Walking
It was a big day for our little Grayson. He finally took his first steps!
He's been trying for about a month or so, walking with us while holding our finger. He would take one independent step, but afterward, he would just carefully go to his knees and crawl away. (He is a very proficient crawler, fast enough to keep up with Tyler.) However, last week he started showing a lot more interest in walking. He perfected the balance-and-stand maneuver. Then, it progressed into something like this: right foot step, left foot step, knees lock, arms out and
free fall—stiff as a board—until he reached mommy, daddy or
a table.
But today, it was a different story. We didn't get a video or picture of the official first steps. But here is a video I took on my phone about two hours before he completely figured out how to do it. This video is funny, because I was filming Tyler and his imagination. He made a castle with a vase and a milk cup and said that I was on the "Mommy bridge" that I had to cross to get to the castle with the milk cup "flag." Meanwhile, Grayson stands up and takes a few steps towards me.
When Chad got home, we tried to to get him to walk from Daddy to Mommy. And to our complete surprise, he did it! We had a delayed reaction, looking at each other for confirmation first, but then we cheered loudly. Grayson was so excited and proud of himself. We completely weren't ready for him to actually walk, so we didn't have the camera. We tried to recreate the moment later, and we got these pictures. But then, it was bedtime. We'll try to get more photos/videos tomorrow to post.
I'm don't think he's a full-time walker quite yet, but he is well on the way. I am so excited to see our little baby grow into an active toddler.
Speaking
Also .... Grayson has learned to talk. I've been meaning to blog about this. He says about 10 words, the cutest of which is "babee" (baby). I affectionately call him "baby" all the time, so he thinks that is his name. If he wants something, he speaks in the third-person: "Babee baba," which means he wants a milk cup. He'll also put his hand to his chest and say, "babee."
Grayson also named Tyler "bub-uh." We have no idea where he got this from, but every single time we ask him what Tyler's name is, he'll reply "bub-uh."
Here are the other words he can say, in order of how he learned them:
Da da
Ma ma
Baaa (ball)
Ba ba (bottle or cup)
Bu bu (bye bye)
Ha (hi)
Taa ooh (thank you)
Bub uh (Tyler)
Ba bee (baby)
