11 1/2 months & WALKING

Boy were we surprised last night (around 5:30pm) when Jason told Nathan to "walk to Mommy" and he did! Nathan has been "cruising" for weeks and in the last week or so holds on to your hand and walks all over. He's also been really good at standing on his own for a while now. But when we would try to have him walk to one of us he thought it was a game and go ram rod straight and fall until we caught him - and laugh! No attempt at walking......not even the propelled/running walk where he falls into us. So last night I told him that I remembered his cousin Dylan walked on his 1st birthday so he needed to start trying if he wanted to walk by 1. A half hour later he just walks! So he would stand alone, walk 5-8 steps to me (or Jason) and stop - still balanced. Then we would grab him and celebrate and he would bounce and we'd do it all over again. It took him doing this about 4 times before it dawned on us to get out the video camera - then he did it about 5-6 times before we had to get ready for home group. Unfortunately I post videos from my camera and not my video camera. So last night right before I changed him and put him to bed I was trying to get some video to post by myself.....it's not as great as what he was doing earlier - but it's all I could get. Will try for more tonight when Jason can help. At daycare, Nathan is the last in his room to turn 1. There are 10 other kids in there and they are all waiting to walk to be moved up. Two others started walking (finally) yesterday - that turned 1 in January/February. So since he has met this developmental milestone ahead of others older than him - he may get to move up before them. YEAH NATHAN! Video of him standing and walking and eating a Popcicle- pictures of him with his first Popsicle Monday night. Oh - in addition to Da-Da, Ba-Ba-Ba, and Ma-Ma and an assortment of other sounds from out little chatterbox- he is now saying things that sound like "no" and "hey". As in "Hey Da-Da!" and when you ask him a question he can respond with "no".