Just wanted to share...my little Baby Bug took her first steps last night at exactly 10 months of age.  I was helping her stand because she is just starting to stand on her own.  I let go and she started to wobble.  Faced with the choice of falling or making it to mommy, she took three stumbling steps and fell in mommy's arms.  She was very proud of her accomplishment and her little eyes beamed with delight.  Now she loves the game.

She is the kind that wants to be in mom's arms.  All the time.  While washing dishes or cooking, she settles for standing, holding on to my pant leg.  I shuffle through the kitchen with her at my side.  My dad thinks it is odd that she of all my children would take her first steps so soon.  She is not the explorer that my oldest was.  But she has a clear goal...get to mommy.  I guess it is all about connecting the skill with their internal motivation.  Now, where have I heard that before?

We also have a new puppy.  I didn't really want to get one so soon after Holden got hit.  Our neighbors, who new the kid who hit our dog, offered us one of their puppies.  His mom is a black lab...his father is a lab/German Shepherd mix.  Little Hunter (our puppy) is a sweet dog and the kids are getting along with him rather well.

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