p.s. Disregard the extreme crabbiness that is happening in the beginning of this video. Homeboy has some killer teething happening in that mouth of his right now. He just got his 3rd tooth of the month this morning, meaning it was trying to bust out of his gum yesterday when this video was taken. And yes, 3 teeth in 1 month is as hellacious as it sounds. I feel like a margarita is in order after surviving yesterday's crabtasticness.