First Steps

On Sunday, July 18th, Little Ted took his first "official" steps.  We don't have any video proof that it happened; we can only offer you our testimony.  For some reason, he would not sleep that evening.  I spent a good deal of time in his room trying to get him to sleep but had no luck.  So, back downstairs we went so he could play and burn off energy.  At some point, he ended up with daddy's PlayStation contoller in his hands.  He stood up, held it out in front of him, and focused his attention on it.  Then, he stepped forward, slowly and steadily, his attention still focused on the controller.  He continued to walk until he realized what he was doing, at which point he sat down.  He hasn't walked on his own since, but today, he did make a couple of attempts to do so after walking mommy in circles around the living room.  Each time, he fell forward, caught himself, crawled away, sat down, and let out a frustrated grunt while he reached up to mommy, indicating that he wanted to give it another go.  It appears that "full-time" walking (and running) are just around the corner!