Finally......they're walking.

Well, they're finally doing it....they boys are finally walking. I thought this day would never happen....after all, they are 16 months old. Avery had been walking for 2 months at this age. So this is how it all happened:



It all started about 3 weeks ago when Lincoln discovered that he could push himself up to standing. Then he discovered that he could stay standing. We'll just say that he thrives on attention because after all the clapping and cheering, he just kept on doing it over and over again, big grin on his face. So this continued for a while. Then he took a few steps. Of course, the cheering and clapping kept him motivated and about a week and a half ago, he started to really walk, not just take steps. Of course, we were thrilled, so thrilled that we praised him for his efforts. He ate it up!!! I've never seen this child grin so much as he did when he was learning to walk!!



Meanwhile, Hunter is doing nothing! Then one day, while I was folding the laundry, he discovered that he could use the pile of clothes to help him stand up. Before the afternoon was up, he was pushing himself up to standing using the floor. But still no attempts at walking. That ended about a week ago.....one afternoon, we were in the front room and Lincoln took the opportunity to practice walking again. Hunter was playing with a toy, generally not paying any attention to what his brother was doing. But, this time, when I started clapping and praising Lincoln, Hunter took interest. He looked at Lincoln, looked at me, stood up and started walking! No way was his brother going to get all of the attention! He's been walking since.



Now if we could only get them to talk.............