Well when we brought Matthew home in July at 14months, his only mode of transportation was what I call "barrell-rolling." He didn't like to spend any time on his tummy, and holding his head up was hard work if only for a few seconds. Five months later, on Dec. 10th, we saw him take his first steps. Throughout December, he seemed to be coming along really well with walking. But all of a sudden, he stopped for most of January and went back to crawling. Last Saturday he really got interested in walking again (thanks to a few Cheerios that Tim and I made available). This week he has been all about walking. He stands up wherever he can (he's been trying, w/o success yet, to stand up in the middle of rooms now too!) And so far, the independant streak has not set in - he mostly uses his walking to chase us down and hug our knees! What a cutie!! He turned 21 months today officially! Here is a video from this morning...
I know that 21 months (or 19 months for the December date) is pretty late for starting to walk, but in just a bit over 6 months we've seen him go from a mostly immobile little guy to a walker!! It has been so fun to not only be "Ma-ma" & "Da-di," but also to be his cheerleaders as he continues to make progress! Matthew is such a joy to us! We love this little boy so much and we thank God very often for the precious gift of a son!!
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